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

#1381

The two latest paintovers…

#1382

Hi Steven,

Wow! The lighting is much more consistent in the paintover and the feeling of it is much closer to what I was trying to accomplish. Also I see now that the perspective for the lilypads was wrong. I love what you did with the trees too, and the reflection on the water.

Thanks so much! I greatly appreciate it.

Cheers,
Rebecca

#1383

Would like to get some tips on coloring it. I feel it a bit mangaish, I want it to be abit more realistic. Thanks in advance. :slight_smile: If anyone can render me the face & hair, it would be great. Thank you again.

#1384

The shoulders, chest, and neck anatomy probably doesn’t quite work. And, just overall anatomy in general. I also want his armor to be more shiny/reflective, but it just doesn’t seem to be working. Trying to go for basic cool action pose, nothing profound. I would like to put him into more of an environment, so if you have time to give any direction on that, I would love it, but I guess anatomy is main thing.

#1385

merrygoround, before I start, a quick question about his pose, which seems rather unusual… what is he doing?

#1386

well, I wanted it to be like he was in mid fight, except it turned out a little weird because you don’t see anyone else. I wanted his pose to convey a combination of dodging attacks and preparing to make his next strike. anyway, I had to laugh a bit when I read your message, because I guess it does seem a bit weird without having my thoughts for context. Hope that helps, lemme know if you got any other questions. And, of course, thanks, you rock!

#1387

ok here are the latest two

#1388

aahhhh! so much work to do now. lol. some of my anatomy and scale is just so off. Seeing it like that definitely makes me very aware of what needs to be done. thanks so much man

#1389

Wow. This is so cool. I’ve been your fan since I can remember. I’d love to see you do mine. Soo much to learn I have :slight_smile:

#1390

Merrygoround I didn’t mean to delete so much of the cloth, it just happened as I was working on the legs. The main problem in your original pose as I see it is the elbows and knees are too close together, which is something we usually think of as typically feminine or submissive, not aggressive. Also, the arms looked like they were pretty much at rest, which isn’t a good thing in this case.

#1391

xeltestic, I guess you’ll be disappointed I haven’t painted on yours yet, if so sorry, but I tried, and just couldn’t find anything I would consider ‘wrong’ or ‘off’, to fix… Maybe that’s good news for you, or maybe I’m just not good enough at this. :slight_smile:
btw I love how there’s a face on his chest/abdomen

#1392

Hi, I came across your thread and the temptation to post was too much! So here we go… below is an illustration portraying the sin ‘lust’. I’m eager to see what you do with it! thanks!

…p.s. I do apologise if i broke any of the posting rules! :slight_smile:

#1393

Hello,

I’m really sorry that the image is really blank, but honest to god, I have no idea how to start the background. This is my 3rd Attempt at digital painting. I’m having trouble making the arm look natural. Entire image to me looks stiff. First few attempts at digitally painting, I used color, and some kind forumer told me to start out using grayscale to get lighting right.

Just to give you a quick insight to what the picture is about, Its a creature who secretes a drug-like venom that is extremely addictive. She uses it to control humans to do her bidding.

I wanted an eerie atmosphere, full of danger, yet contrasting with a hint of beauty. I was thinking a cave with glowing eyes or spiders crawling around, but my attempts at doing so feel sub par and I end of trashing the layer. Also had trouble with lighting the atmosphere in correlation with the main figure.

Maybe you could point out an ideal light source?
Sketch a quick example draft of the background?
or whatever you feel like doing.

If you want a bigger picture,

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/CanyCould/SpiderSiren-1.jpg

Thanks a bunch,

Joon

#1394

thank u stahlberg =),you are really awesome and generous,I study art at some college,i didnt post any work up here but i have gone through some of your paintovers.im so excited that i discovered this thread!!I have learned A LOT seriously!!:love:

#1395

Monco I was away on a trip for a few days and didn’t save your image, now it shows only a warning message about breaking terms of use.

Canycan I will look at your image soon. meanwhile my first thoughts are, the reason you think it’s stiff is that you have a “camera” angle that is perfectly perpendicular to their plane of interaction. In other words, something a 3d modeler would call an orthographic view, as opposed to a more realistic perspective view. In this case this also leads to you having a LOT of empty background space, and a relatively un-successful composition. More later.

#1396

Hello!

I hope you had a restful few days off :slight_smile:

This is a portrait I’m working on. I’m trying to experiment with using a fairly limited palette and I haven’t done much in terms of detailing much, especially the face.

As usual…I’m really confused about the light source, in terms of intensity, color and direction.

I’m wondering if you might make some suggestions? I always learn SO much from you!!

#1397

This one and this one

#1398

woah.

I wasn’t expecting such drastic change in quality with the camera change. It looks so much more natural and believable. I will definitely try many camera angle sketches and choose from the selection before attempting to paint.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.

#1399

Hi there Mr Stahlberg! :smiley: I think it’s amazing what you’re doing in this thread, and I’m really, really hoping you might be able to help me out too! I’m painting a new work which I’m hoping to include in my portfolio application to get into a small art school.

I’m super unhappy with the lighting at the moment. It seems like I can’t bluff my way through this painting. Everything is painted in midtones, and I want the lighting to be stronger than that- I want her and the fish to really pop and catch people’s attention, as the content is obviously a simple portrait-type piece. I was intending the light to come from a slightly higher angle (almost in line with her face?), to the left-hand side, slightly from the front (I think I’ve got the shadow cast from the breast on the right in the correct place?). The fish are supposed to have a dull glow about them (and look slightly more toony and quirky than her).

I’ve posted about this in the critique forum also, but I know that a paintover critique would be a huge help! Cheers and thanks in advance! :smiley: :smiley:

#1400

Thank you very much Stalh! You sir, are a god send! :smiley: I will definitely try to paint more opaque!

Could you possibly take a look at this WIP? Thanks muchly sire! <3