[ThomasHay]

Hey cool idea, dunno if you were wanting sketches but i find them a very important stage so thought i'd post one of mine

I'm thinking the dragon's probably the bit that needs changed the most but not sure

[Juto]

Hey Rodriguez, I hope you don't mind, I just went in with the whole image- I'm not great at drawing lines with a tablet, so I Just used paint blobs, but it describes the same things so I hope it's not too big a deal.. it's also really early in the morning so I apologize if it seems blunt or if I don't explain something well, feel free to ask any remaining questions you have!

Basically, the biggest problems with the image will be solved with anatomy study and lots of mileage, but I tried to address the other issues where I could, I hope this helps!

For this reading- I just want to reiterate that this thread is for everyone- it isn't my paintover thread or anyone else's- if you see an image here that nobody has painted over yet and you feel like you can help out, please do! Especially some of you pros and semi-pros who want to give something back to the community

[kovah]

Juto: Thanks for all your help ^^ Finally pushed myself to finish it today using all your feedback. Didn't quite get it as good as yours but i'm much happier with it now. Thanks again http://cghub.com/images/view/69842/

[Juto]

Good to hear it kovah! If you are still willing to work on it I can always offer additional crits (through PM or through the thread, either is fine!)

[kovah]

Originally Posted by Juto

Good to hear it kovah! If you are still willing to work on it I can always offer additional crits (through PM or through the thread, either is fine!)

I may well get back to you in a few days, i have some other stuff i need to finish for various things then I can edit it abit more. Thanks

[Cj_Marsh]

hey guys saw this thread and think it is a great idea and makes me happy to see people willing to help fellow artists cause it seems you dont get to see that very often some places anymore, but if anyone could give me some help with this picture, its for this weeks chow, the idea is she is a top student in necromancy student at a school for dark arts, i wanted to go for like a goth school girl type of look and have her like a cheery kind of teenager girl, and was going for some kind of over view while she is sitting Indian style. But its not finished and its driving me crazy so id see what kind of feed back i could get here.

[ThomasHay]

Thanks a lot Juto, i like what you've done, it's made the whole image more dynamic and I have renewed desire to go in and make it look good. I owe you one

Off to study some more anatomy but i'll be keeping an eye on this thread

[Juto]

Undead artist, I'll get to it around lunchtime, 12 PST

Rodriguez, no problem good luck!

[pantaloonX]

hey there again!

okay so im just going to throw this image on the pile and see what suggestions can be made for improvements!



im trying hard to improve my painting skills but im finding it hard to go much past where i am.

[Brynn_Metheney]

@ Cinsev - Perhaps you can darken the figures in the foreground? Adding some cooler shadows might help with getting us to look at the blue figure on the stairs first.

[kovah]

If you are doing buildings looking into perspective first can save you alot of trouble ^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspec...28graphical%29

[Juto]

I'm really sorry guys, I do these on my lunch hour so I set a 10 minute painting limit and a 5 minute writing limit- If they are too blunt I apologzie- if you have more questions I can answer them tonight either in this thread or PM.

I hope they help you guys! (btw Capslock isn't anger- it's a reminder!)
also, just want to say again- these are personal suggestions, it's up to you to interpret the image with your own style! All of my paintovers will have this fuzzy, dramatic lighting- it isn't always correct, and wont fit every style you guys will do, so make sure if you aren't getting what you want out of the image, keep searching for the answers Good luck!

[Cj_Marsh]

Juto man thanks so much for the help it puts things in perspective more for me now and dont worry it all helped me out thanks a ton again and again bro.

[f87]

This thread is awesome and I joined this community because of it.

I was hoping I could get some help here. I'm trying to make a strong composition first of all. Secondly I feel like my values could be pushed more.

This is an early sketch for a portfolio piece I hope to complete. Thanks for any help!

[Juto]

This thread is awesome and I joined this community because of it.

Hey f87,

hearing this really is powerful for me. Especially given how few posts are in here, it's extremely exciting that the community can have that draw to people. I hope the more who interact with this thread and the other activities around cghub, the more will come.

Here's my paintover- as usual, if you have any questions that are unanswered, please feel free to message me- also, apologies if it comes off blunt or rude, I try to do these pretty quick because spending too much time can be counterproductive unfortunately. I hope it helps you out Thanks again for joining the Hub! It's great to have you.

HAHA OOPS!! TYPO IN THE TEXT ;_; THAT'S EMBARASSING. editting right now.
edit 2: fixed it... I hope... edit3: nope.. I'm tired, I apolgize for the atrocious grammar... end of the work day @_@

edit 4: Just wanted to suggest another way you could make a vertical compo- I opened up the top bigtime. You could also narrow in on the characters and make them almost full canvas- I just have a thing for enviros so it was instinct but it'll be less work for you if you just eliminate the empty space on the sides by cropping inwards.