[Manik Monkei]

Alright. I've been lurking around here long enough without posting anything. Here's my first image.

I did this a month or two ago with no photo reference, which resulted in some screwy proportions. The face seems too thin to me, the nose is flat, and the neck doesn't seem to separate properly from the shoulders.



So bring on the critiques please.
Oh yeah, and hi.

[jHof]

I like your brownish/yellowish tones on the face. That right side of his neck prolly has some more shadows in there. If not you might have to throw some little darker grey/browns down on his neck there. And lighten up his shoulder more from the light source thats farely close. Kind like how you have it so bright on his cheek bones. There would prolly be some of that on the shoulder there.

As far as the proportions, thats one of them things we have to keep plugging at. Do the mesurment scale with a pencil and those sort of tricks.

Good work man... Interesting lighting. The blue with the light brown/yellow is very cool.

[kurisu]

Hello and welcome Manik Monkei!

Great first post! I agree with what jHof (hi, btw) wrote.

Nice, pleasing colors and lighting. Overall, my recommendation would be to polish the image a bit more and add a few more details. The highlights in the eyes, for example, could be sharper and whiter. His nose and nostrils could be more defined. Adding some of that groovy teal backlight to define the ear would be groovy.

All of this, of course, depends on what you are going for, so I hope something was relevant!

Very nice expression and mood in this piece. He reminds me of Mr. Scaramonga from the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun." Seen that?

Great job and keep on painting!

-kurisu

[Manik Monkei]

Thanks for the responses and the helpful info. I like how quick this place is to respond.

Kurisu- yeah I have seen it. I didn't notice that before but now I do. hehe

[ex]

Were you going for realism? Cause everytime I look at this picture i kringe.. He is so UGLY! Nice work though

[Tinusch]

That's really cool. I love the colors and the lighting. The only problems I see with it are very easy to fix. You just need to keep going in with smaller brushes to refine it. For example, the head would look more separate from the shoulders if there was a prominent line of shadow there. And the bottom of the nose needs refining to, so it doesnt blend in as much. You're an awesome artist, you just need to continue the refinement and it would look even better.

[kurisu]

Hey ex - give him a break, he's...

"Just another Mannnik Monkehhhhh
...wohhh-ooo-ohhhh...
wish it were Sun-dehhhhh
...wohhh-ooo-ohhhh..."



-k (an't stay awake any more...)

8:30 AM... must... go... to... *crash!*