[Catbag]

I could do with some helpful feedback from any painters out there. I'm working in Pshop at about 2000 x 2400 x 200 dpi original size. One thing that is bugging me about this is that the close up detail is alot nicer than the full image, I can't work out if its a composition thing or that the brush strokes improve it (or both). Any suggestions on getting the qualities of the close up version on the overall look of the whole image would be helpful. Is it a brush size. resolution, or looseness issue ?

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close up

cheers
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[jr]

hey welcome aboard,
heres what i do , i open two windows for the same image, (view--> new view) so i can see it upclose and see it the print size. from what i see here, it looks like your edges are too sharp. sometimes that flattens out the image. hope that helps

[wayfinder]

when i first saw this, i asked myself "is he about to KISS that ape?"

sorry

[Catbag]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

jr - I like that new view advice, thats just how I used to work on the Amiga, I never spotted that in Pshop, that will be so useful, cheers. Yeah I know what you mean about the flatness, I shall give that a try.

Wayfinder - he he

Still wouldn't mind some feedback regarding the digital rendering of this and any advice on general improvements. I know alot comes down to practice, but a few pointers along the way would be helpful anyone ?

cheers

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[NiM]

Nice picture The edges on his face are too sharp as was said before..

antoher thing i noticed is lack of detail in some places, like his shorts and.. is it a towel on the ropes/corner?

I generally like the background but in some places it just looks too sloppy (lower left, near the back of his head and the higlight in front of his forehead) and it steals the attention..

Another detail i noticed is that his head seems a bit flattened from the top, i you look at his forehead you see it has a pretty sharp turn there.. i'd try 'raising' the top of his head and curving it some more... and 'curve' in the forehead e little more too, looks too high and too flat...

And his ear is a little bit too low

and lastly there's something funny about his back, he 'kinda' looks like a hunchback.. i cant really say what i'd do about it coz i'd probably try out a few things, but first thing that comes to mind is to 'cut' a bit of it, and change the curve a bit, check yourself in the mirror in that pose and maybe that'll help...

Hope this helps you, i like the mood in this picture.. it's deffinitly a keeper

[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: NiM ]

[Catbag]

Thanks Nim .you are right on all your comments , I shall try and correct these as soon as I get back to working on it. Its strange how they become so apparent once pointed out Cheers. Aswell as the ear being too low I think the nose goes down too low too, I'll play around with all these things and repost at some point.

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