[cortheonly]

This is a digital sketch I did weeks ago. Took about a good two hours I believe in photoshop. It was only meant to be a sketch, but I'm sure I could have done this better.

The floor is meant to be semi-reflective, too, by the way, but I'm sure I didn't make that much of a truth other than minor reflections of the color. I'm still trying to transition over to digital coloring, so I appreciate any advice.

The red on the woman on the floor around her torso is suppose to be her upper top, with broken stone armor over her body, thus the pieces of rock here and there.

[jose8a]

Hey everyone!

I'm working on this piece for a competition (in which, just to be clear, I'm allowed to take advice & critique of this kind), but I'm stuck with some things :/
The painting is about this girl who is being held by a huge snake, but is about to be rescued by an eagle. I'm trying to use the eagle as a light source, since it's a metaphor about salvation, good vs. evil, etc.


Anyways, here are my main problems (but if anyone wants to suggest something else I'd appreciate it a lot too):

1.The composition. I feel like it's too dull... I can't think of a way to make it more interesting & dynamic

2. The snake. I think it takes too little space and it doesn't help the composition either.

3. The girl's pose and expression. I'm ok with how it is, but if anyone has a better one there's nothing I'd love more than hearing it

4. The dress. To be honest I did it in 1 minute because I couldn't come up with something good...

[irawan]

i hope this help a bit.

[jose8a]

@Irawan

It does! Actually, it's just what I needed Thanks
If somebody else has the time or feels like suggesting something It'd help me out a lot.

[sinto]

Hi, I know this WIP has already gotten far, but I'd like it checked, especially the lighting. I want this illustration to look really good

[Spiritto]

HI everybody!

I am working on a rather complex piece right now and I definitely could use some advice.

I have to paint an scene in which a mother is about to put her baby to sleep in the craddle. Quite emotive. It's meant to look like a really good done animation background (like if it came from a movie)

I have designed the nursery as best as I could, thinking about the composition carefully, though I have crashed with some problems and I'm not very sure how to overcome them.

THe main thing might be that there are too many square shapes, but how to avoid that since houses tend to have plenty of angles?

[alben_tan]

hmm.. is the thread still active??

[JohnSilva]

Originally Posted by alben_tan

hmm.. is the thread still active??

It is, its just that most of people seem to not have answer for everything but still able to help!

Feel free to post for any help.

[LuisCavaco]

@sinto
You have an amazing image there, and im no master, but just a thing that maybe could improve an almost perfect image would be to vary the tones and colors more to convey distance, and focus on the main characters.



Hope it helps even if you disagree

[alben_tan]

Originally Posted by JohnSilva

It is, its just that most of people seem to not have answer for everything but still able to help!

Feel free to post for any help.

thanks for the reply sir John. I will post some works soon.

[Juto]

Cortheonly- I'm sorry this took so long for someone to reply to you. I've been at school for a year but I'm back so I will try to be more active. I hope this helps you out:




Spirtto- to be honest, I think you pretty much have it figured out. I can't really do a paintover, but I can link you to a blogpost that might help you!
http://artisticfong.blogspot.com/2011/04/rio.html

[voyd]

Hello people! this is a piece I do for creature challenge but i didn't finish it in time.. I feel like it lacks colors n i'm not sure about the lighting..
any comments n crits much appreciated

[kovah]

1. Ok, before adressing the griffin you background is really nice rendering, I think you went too monotone with the colour and adding some cooler colours to the mountains really gives it a sense of depth that wasn't there before, you can also use this to make the griffin stand out more. Use complimentary colours to your advantage and make sure if you have backlighting on the image you take full advantate of it. Back lights can work really well - Check this image out with the orange hilights just hinting at a lot of the forms - http://fav.me/d3f2tx3

2. The griffin - Anatomy wise he is pretty good but hes just floating there looking rather angry at nothing so i've given him a small bird to focus on as prey, the wings could do with a little bit more work than the body get some reference images of eagles/gliding birds and study their wings and it will give you a much better sense of how they move. Your wings resemble more of a childlike representation of a wing rather than what they actually look like, so just watch that, if in doubt find a reference.

You can then use the form and wings to guide the eye around the image, once this progression is established you know roughly where to detail the most to keep the eye interested also use clouds and mountains to just hint at this progression and take the eye in a circle around the image.

[voyd]

Thanks a lot kovah! it really helps.. I should work harder at making wings

[digital]

hows it going everyone. this thread is awesome. I'm new here i goto laguna college of art + design. I "finished" this the other day well frustration got the best of me. smh. but here it is.