I think it’s time to bring this to light. One day playing an endless game of AEO, I thought it would be interesting to see how it would look if it were more realistic. I’m looking for some feedback on all this work, I think it’s the best way to improve skills and see things that maybe I could not only see for myself.
Nicely done. I like it!!! But there a few issues with that last image with the elephant. His pants or bottom wear is fitting him pretty wired and he is sitting really awkwardly. Also the elephant ear that is behind should be a bit bigger in length.
That is a good use of minimal light value vs. dark values.
I’d expose the image for the darks and less for the lights a bit more for the photographic lighting usage.
But it makes me smile, it’s nice as it is, unhappily I’m one of the few who never played AOE. I was more of a warcraft 3 person.
I think the war elephants pose should be reworked. Even if it is correct, it looks like its about to fall down. Think this is one of those it’s correct but lacks readability situations.
Thou ill admit that i don’t have a stack of elephant ref pics, so if this is production sketches for other people that know how they look in various situations, then it’s fine, but if it is for general population, then i think you should change the pose into more defined one, especially since its an exotic animal.
Just my two cents thou 