Please critique my bomberman

#1

Hello, I was just wondering if someone could critique my most recent picture. Thanks!

#2

Don’t put white outline around contours arbitrarily. That is a very graphic approach used in artworks that have a strong design sense, and is inappropriate for a full-blown scene with an established premise/background and unified lighting scheme.

Tilting the image clock-wise doesn’t work quite as well in this case. Try tilting it counter-clock-wise instead–it’ll look more dynamic and create a stronger sense of drama (it has to do with the flow of cause and effect in your scene).

If that is indeed an explosion, shouldn’t his body be pushed outwards by the powerful blast? (Back arched, limbs trailing behind, head snapped back).

#3

The explosion has no sense of movement, the character either. Perhaps using some expressive brushstrokes to imply movement would help. The shrapnel that is being ejected from the explosion wouldn’t be so clearly defined that close to the blast area.
I agree with Robert, Lunatique, remove the white border.

#4

Alright, thanks! and I’ll cut the lame white border lol, I’ll just replace the old image after I try and add some more expressive brushstrokes, I think I need to do some more figure drawing in general, my people always look so stiff compared to my thumbnails.

#5

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