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Topic : "My 4th Photoshop pic" |
Anaconda junior member
Member # Joined: 05 Aug 2001 Posts: 20 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2001 5:01 pm |
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This is the 4th time i make a picture in photoshop.. Havent had time, but i know i need to work on it cuz im not that good =)
SO please Crit! ![](http://darktemplars.8m.com/Infantry.jpg) |
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Member # Joined: 23 Mar 2000 Posts: 887 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2001 7:10 pm |
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looks decent, but go easy on those tools. |
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Icannon member
Member # Joined: 13 Sep 2000 Posts: 597 Location: st.albert, AB, Canada
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2001 8:59 pm |
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kewl. looks like a medieval doom guy, am i right?
i say draw a bg.. or environment or whatever |
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Isric member
Member # Joined: 23 Jul 2000 Posts: 1200 Location: Calgary AB
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2001 10:16 pm |
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Here's my crit:
First of all, spend some time drawing people, studying anatomy and figuring out what a real person looks like. This will help you a lot, because right now this figure appears to have no figure knowledge in it. The body is not comprised of 'the arms' and 'the legs' and 'the torso' etc... it is a complex machine with a lot of parts, and once you understand how to reneder those parts, people won't be distracted by misunderstood anatomy (you can never stress life drawing enough).
Your color choices are a little bit incongruent. The dark red background doesn't work very well with the faded greens and browns of the figure. It also looks like you used the darken/lighten options to color him. Now that you've gotten that out of your system never use them again! These options, dodge/burn lighten/darken are a horible crutch that will lead you to distruction. It makes for really unprofessional looking images and unless it's handled VERY well gives the impression that it was painted by some kid in junior high who got a hold of Photoshop (which we all were at some point, but it's good to give a head start to those that are just beginning).
Try using the paintbrush (NOT the airbrush) and create light using a brighter color. Select all of the colors you use, no more effects. This way you will learn twice as fast, and when you go to use color dodge (or lighten, darken, whatever..)againm, understand HOW to use and what looks natural.
You may want to clean your drawings up a bit too before working on them. It's one thing to paint over rough sketches, it's another to be letting the sketch muddy the image, or create the annoying little white flecks on the line (very distracting).
Hope some of this helps
-matt |
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Anaconda junior member
Member # Joined: 05 Aug 2001 Posts: 20 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2001 1:53 am |
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Thanks alot Isric! |
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