[crigg]

Hihi!!!@!!@ Not exactly new to this forum! (lurker@2years+ hahah) Anyways I've seen a lot of good talent develped in this forum... So i thought just maybe I might get in on the fun! I need to improooooooooooovvvvve



yeah... I know, far from good! I need some tips... I keep on trying to push the detail/color/contrast but it never gets anywhere!

So what am I doing wrong? I usually start with a mid-neutral background and build up with large brushes and work down from there, it really does look fussy though! I really dont know what Im trying to say...... im just very stuckkkkkkkk. And it looks crappy!

[crigg]

light got better.....



and doodle!

[faeklone]

Kewl pics.

Work the background a bit more. Every part of the piece directly affects other parts of the piece. So you really should work everything at a constant pace versus one thing fully rendered then onto another thing. Some things look better with something else in the picture complimenting it, and until that compliment is there it will look funny and won't work and you'll over fix it.
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[Affected]

the colour contrast in the first picture worked pretty nicely, I think you lost something in the second version as you started to use the same values you have in the foreground in the background as well. The depth is less effective. You might want to define your light and shadow more clearly. Don't be afraid to lose some surface detail to shadows, form is more importand than small detail.