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Published: 2013-08-18 01:19:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2999; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 4
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THIS TOOK ME A BAZILLION YEARS TO DOOk, so I'm being a little hyperbolic. It actually took me a bazillion years just to do the buildings.
After all is said and done though, I'd like to think I'm getting better at this whole "art" thing :3
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Awesome!
This remind me of homage of Return of Godzilla (1984)!
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This is so cool! Wanan do a Godzilla comic together? I really wan to do this but i cant find anyone willing to do it with me.Β
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Sounds intriguing, but I'm afraid I must decline. I'm already "working" on several other projects and don't seem to have enough time even for them. Thanks though.
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dang it..know anyone willing to do a comic?Β
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Not really, sorry.
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Your welcome!
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I am not sure where you got the "none centering the subject of a composition is a big no-no 
But this is something that I have been taught by many college art professors, and have seen work a lot of the time. We will use one of my piece from me of what is the wrong thing to do
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Now with mine, there is just way too much negative space. It just seems like every little object in the picture has it's own little corner of the image and occupy its. No one is allowed to cross into each-other's space. There is nothing to lead the viewer from one side of the picture to the other. It's just bam, here is a bunch of stuff and over here, and over there is some more. Nothing is connect it. I could have solved this by adding a wide laser beam from the ship that branched over to the group of monsters. But I was dumb and rushed it
Also another technique that I learn....and trust me this was my problem for a looooooong time....was limiting focus. This simply means that when adding a background, you make it less intrusive than the subject. Otherwise it just competes with the viewers eyes for attention. Because your buildings take up so much more negative space, they are competing with the actual subject of the illustration. The massive wall of lines and yellows just pulls the viewers eyes away from the really awesome job you did on Godzilla and his attack.
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Ok, here is a piece that is is kind what I am talking about. There is a lot of negative space, but not too much. His subject takes up at least slighter more than half of the image. The background is slightly muted so as to allow the detail on the main subject really shine. It's not competing with the eye of the viewer. And he uses Godzilla's tail to branch all the way across the image, so as to allow it to connect to the other subject. There is a line of of fixation for the viewer to trace about. This is really important when you are not doing a "centered" style of illustration. You need an object or something to move that viewer all around the image
Sorry if I came off harsh or stuffy. That is not my intention. I saw your image and I really liked it. You have a real eye for detail, especially when it comes off on Godzilla's hide. And I like the idea of what the composition was
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Oh not at all! The only way I can learn and improve is to get feedback - positive and negative - and this is probably one of the most constructive critiques I've ever received!
To be fair, I learned a lot of this in college as well, but I honestly didn't start drawing as much as I do until last year (college was 6+ years ago for me ... Christ where did that time go?). I'm a difficult learner as it is and I forget very easily so this was a FANTASTIC reminder and brush-up with excellent examples!
I'd like to say that when I started this one, I didn't really have a plan - it was just "draw Godzilla! Fill in the blanks later!" - and that was my first mistake. But even still, I likely wouldn't have pulled it off any better had I been thinking about it from the beginning haha.
Well all rambling aside, I really, really appreciate you taking the time to critique me. This has been extremely helpful!
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No problem. I hope to see more stuff though in the future
And feel free to submit any kaiju related goodness to the
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Looks pretty good. Though I think if you cropped it a bit it might help with the dynamic look of it. But it is still pretty good though
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I tried not to center Godzilla, because I learned that that's a pretty big composition no-no, but how exactly would you suggest cropping it? I'd love to get some more input!
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Oh god, can't unsee now. You have ruined the picture I spent hours of my life working on in under a minute. I hope you're proud of yourself. XD
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hahaha sorry XD -.-
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S'all good. I appreciate the comment anyway ^^
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