Undead Sorcerer, Anand Halbhavi (2D)

[JakeLV426]

I think some anatomy and cloth studies would do good things for you. there's some issues like the length of his arms , and their positioning. His left arm, for example, looks very unnatural. On his right arm, the hand is not very apparent, so it kind of seems like the fingers are growing out of his wrist. Most of his clothing doesn't seem to be flowing with the curves of his body, like the right shoulderpad. Overall, your character is a bit out of proportion. Although you're kind of hitting on the idea that the light is coming from his hand, there's not much of that blue light really striking him. Overall the piece doesn't really have a defined light direction. For the background, its about the same value of the character, so he's not popping off it. A good trick is to copy your whole image, and desaturate it. Make sure that things that are supposed to be placed in fromt of one another have different values. one last note, I think the whole left side could be darkened, to help lead the viewers eye to his glowing right hand, which seems to me the point of focus.

I made a quick paintover so it didn't sound like I was just railing on you :)
Hope this helps, I think you have a good start, but now you have to start working
with the light to really take your picture up a level. Keep it up!!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/Totoandotto/paintover.jpg

[AHalbhavi]

I think some anatomy and cloth studies would do good things for you. there's some issues like the length of his arms , and their positioning. His left arm, for example, looks very unnatural. On his right arm, the hand is not very apparent, so it kind of seems like the fingers are growing out of his wrist. Most of his clothing doesn't seem to be flowing with the curves of his body, like the right shoulderpad. Overall, your character is a bit out of proportion. Although you're kind of hitting on the idea that the light is coming from his hand, there's not much of that blue light really striking him. Overall the piece doesn't really have a defined light direction. For the background, its about the same value of the character, so he's not popping off it. A good trick is to copy your whole image, and desaturate it. Make sure that things that are supposed to be placed in fromt of one another have different values. one last note, I think the whole left side could be darkened, to help lead the viewers eye to his glowing right hand, which seems to me the point of focus.

I made a quick paintover so it didn't sound like I was just railing on you :)
Hope this helps, I think you have a good start, but now you have to start working
with the light to really take your picture up a level. Keep it up!!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/Totoandotto/paintover.jpg


Hey thanks man! i really didnt notice these errors wen i was working im glad that you hav corrected me... i will definetly work on the anatomy and clothing... and especially lighting.. thanks once again ...

[JakeLV426]

Heh...I have the same problem when im painting...you can get really into what you're doing and forget to step back and take an objective good look. Glad I could help, looking forward to what you come up with next. :thumbsup:

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