[Cos]

I would of liked to get more of a traditional look with this painting but
that kinda didn't work out... I think it's missing something, more intense
colours maybe? comment and crit away.



[ May 21, 2001: Message edited by: Cos ]

[Visigothan]

Looks great man... The only thing that bothers me, is the handle of the sword, and the way he's gripping it -- the handle looks a little too thin... Anyway...Keep up the good work!

[Radiater]

Hey Cos,

Excellent picture!! Since I can't paint, all I can do is point out the areas that jump out at me as being off and hope that makes constructive criticism.

First, the hands. His right hand, even though it is in pretty much the same plane as his left, looks too small.

Second, somehow the colour on his left pectoral looks wrong in comparisson to the colours you used for the rest of his skin.

Other than that, I really like what you achieved in this picture. Hope this is useful/positive.

Radiater.

[Cos]

Lukias - thanks man, feels good to hear that =) Still I think it shoulda been better :P I like the corpses idea, actually I had the same idea which sprung to mind a Fabry Slaine illustration I really liked, (I'll post it here later if I can find it. ) But I got lazy :P Maybe with something else tho..

Visigoth - Thanks =) I agree about the sword handle, I'll fix that up.

Radiater - Thanks =) If you notice anything that looks off don't hesitate to say so, it's easy to miss stuff and I'd rather fix it. About the hand I think you are probably right, since they are both on the level of the handle. On the chest there is some colour variation but that looks subtle to me. probably looks different on other monitors, difficult to know which one is right.

[Sempere]

I thinks color look right!
I think that what really lacks is an stronger pose! Specially the legs!

But the blade look really nice !!!

[Cos]

pose is abit lame I thought so too buutt too late now

And that fabry Slaine I mentioned, don't like the colours much but the drawing is frakkin class.
http://cos.critical-depth.net/fabryslaine2.jpg

[Twice]

I think it is nice, but I still want to see more of those b/w pic's you have been drawing lately!

[gowansy]

Excellent image man! Has an amazing mood to it, only thing is, the sword is to small for such a big man, would look superb with a huge mighty sword, maybes some blood on it?

keep it up

[Francis]

I like the color palette. Upper body is nicely rendered, too.

The sword going off the page bothers me a little bit. It would be nice to see the whole sword enclosed within the picture's boundaries.

The pose could be a little more dynamic, I think. You can still convey the idea of power and bulk but have some sort of interesting line or sense of movement in the character. That's pretty vague, but I hope you know what I mean?

One small detail as well - the pants leg on the right leg has a tangency with the light colored part of the ground. You could probably change the line of the ground a little bit to avoid that.

This is really nice though, I agree that you are getting better and better.

Keep up the good work.

[Frost]

Hey Cos! Here I am. =)

First off, I like the image, it's very well done. But I can clearly see our differences, in that you prefer high contrast with lots of blacks, and I seem to have a hard time breaking the softness that I tend to go for most of the time.

Basically, aside from the things mentioned above, I think there is perhaps too much black, as the environment is completely soaking with very diffused purple-ish light bouncing from all over. Again, that is the analysis and conclusion I come to, but I could be wrong. Also, skin, like on his pects, should quite possibly be more reflective as seen from this angle... the absolute surface of the skin is mostly hairs and humidity (yuk!)...

Hmm, I hope this doesn't come across as bull...

There's this weird coloration on his chest that is not elsewhere... which is interesting as it introduces some more color to it, not to mention more mid-tones, reducing the contrast level. =)

[Shadowman]

Nice Drawing and detal Col.
I think the main problem is that most of the color is from the same palate. Next time try to use different colors for the figure and the backgroud. There sould be some of the background color in the figure but not that much. Try next time to use a cooler color for the background and that will push the figure out into the forground.

Very nice though Great anatomy!

[Masamune]

coo pic. Love the over-exaggerated look in the forearms.

[kos.mandis]

That's excellent, you're coming along as planned... Muhahahahahahaaaaaa

I'll leave the crit for the pros above

[ May 22, 2001: Message edited by: kos.mandis ]

[Cos]

Adskj - Thanks, I'll have to do some more of them =)

gowansy - might have a point with the sword hehe, cheers.

Francis - Thanks for the words of encouragement =), I think you might be right about the sword, I'll try that out and see if it improves on the composition. I understand what you mean about the pose, I didn't want that over exxagerated marvel super hero posing for this. But it could of been stronger, something just looks boring about it. Looking at it now maybe the legs are quite parallel.. hmm.

Frost - hey Frost! I think the reason I get the strong contrast is I like to start with a sketch/drawing and block that in quite solidly, Then I work into it. I should keep an eye for blending the softer areas more. I'm not sure how you paint exactly, it looks like you might slowly build up on your shapes out of the tones with highfeathered brushes?? which might be why you get the soft putty look. I see that colour on the chest, your right, could of used it some more of it. Thanks for the advice =))

Shadow - Thanks I thought the same thing about the colours too.

Masamune - Big man, big forearms Thanks.

Kos - wtf, you sound like dr. Frankenstein heh, stop with the drugs man! They are making your mind to mush Thanks.

[NukleoN]

Looking good!

Forearm in foreground looks too long or too thick near the wrist. I'd shorten it and taper it a tad. I'm not in to the way he is holding the sword..this seems like a small detail, but how someone holds something is crucial to 'selling' it. I'd make the pommel larger and really get that hand powerfully wrapped around the pommel. Use reference if need be.

I'd agree with making the sword end in the picture, since it seems long as it is, and without seeing it end it can be a bit disturbing...especially since his grip on it is pretty casual.

The head seems a tad narrow and not deep enough (from forehead to back of head) and I'd make the ear bigger..seems smallish for a guy that size.

Sorry bout all the comments..just typing what I see. Looking really good tho...nice painting style!

[Cos]

Hi nukleon, thanks for your crits, some pretty good points =)

[hurricane]

nice cos !

your getting damn good !

(sneaks away in shame)


hehe....later
keep em comming !


.caneman