Scene: 'Faydark Feat'

[Supervlieg]

Nice pic, the characters need some more attention to rounf them out more. They seem a bit flat in places. The highlights on the guy with the sideburns make him look wet.

I like the light of the moon, and the camp fire and its shadows.

[andrewley]

the characters in the first one look like 2 cardboard cutouts in a forest :) I think its because its almost impossible to frame two individuals in perfect profile who are that far apart and at different distances to the camera. I like the rendering of the guy's armour and the lighting on the zombie

[Gryphon]

Good points, guys. I'll try and make some changes. The size of this painting is massive... the "full scale" picture given by the clicky link isn't 1:1 to the actual painting...more like 1:4. I had problems handling such a large image... it's full of flaws, and lack of dept is one.

The crits are highly appreciated. Thanks!

[Gryphon]

By the way, this piece is put together from 5 different sketches... making overall perspective way off. I also, midway had to resize one part of the picture in order to keep character scaleing somewhat correct.

It cannot be repeated enough: Do sketches, map you image. Set the perspective and create one master sketch for scan. Even if this mean you have to scan more than once. I thought I more or less could jump right onto painting in photoshop... I learned a vital lesson: Preparations pay off ! :)

The overall picture is all right and will do fine on my friend's wall. But I'll certainly do it a different way the next time.

Crits still welcome.

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