[hunter_rose0]

I've gotten about as far as I can with this piece. So please let me know what you think.Drag this to your adress bar to see the art

[ February 16, 2002: Message edited by: hunter_rose0 ]

[Drawnblud]

Hey, pretty cool! The only advice I can give is tighten up the detail (line work, etc.). The pose is great and the character looks mean.
Keep up the good work!

[MonsterX]

What is this character painting for? Is it from a specific fantasy setting (Darksun or the like)?
Technique- where is the light source coming from? It seems rather ambiguous. On his face it comes from up and to the left, but his leg looks lit from up and slightly to the right. Make sure the lighting gets nailed from the beginning, it will give your shapes a greater degree of volume and the picture will attain a better cohesion.
Watch out for the black lines around the finger blades. No other part of the picture has this comic styling and it makes them look unfinished.

The face looks good.
The left arm (his right) looks too small. I’d think it should be about twice the size. The best way I gauge this stuff (aside from sketching the sizes early on) is to hold up something in the way of the arm and try to visualize what it should look like. Then reveal the arm and go with your first impression. Just a ghetto trick I use sometimes when someone’s legs look too big or whatnot.

Lastly the background gives the impression of swirling movement. So does his pose. You could exaggerate this more with streaking out the background even more.

[Kaete]

Ah,I really like him! I love the oil-painting-ish style you have there. I have to agree with DrawnBlud though. Don't lose that lovely loose style, but a few strong edges in strategic places would really make this pic sizzle!

Also, the forshortening is a bit off on the arm farthest back. I think you started shrinking it too abruptly, and it simply makes the whole arm look like a tiny thing. Perhaps if you widened the arm where it meets they shoulder, it would be more apparent that the arm is going away from the viewer (and isn't just a shrunken arm! )

Oh, and *Kaete steals the funky tattoo*

[tek9z]

nice warm colors
he isn't the classic overmuscled guy too.
good work

[mucha]

cool *brom*
but cool

[hunter_rose0]

Thanks everyone, I'm thinking about doing some line work over the printout now. It's hard for me to controal the wacom in the same way that I can controal a pencil. I see what you mean about the difference in hand sizes, I'll try to work with that.