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cire600 · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:33 am

Trying to get across a feeling of poise and intelligence with this character.

allpetter · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:31 pm

Hey, this one is great!
great job on that face, reminds me of the black guy driving the war machine thingy in Matrix-revolutions (the captain).

Might wanna give him a pair of new feet though! Smile

welcome btw
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cire600 · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:10 pm

Thanks alot allpeter.

Fiend · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 4:17 am

Looking good - nice face and colours.

Some critic - I think there is something wrong with his proportions. His neck seems to short, his arm too long or may be he just have too short legs.
I like the idea with the guy handing him his weapon, but I think it would help if you put The Main Man in the center of the page and instead of it just being a hand handing over the weapon, then maybe it could be the guy in the background handing over the weapon. Just some ideas
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Capt. Fred · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:44 am

I like the pose, and the background and the comp and stuff. i just think his reaching arm is quite a bit too long. I like the lighting, and his sandled feet don't bother me at all.

I tried to adjust the arm. I think the shoulder position was a bit weird. Also began fiddling with crop/composition. Not that there's anything wrong wiht the way you have it.

but all in all, i think your pic has some really nice qualities, I like it a lot.

cire600 · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:58 am

Thanks everyone. I was going for that Patrick Ewing body-type.. you know all shoulders and arms...but if it doesnt look intentional...thats bad.
Thanks for the Paint-over Capt Fred. Stretching the background to make the ceiling taller helps a lot (I should have spent more time outside the main figure). Proportion-wise I'd be happy with someting between yours and my original. Also I don't know what I was thinking with that tiny shadow on the weapon, thanks for pointing that out in the paintover.

Capt. Fred · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:23 am

hadn't actually noticed any shadow, but now you point it out I see it.
Sorry to be the pain in the neck which wants everything to be anatomically accurate and to the 't'.

I think you could still go with the 'all shoulders and arms' thing if you exaggerated it more than you did originally. If it was my pic, i think it's so nice, and convincing as a scene/atmosphere, that I would want to make it as believable as possible, which I think exaggerated anatomy would not help.
[shrugs] you know best

cire600 · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:31 am

Thanks a whole bunch Capt Fred, I appreciate your input.