CGS DSF 3413 35mn"The Fighter"

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“The Fighter”

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#2

37 Minutes

#3

I like the action you managed to express in there :slight_smile:

I took more lazy approach… I was thinking to make some skinny caricature boxer.
In this I notice how much I suck hahaha!
Every aspect in this sketch is bad :stuck_out_tongue:
Atleast I enjoyed making it. :smiley:

#4

Yeah, that was the hardest part. Lol I didn’t even have time to refine the details.

Yes, that’s the most important thing; that you enjoyed making the painting

#5

Sazem, in my opinion, that is a very good sketch, maybe the anatomy is not perfect but the expression of the body and the scene itself is an authentic humoristic strip. I like it!! :slight_smile:

#6

Sazem,

You might consider focusing more on value as opposed to color and detail. Just creating a simple value statement with success is 80% of the painting. I always create thumbnails, something like 400 x 250 pixels, and simplify the picture using no more than 4 to 5 values. A couple midtones, a dark and a light. Also, reduce the picture to a few big shapes, try to keep it under 7 major shapes.

I hope you don’t mind, but I created a quick 5 minute thumbnail of your image. If you squint your eyes, the image below really just has three large shapes: background, boxer/support/ropes and the floor.

Doing hundreds of these helps teach one how to create a more realistic dramatic environment.

I don’t mean to hijack the thread, but you have great work ethic so I just thought I toss in my thoughts. I hope this may help some.

#7

I definitely wont mind at all! I really appreciate your great comment Daniel! You can always toss me new ideas & critics :slight_smile:
I think your you have a really good point there. Your thumbnail is so much stronger in every aspect.

I think I should start doing thumbnail practises and real life fast sketches to get my shapes, forms and values better.

Actually I will start now, lets see what happens :slight_smile:

#8

I wanted to try to the same topic ofcourse. I didnt look any references, only I tried to remember what I liked in your thumb. (angle and so on).

This one took around 10minutes… Still got to work on my values, but atleast now I have one area exactly to focus on.

Actually I really liked this idea… its so much easier to try get the basic shapes/values really correct with angles and perspective. Its kinda hard to get everything look good in the end if the mistakes are made in the beginning with the basics things.

#9

Yeah, I like it :slight_smile: A very solid statement. You could even increase the floor ring value to separate it from the value from the background crowd. It would pop it out more. In any case, great start! Also, if you had the opponent’s glove pointing towards the guy in the corner would strengthen the composition more. It would help point the viewer to your focal point. At present, his fist is pointing down which leads the eye right off the page. Just something to consider. Again, great start :slight_smile:

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