Ideas for improvement

#1

This is my first post in this community, so… “Hi folks!” :wink:

Here’s my painting 10350 A.D. Hope you like it.
I just wanted to ask you: How can I improve my painting. I’m not sure about the lower body part.

Cheers!
Gerri

#2

You could try changing the black lines making up the seams of her body to a warmer color and varying the value. As the lines recede away from the viewer, lighten their value. I understand that they’re there to show that she’s artificial. But they’re kind of distracting as they are currently rendered.

#3

Hi ZombieMariachis!
Thank you for your comment! I really appreciate that! I’ll change the lines to a warmer/brighter color for having less contrast!

Cheers!
Gerri

PS. Your “Mryddraal” totally rocks!!! :wink:

#4

I think this has a lot of potential.
I’d say overall your image could use more color depth. The face looks really nice with browns and pinks playing off one another but areas like her hair and the fabric look more monochromatic. I would vary the color a bit more in these areas. For example, you could bring in some nice subtle blues into the fabric which would help the blue travel around the image more. I hope that makes sense. I’m not saying you need to change the perceived color of anything. For example the hair can still be perceived as white in the end, I’m just saying that you don’t have to stick to a strict gray scale in order to achieve it. You can use color.
On another similar note, I think you could add darker values to your image while still maintaining the overall perceived lightness and airiness of the piece. Again, the richest values you have are only on the face. This should continue out to the rest of the image.
I hope that is helpful to you. :slight_smile:

#5

The overall tonal composition is a bit vague. If you simplified your image down to the most basic shapes, values and colors, it should still have a strong sense of composition and design, even if we no longer see any representational quality in it. Right now, there’s not enough planning of your overall tonal composition, and the values/contrast are kind of scattered, vague, and diffused. There’s also a bit to much overblown light values, where it’s like lots of patches of white that has no form in terms of dimensions. That floating ball and her hand is also unnecessarily chopped at the image’s border. You need to learn about basic composition. Please go to the Art Techniques & Theories forum and check out the sticky threads–they contain lots of very helpful resources for your artistic development.

#6

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