[razzak]

heres a character of mine. ive stuck him in a story that i found very intruiging. as far as im concerned hes a bum that keeps sailing the lands in search for peace..........and finds it! crits comments paintovers or mutilations welcome =;-) enjoy

[jabber]

thats a pretty interesting drawing. my only suggestions would be on the coloring. the burn/dodge tool may sorta work on his clothes, but really makes his skin look odd. i would suggest in sticking to cell shading and highlighting which is a more traditional form of coloring for anime, just for the skin.

[razzak]

i havent actually used the burn and dodge tool at all. ill have to try and sort him out.

[razzak]

here, i have improved on it slightly. i changed a bit of the skintones, and i got rid of the outline which was making the picture look darker.

[jabber]

sorry about that, it really looked like it was burned/dodged in some areas, (skin). i still think the skin is off. its almost bronzey yellow. im not sure if your wanting to go into the normal anime style with this however. if you are, here is a link with one good way of cell coloring in anime style.

link

if not, maybe your could explain a bit more on what your wanting to do with this, in terms of how you want the end image to look n stuff. cheers

[Ian Jones]

Hey there..

I think your lighting scheme is the problem. You are lighting your forms from directly above and to the front a little, there is no dynamic in this, although it can work quite brilliantly at times, in your situation it isn't working. Your forms aren't really that clear, and areas are incorrectly in shadow or light.

You are also sort of (only a little in some areas) rendering in what I refer to as "sculptural" lighting. That is any surface that is facing to the viewer is light and anything that recedes is darker. This is particularily noticeable on the clothing where the folds should really be lit by the overhead light source you are using. You have sort of put light on the bits that stick out, if you know what I mean... its all fairly subtle but it makes a difference, due to the fact that the human eye can be easily confused.

[Ian Jones]

Hmmm, I'm not entirely sure what I just said is true... lol

I can sort of see you doing it in areas, but please don't be confused by what I said, it is really minimal problem.

The left arm is an example of what I meant. See the way it gets darker for no apparent reason when it gets close to the cape, that bit should probably be light right up until it hits the edge of the cape. I hope you know what I mean now... haha

[razzak]

ooh i see what you mean now. ill have to change that. for the direction of lighting, i cant seem to see one thatd work better. because hes faced straight on, i cant actually make out any lighting thatd work better. i dont see how its not dynamic, could you expand on that, i dont get it.

im trying to create that look that is between anime and the realistic way. i dunno, im just trying something new.

[razzak]

i forgot to say im trying to keep him kinda dirty and sick looking since hes a drifter thats not too well off, hence the yellow skin

[razzak]

here is another update. right now im struggling with the face. im finished with the red cloth bits for now. what u ppl think so far c&C

[razzak]

heres another update. im slowly getting the feeling that noone likes the guy soz. ^__^; what you think of it so far?

[Ogereye]

i think its good, but the lightning isnt dramaticly (dont know how to write *G*)..

lightnings or something else would give it more action

[razzak]

i see what you mean. maybe i should have some dust spinning thingies going up from hin into the sky, good point, will definitetly look into that further. thanks

[razzak]

here is yet another update. i think its more dramatic now with the lighting and the moon and everything. still working on the spiralling dust and stuff like that. picture nearing completion.