12-30-2015, 07:11 PM
Hi Hedgie,
Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. You look like you're off to a good start yourself. Your line-work looks great; lots of good gesture and characterization. As far as color and light is concerned; focus primarily on value first. Don't get bogged down in color and details in your studies before you establish the proper relationships between values.
As for the image with the horse: I think that establishing your full range of values as soon as possible will help a lot. It would allow you to set the mood of the piece very definitively, before spending hours rendering something that may not convey the story properly. Usually this is done with a small color study so that you can experiment with a few options quickly and easily.
The characters could also relate to each other more. Right now they each sit on opposite halves of the image. Perhaps you could try changing the position of the horse so that it overlaps with the man. this would also help to move some more color throughout the image. I made a small paint -over to show you what I mean. I'm not sure what the story is, so I'm sure there are many equally valid alternatives to my example. Hope this helps, and keep up the good work.
Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. You look like you're off to a good start yourself. Your line-work looks great; lots of good gesture and characterization. As far as color and light is concerned; focus primarily on value first. Don't get bogged down in color and details in your studies before you establish the proper relationships between values.
As for the image with the horse: I think that establishing your full range of values as soon as possible will help a lot. It would allow you to set the mood of the piece very definitively, before spending hours rendering something that may not convey the story properly. Usually this is done with a small color study so that you can experiment with a few options quickly and easily.
The characters could also relate to each other more. Right now they each sit on opposite halves of the image. Perhaps you could try changing the position of the horse so that it overlaps with the man. this would also help to move some more color throughout the image. I made a small paint -over to show you what I mean. I'm not sure what the story is, so I'm sure there are many equally valid alternatives to my example. Hope this helps, and keep up the good work.
-Sketchbook-
"... for drawing is a thinking person's art." - Walt Stanchfield.
"... for drawing is a thinking person's art." - Walt Stanchfield.