The catcher in the rye, Fernando Garcia (2D)

[Ghotire]

Cool picture! It really reminds me of the classic Samurai image, only it's a monster with a fishing pole. The atmosphere is awesome. I wonder if a little wayward fur on that bent elbow might make him look less well-combed. 4 stars!

[Exyder]

Nice character and very beautiful colors!
5 for you

[elmasfeo]

hey, thaks a lot for your positive comments both of you Gothire and Exyder :) I'm glad that you liked it, and yes, maybe I should've added some wayward fur somewhere, ...but you know, he spends a couple of hours in front of the mirror every morning and I didn't want to upset him un-combing it :P hehe

[BenCole]

i loved that book, you should definitely read it

[Seedly]

First off, the skys lighting from yellow to a peach color is a great decision. It really helps sell the mood and compliments the red shadow cast by the main character. This is minor, but if you hold a pencil in the same manner that the main character is holding the pencil, you'll notice that your thumb is quite long and raises higher than the other 4 curled fingers. Since this is an undefined creature, it may just have a small thumb, but I've found its always good to actually do what your character is doing in order to maintain proper size and positioning when posing. This is also a purly artistic choice, but you may want to mildly blur the wheat in the forground and/or background, as this will help settle him in to his environment a bit more, although he looks pretty cozy the way he is now. Oh....and i love how he's wearing a casual dress shirt, it really sells this as a character which exists and has a definate personality.

I also really like the compfortable amount of negative space in front of the character.

This piece has alot of character and mood to it. really well done.

[Ferx]

Hey Fer,

Cool !!! Great image my friend. I like a lot the palette that you used for this illustration. Great mood and atmosphere, agree that the yellow and redish tones puts a very evocative and peaceful enviroment on the whole picture. The creature design is really nice, like a lot. Again, great work tocayo :D ( me gustó muchisimo este trabajo tuyo y esto merece unas chelas bien helodias :D :beer:)

[elmasfeo]

BenCole - hehe, I was almost waiting for that comment, maybe some day I should read the book...

Seedly - hey, thanks a ton for your in-depth comment, you are completely right about the thumb, I was so focused on drawing and re-drawing the 4 fingers right (it took me a while) that I didn't pay attention to the thumb... about blurring the back/foreground, personally it's an effect that I don't like much, but to be honest I've never tried it, so maybe I could give it a chance... thanks for your post :) :thumbsup:

aaaand Fer! - gracias for stopping by here mate! and cheers! :beer: when is your next work coming out!? hehe...

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