Elfieessss [er, untitled] - WIP, currently a detailed sketch. Help?

[Lillyth]

The female is very nicely done, great proportions and forms. The male doesn't look that bad either. The face is a little unrealistic, the jaw should be bigger and a bit square. Also, the shoulder doesn't go with the front part of the body. They seem to face different directions,if u understand what i mean. You should make the shoulder more horizontal, or the chest and abs muscles less vertical.
I hope this helps, i don't know if i explained too well.
Keep going !:thumbsup:

[DArcy1]

Hi

I can't comment on anatomy, because I fail at it too - so I always use reference. If you aren't already aware, this site has about 30 photosets of various models that may help fine tune your skills: http://characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=photosets

I do have a few thoughts re composition - her eyes are shut, which makes her relationship to him ambiguous. If she were looking sad and down to the left corner, or blankly straight ahead, it would highlight the disconnect between their pose and their relationship. Having him overtly holding her thigh (thumb on the inside, fingers on the outside) as opposed to resting on the table, would also go a long way towards showing his attitude towards her as being property vs being a person. Have him smile just slightly as well.

Hope that helps

D'Arcy

[Stormchylde]

Thank you so much! That website looks terribly useful, I've bookmarked it and now I'm going to go through and see if I can find any poses that might help me out.

And I totally agree about her facial expression, the picture was originally going to be a boyfriend and girlfriend listening to the same iPod...I don't really know how it turned into this, but her expression is still "I'm peaceably listening to music with my boyfriend" instead of "I'm a courtesan working for an ill-tempered, selfish elf prince". XD

[DArcy1]

Glad to help :-)

D.

[Stormchylde]

Okay! So I haven't done any work on his arm because men terrify me, and I'm impatient. So I started painting her skin, because I figured if I didn't start doing something substantial soon I'll get so sick of this picture that I'll never finish it, and that would be a travesty.

Anyway. So. This is the progress I made today:

http://www.freewebs.com/evergenweyr/photos/-alksdg/elf%20courtesan%20wip.png

I haven't done any work on her stomach yet, that's why she has no belly button/abs/etc. I feel like it's way too...monotone. I'm going to try adding some purples into the shadows and...what else, greens? I dunno. Experiment time.

[MProszowska]

Hi! Sketch looks realy nice but about colors I have few personal obs what could be improved.
First you asking about shadow colors, everything depends on global light and enviroment. If it's night scenery should have more cooler colors ect. Try using more staturated colors between light and shadows area, don't forget about hue difference not only value
In my opinion body details goes a little in wrong way, move backward her forehead (reverse angle), her left collarbone goes a little bit to hight - low it down and beetwen breasts shadow should be less strong, without bra they softly slope on sides soo can't have soo dark space here. And crucially.... don't give up! If you aren't happy with colors don't be scared to start everything again! How I say earlier : sketch's beauty and deserve lustre finish :) I'm crossing my fingers for you.

(sorry for my english if I made any mistakes)

[stuh505]

The line work looks really nice! I think the male elf hand (in her hair) may be a bit out of proportion

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