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masticator · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 10:23 am

ok, long time since the last post.
but here is a new drawing.
i guess you know who this is, otherwise, well, uhm, you missed the best movies ever.
i am sorry that it is not digital, but i will do a colored repaint soon.
all kinds of crits are appreciated.

[edit]i used photo reference[/edit]

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Holly Jolly · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 12:37 pm

Nice, but for some reason the neck seems a little to long.

Jenn · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 6:45 pm

woo.. i agree on t he neck... yodas head is almost stuck on his shoulders...

Matt Elder · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 7:32 pm

Very nice pencil work happening there. One thing is yoda's right eye. That was the first thing that I noticed and it really takes away from otherwise really fine pencil work. It just doesn't look right. It either needs some form of a pupil as at the moment it looks like he has an infection in it (maybe I'm being to presumptionous and that is what you were after). The other thing that you could work on is you tone range. Your darkest areas are not that dark. Apart from the pupil in the eye, your darkest area is only a shading of grey. Areas around the neck could be darker and certain shadows could also be which I think would help to really give the image a bit more depth.

Collosimo · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 9:09 pm

I was going to say the same thing as Matt, but he beat me to it.

Tonal range... you should try and use the same principle as B&W photography. A Good technical photograph will have the brightest white, the darkest black, and all the greys imbetween. Of course that depends on what the photo is about.

It simply means that because of a lack of colour, B&W needs to make use of every tone possible to represent spatial depth.

Lev · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Apr 2001 Posts: 48

Cool, looks good!

synj · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 11:26 pm

YESSssss

masticator · Posted: Sun May 06, 2001 1:48 am

thanks for the comments so far

i agree on the tonal range of the painting, that�s because i drew the whole thingie with a pencil of a HB hardness. i should use some more variations of pencils in the future especially some softer ones.

i will try to apply all your suggestions to the digital painting of master yoda i am working on.

it�s always cool to post something on the sijun forums, since it�s like going to the olymp and asking the gods, who know all your mistakes and problems.