Lilith Concept Art

[Rabid1]

Hey PhoenixFlame, wanted to give you a few thoughts on your concept here.

First, I like your character design and treatment of her accessories considering the story behind it. The pose is good and snake-like but there are few issues going on. There are a couple anatomy issues with her arms and hands. Also her hips are not proportionate to one another. Furthermore, her face shading seems a little off. I would suggest using a female reference photo in the exact pose you are drawing to help you make sure all the body parts are correct. This step is better done in the very beginning so you don't get to the end of the process and find these errors. However, its never too late to fix a drawing and that is the beauty of digital art.

Second, I don't think the background image is working for you here. The color/texture distracts from the character and really doesn't relate to it either. Maybe you were going for a red/green color combo but i think you may be able to improve it.

The shading and overall coloring is well done. She may benefit from a few well placed highlights on the skin to give her more form.

I think it is a great start. If you are planning to interview for a concept artist position i would hold off with this image until you have completed it. Remember, quality is more important than quantity. Anyway good luck with this and i hope you can gain something from my post.

[PhoenixFlame]

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2174/lilithcorrections.jpg



Hi Rabid1 thank you so much for your help! I felt a little silly when I realised I didn't use any photographic reference for this... you'd have thought I'd have learnt by now ;-)

So I got my sister to do the pose, who told me it was impossible... lol. So I have reworked it to try and make it possible.

I have made the arms longer and added hands, made the legs slightly longer, turned them more forwards (particularly the left). I've tried to improve the hips and the face.

I thought I'd leave it rough incase it needs more changes. I'll put more highlights on the skin once I've sorted this anatomy.

Oh and yeah I changed the background and just put a plain gradient on for now, but I'm thinking of putting something in the background to set the scene and mood.

But thanks Rabid1 when you pointed all that stuff out it seemed obvious!

Below is the reference picture I have used:

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4650/018mr.jpg

[RebeccaSx]

break the body into shapes to help get it into proportion. Lengthen the legs so she doesn't stand in an impossible pose :-) hope this helps

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

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