Monk

#1

Made in Photoshop CS6 with a Wacom Intuos3 tablet. Painting of a monk from Diablo 3. Comments and constructive criticism welcome!

#2

hey Kanaru, your style and composition is pretty good, i just think the whole picture would benefit from the Monk having a more dynamic pose. the punching pose he is doing now looks way to stiff, theres no real movement to accompany the aggressiveness and moment of impact. He kinda just stands there with a look on his face like “hey look im punching a demon, im cool and collected, aint no thang”. i think if you added some emotion into the picture it would greatly benefit and be an EPIC piece. good work!

#3

I agree with Rick. The poses are very stiff, without any sense of dynamic motion or excitement. Artists who understand how to create visual excitement almost NEVER portray the moment of contact. What they do instead, is portray the split second right AFTER the point of contact, the the head has been snapped back by the punch, and the body already starting to fly backwards through the air, while the punch has already followed through its swinging arc.

#4

Thanks for the feedback. I certainly agree, and it’s something I’d definitely like to improve upon greatly.

#5

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