The Red Queen

[Rivenis]

well here's my progress after a couple of hours so you can see the colour palette and the basic mood i'm going with, hope to update tomorrow night
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/Rivenis/The-Red-Queen1.jpg

[DArcy1]

I'd like to see a closeup of the eyes and nose because I think the anatomy is a bit off. At this point the only other thing that really sticks out for me is *her* right breast - it needs to be raised because of the arm being lifted up. So far so good, though, interesting to see where this goes.


D'Arcy

[Rivenis]

thanks alot for the critique D'arcy. I would've never caught the right breast arm raise thing, as for the facial anatomy, i'll have to try and fix that while i'm painting. I should have an update later tonight.

[Rivenis]

it may not look like it, but i put a good set of hours into this (mainly on the dress, trying to figure out how to make that work) anyway, made some changes to the angle of the face, thanks to D'arcy for pointing that out, as well as the right breast, which now that i look at it, looks a little small.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/Rivenis/The-Red-Queen2.jpg

[RebeccaSx]

Looking good so far, I love the fabric. YOu are doing a great job so far.

The thing I notice the most about this pic, is although you have a great pose in mond, the anatomy is off. You need to use photo reference to get the picture in proportion. I have a couple of links to some pic's you can use as reference.

http://senshistock.deviantart.com/art/Sailor-Zen-1-85131502

http://rammkitty-stock.deviantart.com/art/open-mind-75056967

http://lina-tsu.deviantart.com/art/yoga-like-stock-51792450 ( nudity )

Another thing you need to keep an eye on is your lighting. Where is your lighting coming from, the side, back or front and how does it affect your picture. If I have some time I'll do something for you as an example but I hope that the links help you a bit. Deviantart have a great resource of stock photos you can search for the right poses and reference for body parts etc. Reference will help you get proprtion and lighting correct, and give your pic a more realistic feel.

Keep up the great work!!

[RebeccaSx]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/rebeccasx/eq2.jpg

Okay I did a quickie here just to show u how proportion from reference helps. With her arm being raised like that it is not dynamic with her posture being so static, so you may want to play around and maybe arch her, or twist her slightly :-) Hope it gives you some ideas


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/rebeccasx/rq1.jpg

[Rivenis]

thanks a million for the references and the sketches. The last one is really good, wish i'd thought of that during the planning stages. I think i'm gonna try and make this one work though, i'm kinda going for a statuesque reposed sort of thing, like people posing for a photograph. As for the lighting, i'm thinking its coming from the top, and a little to the left. So of course i've got lots of adgustments to make. I should have an update around tomorrow night. Again, thanks for the efforts, and keep the comments coming.

[RebeccaSx]

Glad to be of some help, looking forward to the progress :-) Something I just caught, make sure the boob by the raised arm is lifted a bit, the arm was the last thing i put on and forgot to raise it for ya. :-)

[Rivenis]

well here's another update, trying to get the anatomy down, did some reshaping of the face to that end.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/Rivenis/The-Red-Queen3.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/Rivenis/The-Red-Queen-face.jpg

[lynch]

youve goten alot of help already ......so ill dig this up at work .....any way your still painting very grey especially in the skin...the reds missing some tones in the shaow and gettin to white in the highlights...dont get o carried awya with wanting to paint the red cloth that you neglect the rest...your already looking like your about to move on.

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