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KerroAsklepius [2012-12-09 09:40:29 +0000 UTC]

good work

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NonieR [2012-12-09 06:13:34 +0000 UTC]

Nice! I am hopelessly jealous of your mad skillz, as always.

Just one suggestion: Remember to watch out for the turned-body problem, which is the bane of a LOT of artists--hell, even Jim Lee still gets it wrong sometimes.

Since Rattaki's upper torso here is angled somewhat away from us, all the clothing/armor on it needs to be turned as well - not only according to the general perspective lines, but also, since the human body isn't flat, the clothing would also be rounded along the outward curves of breast and ribcage.

So, for example, the device down the center of her chest would only look that straight when she was facing us squarely; from the side, we would see it curve somewhat away from us in the middle, and then start to curve back from just below the breastbone.

Similarly, the central spike on her collar would angle more to our right, and her belt buckle would be both further to our right (see how it's not centered on the crotch armor below?) and might well also be slanted outward at the bottom to match the apparent slant of the armor below it.

But the bodice lines are always the hardest to draw, because we keep expecting them to show about the same side of cleavage (or whatever) on either side, while in real life the curvature means we'd see more of the outer surface of the nearer breast and more of the INNER side of the farther one; on a curved surface, the side facing us obscures part of the side away from us.

So unless we've got photos to work from, we have to remember to align the clothing to the body's own geometry, not to our eyes'; base them on the location of the breastbone, the collarbones, and the widest swell of the breast, which is where the hidden nipples would be.

Take a look at those green straps on Rattaki's chest. The one on our left lies fairly flat, which implies that she's fairly shallow-breasted, and the strap seems to come down around the center of her breast, so we'd expect her nipple to be almost under it. But the strap on our right is well inside the nipple zone, because we can see the widest part of the breast is outside it.

In this case, the difference is mild, but there are some real boobie bloopers out there. For example, take a look at Pasquale Qualano's [link] (ComicArtCommunity.com should be a safe site to visit). See how, on the woman in the center, the strap across one breast is clearly inside the main curve, while the other one is entirely on the outside?

It looks reasonable at first glance--after all, we're seeing about the same amount of strap on both sides--until you realize that we *wouldn't* in real life, because we're seeing the inner side of one breast and the outer side of the other. If the straps were both on the outside, we'd see more of the nearer strap (because we're seeing the outside of the nearer breast) and less of the farther strap (because it would be partly hidden behind the curve).

Or, if the straps were both on the INside, we'd see less strap on the *nearer* breast (because the inside is half-hidden from us) and *more* strap on the farther breast (because its inside is facing us).

Anyway, hope this makes any sense! Stuff like this is always hard to explain, innit?

Your fan, as always,

--Nonie

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