Philiphouse [2014-04-10 17:50:37 +0000 UTC]
Why sure I’ll tell you what I think! Overall it’s a very solid piece. It’s obvious a lot of love and care has gone into this and it has come out looking good. As far as I can tell any “flaws” could also presumably come from your own style as well and considering the medium you have chosen you get extra props as it would take much longer and it’s not as easy to “fix” any errors. (Is it my imagination or is the flames photo shopped? If not you get triple props.)
Now for the Critique:
Let’s start with 3 of this piece's biggest flaws (although as mentioned before it’s not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things). First I’ll point out the spikes around his neck. They look fine the further up the base of his neck they go, but the first 3 or so all look flat. I would say this has to do with two things. A: the angle at which they’re drawn is skewed. And B: the lighting is just a LITTLE off. Especially with the first spike at the base of his neck. It’s hard to tell if these spikes are supposed to be cone or pyramid shaped.
Next would be the blood. The splatters specifically. They for the most part look scribbled on in some places. Honestly it’s hard to say how to improve this without knowing exactly the kind of splotch you are aiming for. So I would advise looking some up for reference.
Third is the right hand. The only thing I’m going to focus on (because hands are a freakn’ pain) is the fact that his hand doesn’t actually appear to be holding his weapon. Because his fingers digits extend too far past the hilt the hilt it makes it seem more like it’s kinda floating there.
Now the positive stuff
As said before it’s a solid piece. The coloring I would say is what really brought this one together. I’m not going to go into detail because I’m no expert, but everything feels right, and actually sets the mood for this one quite well. Again if you did that fire with pencil my mind is blown
I quite like the design of the character himself. He defenently seems like a grizzled veteran who may be on the edge of madness.
Now if you don’t mind I’ll pop this one in my favs and I hope to see more from you in the future. I Hope this helps ya.
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