learning by doing (painting)

#41

The face and the body is just awesome! You improve with each next posting!
One thing still: The arms look a litle chunky for her overall shape. I like the face a lot - good job!

#42

I did some minor changes - thanks VISEone - to the arm, and the face. My Girlfriend didn’t like the face, she said that it looks flat and a bit like ET. So I tried to give it a bit more form.
Some details in the pants are different and I changed some of the colors aswell.

#43

Yeah, the arm looks better now - Now I know what confused my eyes…the left (viewers right) hand and the arm just went into each other without a clear definition - it’s much better now!

#44

Yes right, and the overall form was not well shaped. Thanks again for your comment.

#45

a doodle for practice.

#46

after a long time of rubbish. I would like to start a bit bigger project. Nothing crazy but I just would like to spend more then 1-2 hours on this panting… Thats why I started with some composition test.

The guy in the front run’s away of that “giant enemy crab” which is launching rockets at the runner. The runner is carring away something but I don’t know what right now.

What do you think of the composition and tho pose. Somehow I think the first pose is stronger then the one on the last image. And I’m not sure right now which one I should take… Thanks for your comments in advance.

#47

here’s the latest update. I gave the subject a bit more space which helped in my eyes. But I’m still undecided about the pose.

#48

hey ted!

you did the right thing in composition in my opinion. you flipped the whole image. now it looks more dynamic and the viewers eye follows the story from left to right.

i like the running pose.

cool work!!

#49

thanks fischkopf.

after talking with a collegue I decided to to put the Mechacrab back up again to make it more agressiv. And the landscape creates a nice flow towards the protagonist. Although I’m still not sure what he’s doing there. Escaping? Is he the first soldier attacking? I will decide that while painting.

Comments and critics are highly appreciated.

#50

better now!

#51

your comments are very appreciated, fischkopf.

I layed down the main colors and I hope I didn’t destroy the hues I set in the grayscale image but until now I guess its ok. Thats it for today, if everything goes well I will start render the character tomorrow.

#52

ok, next step. I exchanged the head to get a better feeling for the character… but I don’t know if I did the image a favor. Maybe i should add some sort of helmet. But well I can go back and change that detail anytime. I’m a bit unsure about the next steps. I don’t want to render it dead but I already have the feeling I started doing exactly that.

Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated.

#53

Hey Ted, you have been really pushing yourself, and its definitley paying off! I see your daily speedpaints are getting much faster too, great job so far. With this latest one you started i have a few thoughts for ya. First, with the latest color version, i think you lost some of the higher contrast in specularity on the main character, he seems more flat now with less spark? If you show his face, you’ll want to try and push his expression more i think. Also, i think it was more threatening without the small extra human figure in the bg, for some reason he kind of throws me off? I really like the start, you might think about how you want develop the background/atmoshpere area. I’m wondering if you raised the flag he’s holding at a higher angle if that would tie the piece together more, in sort of a triangular composition going from the character, up the flag, and pointing to the machine in the distance. Also, it kind of looks like the machine is stopped, not really chasing him, you might raise a leg or something and put it in more of an aggressive action pose? Anyway, i’m not trying to point out all negatives, i think this has a lot of potential and ways to further develop it. I look foward to more!

#54

Very good points Rabid1 and thank you for taking time and giving me some good tipps.
I agree with every point you came up with. The funny thing is that you didn’t like the little human. I added that short before ended painting just to have a reference point to show how big that machine is. But your right like it is right now it just looks silly, I’ll definetly change that.

#55

I worked a bit on the suit of the runner. And then I tried at least 5 poses for the crab until I had one which I didn’t totaly dislike. Then short before bedtime I added the missile just to check if the idea would fit into the image. And I guess I need to rethink that.
And I gave the runner the helmet back. Still undecided about that but right now I like the helmet better. Or like rabit1 said I just need a stronger facial expression.

#56

here is an other small update. Any thougts about it. Does it go into the right direction?

#57

and here is the next step. Which brings me a good bit closer to finish this piece.
Any comments are very welcome.

#58

Nice updates, i like where you have taken it, the latest one has good contrast in values, but i think his glowing eyes could be sharpened up a bit? Keep it up i like the effort!

#59

TEDNINDO: I think it looks awesome, I especially love the colors around the ‘spider’, in the back… Really great colorchoice. Maybe in terms of composition i would have just changed a few things. I would show more of the front of the character running away, this way you ( a ) create a clearer silhouette ( b ) you involve the audience into the action more, because we sorta stand ‘in the way’ of the kninght running away. Another thing, maybe, i would have rather show more ascent at the hill the knight is running up. This way you kinda indicate ‘oh my dear knight, the run is not over yet, still a lot to go’ and it adds the the tension of ‘the story’.

One more thing i would have make differently is giving the spider more of a third dimension by placing one or two legs in front, so that we see the spider is progressing and not just standing there. ‘yeah knight, run away, i keep shooting my rockets while I am still after you. Run till you collapse out of exhaustion or until one of my missile eventually hits you…’ - its wise and good to dive into the story. To know why the knight is running away, whats his motivation (maybe the flag symbolizes freedom for his species, maybe the flag is an important message to free his species eventually). composition and colors is just part of the job, the actual art is to make this a story to read and to be involved adn interested in.

just my thoughts…

#60

maybe this is even better? it adds a lot more dimension and tension… just an idea… =)