Help with the hunter

#1

.hey guys,i haven’t posted anything in a while,recently started working on a piece just to get some practice,i like where i am so far but i am stuck on ideas,any help and crits are welcome.thanks in advance.

#2

You have no light source. This is your number one problem, and is effecting everything. You can’t define shadows and thus forms and volume without a light source. If you’re working in black and white, you should be using contrast to build your scene, but you have pure white on his hair, with no shadows or highlights (this no volume), which grabs the eye and distracts it, and the same values from the background into the foreground, so you’re not building a sense of space and volume. The face has heavy shadows, but no light source to create them.

This is an awkward angle to view the figure, what’s the thinking behind it? Is there a reason to be so close up? A figure like that would be more fun and “epic” to draw the whole body. Why is he looking at us?

You look like you need some more practice with drawing and forming shapes and objects, like the face, the wing, especially where the wing meets the shoulder where it looks like a tube of plastic, and the detailing on the armor - the background needs more detail. The wing is very unrealistic - they have definite form, and structure, and feathers are light, not heavy. The way you have it rendered, they look like lead.

What is the story here? The environment and figure don’t have a narrative (implied story). Why is that person there? What are they doing? Why is he in a fighting stance, but alone? Why is there a crack in the ground?

Your anatomy is off as well - and why is he holding the sword like that, in the foreground? That’s a very awkward pose, and not a realistic grip on a blade. The hand needs some work - is he wearing gloves, or a gauntlet? (Metal).

You need work on textures - they all look the same - the face has the same texture as the armor and the floor.

I would suggest you work this out as a line drawing, before rendering it in full, and work out the compositional issues and the details before you start on texture, lighting, and color.

Hope this helps!

#3

this really helps a lot, i would try best i can to follow your comments,there was no story behind it, i guess i need better planing,but thanks again you have been helpful.

#4

Whenever you start an image that is meant to be some kind of narrative (subject with background and a premise), you need to know the story you’re trying to tell, no matter how simple it is. You’re not just someone who draws and paints meaningless stuff, because you have a soul and a brain, and you have ideas and emotions you want to express, as well as narrative you want to convey. Instead of thinking of yourself as just someone who draws pictures, you need to think of yourself more like a writer/director, who knows what the story you’re telling is, why the character(s) is there, what the character is thinking and feeling, what the premise is, what happened right before the moment you have chosen to depict, what is happening during the moment, and what will likely happen after the moment. Think about cause and effect, and consequences of what’s happening in your scene.

#5

[color=white]thank you[/color][color=white] lunatique i got inspired to paint just reading your comment.Going to start thinking differently when i draw.
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#6

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