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AxelMedellin [2005-10-21 06:07:55 +0000 UTC]

The design is nice, but you coud improve the composition... why don't you try doing the neck with a smoother curve? You could curve the spine, while you are at it, it would make him look more graceful and dynamic

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Feaelen [2005-10-20 20:36:54 +0000 UTC]

oh one other thing, there's a dutorial about how to do chothing, like draping stuff that might help w/ the shading difficulties. i know not really the same thing, but the principles are the same. i think it's in my fav file.

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Feaelen [2005-10-20 20:32:33 +0000 UTC]

heyo it looks good.

and since you've had loads of comments about the neck length i won't go there, but the way the neck attaches to the body is a little off. Sorta looks like u were drawing a man with wings and then uot a dragon neck on him. Might be the adams apple lines (ditching those might help and wouldn't be over hard to try and decide if that works).

As well, and i'm not super sure if GIMP will do this, the head although fabulous in it's style and detail seems a bit small. I know u can highlight specific things in Photoshop and enlarge them within a picture, so you could prolly do the same in gimp. Either way, b/c the head is essentially in front of the body due to the neck and stuff, it should be a bit bigger just due to perspective

not that i'm that great with perspective, but i think if the head was bigger it'd bring the neck length in a bit without u actually having to shorten it. And it would add dept to the picture.

Anyways, on a whole it's really good.

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Insomnia202 [2005-10-20 16:57:32 +0000 UTC]

It's not bad I like how the head came out a lot, it's really pretty hardcore. I don't think the problem is as much with the neck though, rather, I think it'd look better with the body from a different angle. Though, that would be more work than just a touch up, so I wouldn't just keep it in mind for future projects. What I meant by that essentially is that the neck would look fine if we were looking at the top of his shoulders rather than the front. (say, if he was hunched over) Good job nonetheless, keep at it.


I could probably fill you in on some digital inking techniques if you want, though my stuff tends not to look like marvel stuff once it's inked, (I wish!) that's more of a traditional deal. What program are you using to ink? Photoshop? If it's photoshop, and you don't have a tablet, there's still some fun stuff you can do if you learn to use the pen tool well. If it Isn't photoshop, well then Idunno. haha. A basic rule of thumb when inking is that you want lots of line variation. Usually around the outside of the character, the outline is much larger than the inside. (say the difference between 5 and 3 pixels) but that's usually depending on the style as well as the context of the image. Your best bet is to look at some of your favorite marvel images, find the inker that did them and study his work, being that most inkers work differently. But yeah, if you want some inking tips for photoshop i wouldn't mind giving you some.

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artangst [2005-10-20 15:26:07 +0000 UTC]

whoah, wicked. It's a little disorienting with his neck extending his head that far down, but really, it's an awesome pic.

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