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Published: 2008-11-09 05:35:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1060; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 38
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I decided to do some digital painting today, In the past I've not been very confident with realism within the digital medium, but in the end I just stopped worrying about the outcome and just drew because I wanted to.At the moment, I've fallen in love with The English Setter breed of dog (sadly because of an Anime) and figured it would be the perfect subject matter to use for practising my digital painting skills.
Anyway feel free to give critique, though expect to provide examples, of how I would go about correcting said flaws.
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This is really cute! <3 The facial expression is perfect.
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I agree with WeatherArtist, I'm not sure if they are supposed to be breaks of light from the tree's/leaves, but you should make things like that blend in with said object, make it consistant especially with things like fur so it looks natural. Apart from that I think this is amazing! You should be proud of yourself
Plus...it's cute =3
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Wow, this looks really good. When i saw the thumbnail, I didn't even realize it was by you until after I clicked on it.
I'm amazed that you can draw unrealistically really well, as well as realistically really well (if that makes any sense).
The only complaint I have about this (and this is not a nitpick) is the background. I can see the style you were going for, but I think you made the background a little too abstract. I can tell it's not supposed to be an abstract void because you provided enough detail for me to tell that I'm guessing is grass and shadow, but I would suggest adding more detail to it to give itsome perspective and sense of location, and all the other little factors that help give the picture what I call "gravity" or "weight", basically the basic signs that tell the audience that what they're looking at is real. Know what I'm saying? It's not a bad picture, it just needs some work. Keep at it though, I think you're onto something.
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Well I'll be honest, I kinda rushed the background as the main focus of my attention span was wasted on the dog =3
But no less I do see where you are coming from, and in future projects I'll try to take those things among a bunch of others into consideration.
Without trying to sound defensive, this is the first time I've ever attempted realism within a digital medium, so my main focus was on getting the basics right at least.
Anyways I greatly appreciate your input, it makes me feel less bummed about the fact that hardly anyone in comparison to usual stuff even bothered to pay this any attention
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Don't worry, it's what I'm here for. Criticism that others are too afraid/stupid to give.
Speaking of which, that sucks that nobody paid attention to this piece. This is a good drawing. People should die.
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Maybe you are using a little too much negative space...to the right. It causes the eyes to wander away from the subject over to unimportant areas.
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I think you did quite a good job with boning up on your realism. You've captured that faithful, almost expecting look in the English Setter, and the way you have his mouth pulled back a little while looking in your direction is really good, too. I see no anatomical problems with this, and the fur texture around the top of the head and the neck are great.
The circular highlights are the only thing that are distracting. I know that they're supposed to be breaks of light between tree leaves and branches, but they seem a little too uniform in shape and don't deform to the dog too much. I can see that you did do a little deformation of the highlights around the ear, but I would say to push it some more, and try to show some fur texture and shadows in those areas some more so they don't look just placed on there. Here are a couple of examples of what I'm talking about: [link]
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Especially in the second one, you can see that some are shaped more like streaks, and some are much bigger than others. Not saying that all trees do that, but it helps to push the idea more.
Also, try using more cool colors on the dog, especially since he's in the shade. Try mixing a little blue in the mix, or maybe a little green, and that way, the breaks of light will pop out more and give the piece more contrast.
All in all though, I think you did an excellent job with this. It's always good to see artists push out of their comfort zones to try something new and see where they can go with it. I notice that when you go for something that you don't normally try, you make leaps and bounds of progress. So, I hope my crit didn't come off as being like an attack, because it isn't in any way.
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Thank-you very much, this is exactly the kind of advise I've been looking for! The other thing is do you know of any resources in regards to colour theory, I feel like I am lacking knowledge in that kind of area.
But no your crit was more than helpful, thanks again!
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Here's a site that I love referring to. It doesn't focus wholly on color theory, but it does contain some, and is a great art tutorial site in general. [link]
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I printed it out, but you are not wrong there, it is very helpful from the parts I have read.
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english settlers = <3
and GB does to
theres were you got your inspiration from
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Veeeeery nice. What program did you use for it?
I think the eyes are my favourite part.
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A Program called Paint Tool Sai, I'll show you at TAFE Tomorrow. I'm actually annoyed about how the eyes came out, they still look pasted on, though that's me not knowing how to do lighting properly
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Oh yays! It looks sorta like Open Canvas. Is it Mac compatible?
And by the way... you never came into Macca's that night! I was getting ready to reject your pleas for creamy ranch sauce and everything!
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No it doesn't look like it, Windows only well it's a relativly small program, so using an emulator for windows and running it wouldn't be too much of an issue.
And no I didn't come to McD's because a friend was like "Hey lets go egg Martins house" and I was like "OKAY!!!" though sadly it never happened.
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Emulator? We shall have to discuss this further tomorrow.
And that is very sad. Those poor eggs have no purpose now.
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Why aren't you on MSN, what's up with that?
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Is this better?
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it isn't too bad, actually. I didn't notice anything, but if you think there might be something wrong then don't take my word for it.
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