"PAINTOVER PLEASE" - painted crits on demand - with Steven Stahlberg

#1361

Wow thanks! I see I have to work a lot light and volumes hehehe. It looks far good now.

#1362

The alien attacks…

#1363

Hi Steven and thanks for this great thread. I would like to improve this render that i did for the lightingchallange here at cgtalk. As it is now i feel that its a bit flat and i would like to exhaggerate the artistic look in it. Would love for you to make a paintover so i can see what i could do.

#1364

The realism of the lighting looks fine to me, and that’s really all I can promise to try to help people with in this thread. But I will meditate on it and maybe something will come to me.

#1365

Hi Steven, hope to get some feedback/paintover for this wip concept. Just putting down values before colouring it. This is my second post in this very helpful thread. Thanks

#1366

Hello Mr. Stahlberg, I have to say that your level of dedication towards helping other artists with this extensive thread is amazing.

I’ve been working on this 3D character and would love you to point out some improvements with a paintover/critique. I’m working towards submitting this piece to Ballistic Publishing’s Expos’e 8 this month. :slight_smile:

Many thanks, :beer:

#1367

hello
i just seen this amazing thread.
here is my wip.

I’m trying first to show the dark bad side of monty Burns and the clair obscur painting technique. Hope you could do something with it.

thank you in advance Steven :thumbsup: !

#1368

Darkra -
it is a beautiful model, but my first impression is sort of a question, ‘what does it do?’ There seems to be no point to the image except to show a beautiful model, and that’s ok I suppose, but if you want something more here are my comments. The empty environment, her boring straightforward pose and lack of expression are not really helping, I would also recommend some more dynamic lighting (see Mr. Burns in the next post). Try to create a scene from a story. If nothing else, note that the black background is hiding the black parts of the model, try to change that someway (maybe with lighting, or changing the color of background or parts).

Shogunato -
It looks fine like it is to me, perhaps pump up the main light a bit, and maybe even subdue the blue background light some more. The diffuse light coming from the ceiling seems a bit too strong. Otherwise - cool!

#1369

Thanx a lot :slight_smile:

#1370

Ackee -
no, sorry, all I can come up with is that the sky seen through the blinds should be brighter, probably pure white (overexposed as it would be with a real life camera), and parts of the strings holding the blinds should be lit up by the sunlight as well.
Also the folds on the blanket at the bottom of the bed, where it hangs over the corners, should maybe be more complex, check reference.
Other than that it looks very realistic.

#1371

Here’s the latest drawing

#1372

Many thanks for the great suggestions!
I have now re-worked the lighting and the background and it is looking much much better. Unfortunatly I have ran out of time to improve the pose and expression but here is my image at a more finished state… if you had any further suggestions it would be very appreciated. :slight_smile:

#1373

Hello Mr. Stahlberg !
I’ve been a big fan of your work since I’ve started cg.
I’d love to get some critiques from an old model I’m trying to polish
The head was kinda matched to Dolph but the body is a more like a general muscular male. Would be great to get any advice.
thanks in advance !
jinwoo

#1374

The legs and shadows look a lot better. Thanks for the paintover.

#1375

Darkra - yes that’s much better. I’m still wondering what those three rabbit ear thingys at the bottom are, :slight_smile: but that’s ok.

jjcoolio - this is an extremely good model of a human. I have no real solid crits, except maybe the hands are slightly too small?
Often collarbones on big muscular guys are barely visible, covered by bulging pecs below and bulging traps above… but it’s of course possible that somewhere there’s a person who is slightly unusual and looks like this in that area.

#1376

Thanks Mr. Stahlberg !
Your totally right about the hands. I had a feeling that they were small.
I’ll also check the collarbones. thank you so much for the great advice !!!:thumbsup:

cheers
jinwoo

#1377

Hi Mr. Stahlberg,

   Firstly I wanted to say how impressed I am both with your work and with your willingness to help the community. You are an amazing artist! I've been following this paintover thread for years and watching the images flip from original to paintovers is mesmerizing.
   
   Below is an image I'd like to submit for a paintover. The intention is to provoke a feeling of quietness and serenity.
 
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   Thanks,
   Rebecca
#1378

I am trying to get Human form correctly
silhouette of human

Don’t know whether it qualify for paintover or not.

#1379

I’m going to Iceland to work for a week, I’ll be back next Sunday, so I’m taking a little break in the paintovers. I’ll be back to it once I’ve recovered from the trip. :slight_smile:

#1380

Have a great trip, Mr Stahlberg! :thumbsup: