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Socar MYLES · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 12:36 pm

I had to take this one very sloooooowly, thanks to my injured shoulder. But I think I did not too bad a job of it, nonetheless.

Anyway, this is a picture of a knight who still champions the cause of a dead lady. 'As long as her champion still rides in her name,' he maintains, 'she is immortal'.

wayfinder · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 1:03 pm

do you like copper?

Socar MYLES · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 3:11 pm

Heh...almost forgot; horse on you! Here's a detail.

Frost · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 3:18 pm

I simply love the flow of the draping cape. Very nice. On an proportionally inverse emotion, that skull is far from being subtle. But who ever cares what I say anyway.

Salty Dog · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 3:32 pm

Socar,

I really like this piece. You have a very definite style. If I were to describe how I see it the phrase "digital porcelain" would probably be the closest I could come to. It makes it very recognizeable. However....there are a couple things I would also point out to improve upon it.
I realize this piece is meant to have a bleak feel to it, but truthfully, the lighting seems a bit lost. The horse almost completely blends into the ground along it's hind legs and the armor highlights don't seem to have alot of rhyme or reason.

I *DO* however love the trees and the silken tent behind him. The skull is another story however..lol. Dang, she must've had a big brain! I'd either rework the anatomy of the skull, or knock down the value contrast so it isn't such a glaring focal point. I love artwork with subtle suprises. I might look at them 40 times and see something new each time. A skull tucked down into the corner, barely visible unless looked for would be an awesome suprise.

Sorry about rambling, you caught me in a talkative mood. :P

Salty

Probotech · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 4:23 pm

Very, very nice!

The tree's and the background is fantasmagastic! However, the armor which i presume is metal doesn't quite look like metal, it looks too bleak and i fell that the edges aren't that well defined, especialy at the back of the horse. Also if you would make the armor more torn it would look great.

As mentioned eariler the horse fades into the background, when i first looked at it i had a hard time even seeing the horse, it was easier on the detailed picture however. The contrast between the armor and the horse is too much i think. Maybe make the horse's lines more defined. I don't know im really not an expert.
I wish, i could draw this good. If i could id bee happy!

KiNgStiNg · Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 5:07 pm

well heres my 2 cents
besides the faults already pointed out by the other posts...it is stunning.....

Socar MYLES · Posted: Sat May 26, 2001 2:37 pm

Thanks VERY much for the useful critiques--I will definitely pay more attention to lighting on the next one. I'm having lighting troubles these days, though, and for a really bizarre reason. Read on if you want a laugh at my expense:

I have strained my right shoulder (probably from too much drawing), so I have to switch to my left hand from time to time, to give my much-abused shoulder a break. Now, while I can draw just fine with my left hand, I have noticed something weird--Unless I have consciously decided to have the lighting come from a specific direction, and am constantly concentrating on it, I will always have the light source in the upper-right corner when I draw with my RIGHT hand, and the upper LEFT corner when I use my LEFT hand. When I change hands, the lighting gets confused. I keep having to go back and change bits I've messed up on, and the end result gets a bit...well...like this. Confused. I think the main problem with this one, though, is that I tried to make it a little too dark for its own good. Yep. Oh, well. Better luck to me next time.

Jucas · Posted: Sat May 26, 2001 3:08 pm

I do like it alot. The way the painting is done is very smooth without being smudgy at all. All the textures fit nicely.

Crits:

I only have one, but one good one. There is not enough contrast in color, tone, shade, texture, depth of field between the background and the foreground. In other words the main subject of the peice doesn't pop out like it should. I can't really get a grasp of the characters or the story, well... because I can't see them!

Anyhoo, it's got a lot of nice things going for it and that is the one thing detracting from this style being one of the better on the boards.

take it or leave it,
-jono

shardik · Posted: Sat May 26, 2001 3:38 pm

what shows us that he is fighting in her memory?.. should he be carrying something of hers to remind him?.. i dunno.. i like it tho

noco · junior member Member # Joined: 18 May 2001 Posts: 37

Helly Socar, I love your style that I can feel the wide worlds and the stories behind the pictures.

In this one.. I felt the knight and a lady's sad, beautiful & mysterious story..

I agree that, if you make more lightings and contrasts on this picture, it will be more impressive.
But also I love present condition.