[QUOTE=dgg;35167081]That blood red shadow is too saturated whilst the shadow around the breast is too desaturated. Your skin colour seems a bit too yellow as well, tilt it more towards the red spectrum.
You also do the shit I tend to do with the shading, you're shading it like a gradient. Don't do that, it kills every and all forms and shapes, the arm becomes flat and unpleasant to look at. Highlights are highlights because they are visibly much lighter than the base colour, just like shadows are shadows because they are visibly darker than the base colour. If you gradually make it darker and darker, there is no contrast and thus no shadows or highlights because it's just just the same in gradually shifting tones.[/QUOTE]
Thanks man!
[QUOTE=Maloof?;35167133]Thanks man![/QUOTE]
No problem.
And come to think of it. Why not just use Kuler as a reference?
[url]http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/search?term=skin[/url]
Finished my Totoro piece
[img]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/076/e/4/totoro_by_fadingz-d4t22lh.png[/img]
totoro is still very muddy and messy :[
Finished it like that?
Totoro looks completely WIP. He's low-opacity brushed from the one end to the other and looks like he's fading away because he's so desaturated and undetailed. Also why is the umbrella shadow so blurry when the lightning is so direct and strong?
The umbrella is painterly and undetailed whilst the children are suddenly BOOM SUPER DETAILED which goes against everything else in the whole piece and they are super satured in comparision.
I really just don't like anything in that piece because nothing works together as if they were in the same scenery. You've given a good focus to the children though, but the umbrella ruins it by having a completely different level of detail.
I like how the tree trunk done with low-opacity. Gives it a very watercolour aesthetic. I'd work the trunk a bit more to bring out the highlights though
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[IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/076/0/9/house1_by_zacharyhogan-d4t2g9v.jpg[/IMG]
First half-decent referenceless landscape
Thanx for the comments, did some updates on Totoro and the umbrella.
Future updates will be in my sketchbook.
[img]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/076/2/2/totoro_by_fadingz-d4t22lh.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Detlef;35167883]totoro is still very muddy and messy :[[/QUOTE]
His fur looks damp to me, as it should.
[QUOTE=Maya2008;35169371]Thanx for the comments, did some updates on Totoro and the umbrella.
Future updates will be in my sketchbook.
[img]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/076/2/2/totoro_by_fadingz-d4t22lh.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Oh god what
Please put it back, he doesn't look wet now, he looks like he has feathers for no reason
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;35169558]His fur looks damp to me, as it should.
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for me it just looks messy and sloppy, no definition anywhere.
[editline]17th March 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Maya2008;35169371]Thanx for the comments, did some updates on Totoro and the umbrella.
Future updates will be in my sketchbook.
[img]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/076/2/2/totoro_by_fadingz-d4t22lh.png[/img][/QUOTE]
really, you just put on some more messy fur and it didn't really change anything since the problem lies in the rendering.
I'm working on this portrait for art class, really my first attempt ever at drawing a human face.
What I wanna do is color it in oil pastels, for a pop art look. However, I want to get it to at least resemble Srillex before I do so.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/vwGXG.jpg[/t]
Give me some protips. The hair and ear are simply there as placeholders before I begin coloring it.
Also, I know the bottom lip is huge. I just noticed.
Rate funny/Be as harsh and constructive with critique and suggestions as possible please. I want it to look good.
@Mako,
I'll try to reach something in between.
I think you generally would have good use of doing more studies.
I think ur face needs to do more studies
~ownd~
[editline]16th March 2012[/editline]
I think so too.
[QUOTE=Back_Slash;35169740][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14329594/wesley.jpeg[/img]
[h2]FUCK[/h2][/QUOTE]
A lot of harsh pencil strokes here. Try to shade more by pressing down the pencil so it lays down on the paper, rubbing the lead in, rather than stroking it in. It can give it a more relaxed and realistic feel. I'd also recommend mixing up some different variations of thickness on the pencils to get the light parts look light and the dark parts dark. And of course, the thicker the pencil the less details and the lighter the pencil the more details.
You should also consider pumping up the levels in Photoshop after scanning it, or adjust the contrast and brightness settings on your scanner.
[url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655193/SoftenItAndPumpitBIG.jpg][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655193/SoftenItAndPumpit.jpg[/img][/url]
Re: scanning
I always find it useful to run the unsharp mask filter over the scanned image too, to bring back some of the definition that scanners tend to blur out
dgg it up
Whenever you guys tell people to pump up the values it's fine.
Whenever I do it. It's the rat all over again.
is it really that bad to be used as a term for contrasts and repetitive posting
[editline]17th March 2012[/editline]
it makes you special
[QUOTE=Detlef;35170037]It makes you special[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but it makes me special in the same way Timmy from South Park is special.
I didn't mind nor will mind the rat thing though. It's deserved.
I LOVE this community now that you guy settled your differences. like everyone makes fun of each other in a cool and loving way, i love you guys!!!!!!!!!
What do you know you are just a pig
[QUOTE=dgg;35169963]A lot of harsh pencil strokes here. Try to shade more by pressing down the pencil so it lays down on the paper, rubbing the lead in, rather than stroking it in. It can give it a more relaxed and realistic feel. I'd also recommend mixing up some different variations of thickness on the pencils to get the light parts look light and the dark parts dark. And of course, the thicker the pencil the less details and the lighter the pencil the more details.
You should also consider pumping up the levels in Photoshop after scanning it, or adjust the contrast and brightness settings on your scanner.
[url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655193/SoftenItAndPumpitBIG.jpg][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655193/SoftenItAndPumpit.jpg[/img][/url][/QUOTE]
Thanks for the critique.
Does anyone like it concept wise?
Or is it just plain stupid looking?
[QUOTE=Back_Slash;35171581]Thanks for the critique.
Does anyone like it concept wise?
Or is it just plain stupid looking?[/QUOTE]
It's a cool looking character.
[editline]17th March 2012[/editline]
Also, progress:
[t]http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/076/3/b/3bbbee067f934e1fcb601ddc678754a7-d4t3aah.jpg[/t]
Any suggestions on making the sphere at the bottom not look so bland?
Acrylic on A4 paper
[IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/077/7/e/house2_by_zacharyhogan-d4t3ss0.jpg[/IMG]
The road is going to meet the horizon on the right
WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN MAL
HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE PAST
[url]http://i.imgur.com/TX7gA.jpg[/url] (slightly NSFW)
My first 2 hour Cintiq doodle.
Got my Cintiq 21UX (the newer one) yesterday, so happy.
I need to draw more often.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;35174013]The road is going to meet the horizon on the right
WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN MAL
HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE PAST[/QUOTE]
ALL ROADS MEET THE HORIZON AT SOME POINT
but no really, what will happen?
[QUOTE=Back_Slash;35171581]Thanks for the critique.
Does anyone like it concept wise?
Or is it just plain stupid looking?[/QUOTE]
Your shading is really aimless and messy right now. Plus a lot of elements of the drawing itself are ambiguous - seems like you don't have any details in mind to fill out certain spots so you shade randomly just to have them filled in.
Maybe try to draw some less complicated stuff. Give yourself a chance to understand shape and shadow better. some hanging cloth studies wouldn't go amiss either, you might pick up an idea of how to draw folds in clothing.
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