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chekinshet · junior member Member # Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 1

Okay, so as you can tell by looking over to your left, this is my first post. I've been comming to these forums for over a year, but never had the guts to post anything.
Anyways, here's something I did a few years ago, and just stumbled upon, and wouldn't mind some feedback before I decide to ink it, or ultimately, ink it. Overpaints and whatnot welcome.

Something about it just irks me, and I need some outside critisism to help.

BTW, it was totally inspired by the Darkness comics.

Thanks.

xzacto · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:39 am

if I had to say... the pose looks a bit strange. the neck looks a little elongated and the wings are too small, probably about 1/16th of what they need to be. The body looks much too human to be a gargoyle, the pose and the muscle-tone that is. the head looks pretty nice, just work on the proportions between the body and the wings and I think you are on to something! keep it up.

-xz
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Symgoth · junior member Member # Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 14

I think it's great from the neck up. I think it would look best with an animal body and some claws.

gLitterbug · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:22 am

I don�t think you should stray away from your design, after all it�s your gargoyle. Hell, there was an animated series with gargoyles having "too human" bodies to be gargoyles. Rolling Eyes

What I think is the problem is that the image looks too dead and lifeless. The pose is stiff and the angle at which we look at the gargoyle results in a bit a boring image.

Maybe try to work out the pose beforehand with some rough sketches and you�ll be more satisfied with it in the end ?

h04x · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:11 am

Nice design and concept. I like the garg, but a little more proportion and a little more dynamic pose would help liven him up. Widen the shoulders and hips a bit more in relation to the head, and making the wings bigger would give him a little more presence. I also changed the angles on the pose a little bit to give him a more dynamic look.

Heres a veeery loose quickie 2 minute mouse over-sketch (me tablet decided to bite the dust, arrrg.) to show some examples.

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m00ftak · junior member Member # Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 12

Also, your composition is a little funny. The way he gets cropped off really throws the image. You should reposition him.