Rocky/Stallone WIP

[rainbowdemon]

Hi again! No huge update.. just started trying to get more definition to his face and also smooth out the transitions of shadow and light.

I am trying to achieve that by using soft edged brushes and the smudge tool. Is this the correct way of going about it? Thanks! Hope you like!

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6981/stals01v11.jpg

[derwonder]

try to define the outline more, the head (or hair part) needs to be defined more, it is a good caricature but you can do better if you get rid of the smoky haze around rocky, best of luck.

[rainbowdemon]

Hi Jason,

Thanks a lot for the critique! I am glad that you think it is good- I was never confident with drawing faces or caricatures. I will see what I can do about the haze and the definition of the outline!

[rainbowdemon]

tried to add more definition to the face and the hair.. as well as smoothing out the whole shading.. not entirely happy. i think it has gotten too dark.. has a burned feeling to it.. any opinions suggestions are welcome! thanks!

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9895/stals01v12.jpg

[acb12]

well first of all let me congratulate you on your attemp as it is important to dare youself everyonce in a while cuz thats how you get better :D

now i think that a person who laughs on one's art ahouldnt be allowed to comment >.> cuz everyone starts from the same spot and no one as he holds a pencil or a pen at the first time starts to draw like picasso :)

i think its a nice sketch and the progress isnt bad at all ^_^
altough i couldnt help noticing that your face are more defined then the body so i think that you should define it abit more like smothening the tones abit and define the areas abit better unless you intend on having the unfinished body look at the end with the nice looking face as in letting the face being the center of the image ^_^

looking forward for updates :D

[rainbowdemon]

acb12 thank you for stopping by and leaving a great comment! :)

You are right about the body, it really needs to be defined more! I started it from scratch in photoshop with no good reference and that was a mistake...

I will take a step back and draw it out on paper first and then scan it for the reference. I still feel more comfortable with an ordinary pencil than with my tablet =)

[GZ]

His head is pretty good. But you need to work more on his body I guess. Try to render the final work with two light sources which will define the shape of the head and body very good.
One white light from right and one blue from left for example... .

[theanswer07]

Great image, as far as the caricature is concerned.

I think the colours are definitely too dark and burnt, he looks kinda' spanish, where is I believe he is italian.

[rainbowdemon]

Hey thanks a lot for stopping by and for your great comments! :)

GZ Rendering with 2 lights sounds like a great idea! I am not exactly sure how I would go about doing that in photoshop though.. is that filters->rendering->lighting effects? Or do you mean manually painting the lighting on the image from as I would do in traditional painting?

theanswer07 Haha he's just got a really great tan! ;) No just kidding, you are totally correct of course, I need to get those colours sorted.

Thank you both again for the critique! I've been a bit busy with other work lately, so havn't had time to give to this project, but it is still on my to-do list, so hopefully there will be some updates soon! :)

[GZ]

Well, I think using light sources or brushes does not make a big difference, but I prefer brushes because of the painting-sense that they imply to the viewer.
Just lower the opacity of your brush and try to add some fine highlights on the other side of the body. thar's all. ;)
And here is a 2 lights rendering pattern:
http://xs137.xs.to/xs137/09134/133580_1141168383_medium755.jpg

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