L.K.'s WIP Girl in Progress

[oogieboogietoogie]

I really like her pose :)

However, i think her shoulders are a bit wide

[slangford]

CRAP! ITs ALL CRAP!
j/k :p

ITs not that her shoulders are too wide... they are just facing the camera too much for the pose. HEr right shoulder need to be back alittle. Keep going.

-Sean

[riltis]

I really like your initial mock. Can you post your concept sketches?

[briancole]

looks like a good start, i want to see some updates!:D

[L.King65]

Thanks everybody, I will be working hard this weekend to make changes and I'll post my progress:D

[L.King65]

Okay, So I decided to work on the composition of this thing, with the suggestion of others(thanks brian and jesse:) on the wall leaning, and perhaps having more than one book to make the piece more interesting.

[L.King65]

I decided to mock up a window seal in the background and put some highlights on the books.

[L.King65]

I decided to start painting her skin first, so I blocked in some midtones.

[L.King65]

I then started putting in my darker midtones, and adding some of the lighter orange-pink for contrast, and started putting some highlights.

[L.King65]

I then started working in some highlights with a cooler green/skin tone color, oh I have been using artist oils in painter to do all the initial color blocking.

[L.King65]

I then took this into photoshop so I could really start blending all those colors together and make the skin look more together

[L.King65]

After blending what I could I still saw that I need more contrast between the light and the darks so I went ahead and used a darker purple to really bring the shadows in and a light greenish white to punch in the shadows

[L.King65]

I decided to go ahead a get started on the face, so I started with the eyes, basically just started with shape and went into more detail from there.

[L.King65]

Her stare is still a little cold so I want to go back and make it look a little more expressive,also her pupils are a little low so i am going to higher them and put them more in shadow. I plan on making her a red head so I went ahead and gave her some eyebrows. I also started working on her nose. Where I had original mocked up her mouth is in the wrong place so i'm going to have to rework that. Well thats pretty much it for now, crits and comments welcome, since this is the first time i've really explored digital painting a character

[slangford]

Shes got a pretty cold stare going on. I think her iris should be alittle bigger... It might give her a warmer feel. Her whole personality is going to be in her eyes.... so get them right. If their off the whole thing is going to look funny. But, excellent progress!

[Sandpiper]

Wow Laci. Now there's a step by step. :) Looking good so far. It's good to hear some color theory come into play here. This could be a real nice piece that expresses itself through color and light.

I know that you haven't quite reached the details phase of the painting, but I'm sure once colors and shades start getting blended together more, then it'll come together. It's important to block in all this early on stuff first though.

I would suggest giving more purply-blue tones in her darker shadow areas. Be sure to give some bounced light effect on her right arm or on the bottoms of her legs to help define those areas a bit more. Just a hint of color and brighter value....

As far as her expression goes, I think her stare is coming from her tension. If you give her eyebrows a bit more relaxing feel that will help. Maybe pull the inner most parts of her brows up and the outer most back down bit more. Practice some eyebrow moves in the mirror (when no one is watching).....and then for her eyes, give her more eyelid usage. Her upper eyelid might need to come over her iris a bit to give that not-so-scary feeling......

Just my thoughts. Looking forward to more!

[L.King65]

Thanks for the crits guys, I have made the adjustments you have suggested. And here is the progress so far. I reworked that skin to make it have more contrast, and the face. As you can see this is a total wip, i am going to rework those wings later this week and I really want to detail those feet out, so I am going to spend some time on those. I am still having issues with the hair, so if anyone has any suggestions... I'm listening. I've started working on the backdrop around her, but do to pressed time I will have to finish the rest of it tonight.

here's the link: http://photobucket.com/albums/e230/lk065/?action=view&current=cgtalk.jpg

[L.King65]

and here is upclose of the anatomy/skin i've been working on.

link; http://photobucket.com/albums/e230/lk065/?action=view&current=progress.jpg

[L.King65]

And close up of face that still needs work. so yea... here's the link.....

http://photobucket.com/albums/e230/lk065/?action=view&current=face.jpg

[L.King65]

Okay, So I've been working on bringing the piece more together although I really haven't gotten into the level of detail that I want yet. Crits and Comments please. :)



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/lk065/progress2.jpg

[Brownboot]

The hair color change helps a lot, very good call there. I feel like the perspective might be a tad hinky though. If eye level is at the level of her eyes, which it looks like it is, it seems you might see more of the tops of her thighs than we currently are...

[slangford]

Ok girl...
It looks like you've made great progress. I still think your colors are getting alittle "muddy". I went throught the cgchoice section and found some great images you might look at. Try painting the color in blocks. Turn the brushes to an almost hard edge, and adjust the color tones for shading. Then just blur it alittle.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=280715
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=212346
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=210336
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=201563

This one looks kinda like yours....
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=200355

And my Favorite Artist...
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=194487

[L.King65]

Thanks Mr. Langford,

Appreciate the pics and advice, they've really helped and continue to. Here is what i have got so far:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/lk065/progress7.jpg

[L.King65]

Okay, so a little more work on lighting and her wings, I am going to add some things to the left side of the picture. So here is the progress:



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/lk065/fairypic.jpg

[Sandpiper]

It's looking good Laci. The only thing that still bugs me is how the face fits with the rest of the body. Perhaps it's the chin and neck transition. May be some proportional issues going on there. The reason I'm being vague is because I'm not really sure what it is. :)


Everything else seems to be coming to life. Looks like it could use some color though. Adding some good color values will help this piece be more vibrant.

That's all I got for now......

[slangford]

ok... I hate to keep harping on the same thing, but it would REALLY REALLY help you pic if you pumped up the colors! I did a quick paint over to give yo an idea... I konw your trying to make the deadline... but it takes alot to get in to expose...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/slangford/ffg.jpg

[L.King65]

Thanks for both your crits, I'll will try and incorporate them as quickly as possible, I agree with the whole neck thing now that I look at it, like it's almost not connected right or something, thank for the paint-over, I get what your saying now. Well back to work:)

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