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unrulywitch [2009-08-13 05:33:47 +0000 UTC]

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Excellent improvement! Here is a link to understanding and using the color wheel in planning your art. [link]

You will notice that red and green are "complimentary colors" and see that your use of them together here has really brought your flower into focus, drawing the viewer right in, and well, it just looks "right" doesn't it?
Now I think I might have gone for different textures on the dress, maybe some "analogous",(read up on it on that link) colors to the greens, such as some subtle yellow and blue, or a different contrast.Maybe even a different "value" or hue in the red family. See that with your artists eye now and imagine how pretty that might have been amidst that green foliage!

The posing is a very big improvement also!Underarms and shoulders look much more natural now. Her head is cocked correctly for her activity and her eyes look like they are really aimed at the flower, and focusing. I agree with the other critique about the other arm, maybe straighten it a bit, twist it and give her a lantern to hold or something? I think I might have taken one of her legs just slightly out to the side too, so she looked like she has her weight evenly distributed. If you get up out of your chair and put your legs together, get up on your tiptoes and look up,lol, you might feel like you could tip over.
Lighting. Hmmm, this does look like she is deep in a forest glen, but it is still not giving her skin that lovely glow and her legs are a bit greyed out. Now this can be the most frustrating and time consuming part, but once you get a lot of practice in different scenes, you will be so glad you did.
Is this just a background or is she standing on a surface with shadows turned on? Shadows make all the difference between a flat "2d" picture to a "3d scene". You need to have her standing on some sort of ground.
In daz, you really need to use the uberenvironment lights. If you are using the free DAZ, save up for them, they really give life to your scene though they take some getting used to. Look around the DAZ forums in the commons or the DAZ board for discussions on settings,etc. A spotlight aimed at her and set at about 30%, maybe with the slightest light green tint would have really helped here I think, maybe with a couple distant lights. See that there is light shining through the trees in the background and set your lights to mimic those angles if you can. Do you use the cameras in your document window to set your lights? You can select the light in your scene view, then select it in the camera drop down and see your scene as if you were looking at it from the lights view. change back to default camera afterward.
You have made a great start and I can already see the difference!
Maeve

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Kaz-D [2009-08-12 18:29:36 +0000 UTC]

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This is lovely! I like the colours you've chosen. The dark greens blend well especially when the eye is drawn to the sharp contrast of the red flowers. You've positioned the figure just right too, which is good. And there are hidden depths to the picture, the mist in the background and the stones in the foreground, that attract the viewers eye. I'm not sure how digital art works, I'm just a poet/photographer really and amateurish at that, but her left hand, the one not reaching up, looks a tiny bit out of proportion, and perhaps a little floaty....as if it needs to be doing something. But that's the only thing I would suggest and it's a very small thing. Excellent work!!!

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Pixie-Wildflower [2009-08-13 19:24:51 +0000 UTC]

You have some great stuff this week!

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