okey dokey - my first post here and i'm a brit to boot. So don't hold back with the flames, eh? :D
only a quickie as i'm trying to beef up my speed-work - 1/2 hour for linework, 1/2 hour for colours. Bit scruff I know and she is supposed to be man-ish but anyway, i'm rambling -
she's an amazon or some other primeval warrior woman, well famale anyway. like said - not too womanly. I had planned to have some anti-mysoginist imagery but time stopped me (thank god) ;-)
Heya Chris, good to see you posting - apologies I never got back to your email before, first it was work to do then it was easter! Not that I'll complain about holidays however [;)]
Although a bit rough like you say, it conveys your idea well - I'm kinda getting a bikini/african tribal/female predator vibe from it [:)] I think it works, and conveys personality in the character.
For some reason my eye kept wandering to the little hip belt, expecting there to be a short little crude ceromonial dagger type of thing.
Obligatory crit:
combination of the background and her skin tones makes the majority of the image a very cool temperature, and her clothes being a warm reddy temp, it sticks out a lot and throws the balance of the image off - having either cooler bases for the reds, or pushing in warmer tones for the upper ranges of the skin would help a lot here, and bring that balance back.
nice one mr. styles :)
happy easter ;-)
I hear what you're saying about the color balance - I am trying a lot of new things with me sketches lately - I used to only ever really produce b+w linework and occasional forays into the world of colour and in a way I am waay behind where i should be in terms of colour theory! Still it's the crits of others which have formed the way I've learned everything so far so cheers! :)
I've just been digging around the web quite a bit about chroma key values and stuff and its only just starting to make sense - if you have any good links or suggested books to read or whatever that would be ace :D
I reckon the reason the eye goes straight for the belt is the influenced by the pose - both hands go there and it is a dark value in my sketch, i had planned a sword (theres a baldrick there ready) but then I kind of thought she was a bit too primitive to be using a fine sword and I changed me mind :D
I might do another pass on it soon as I get the time :)
quick tweaky
http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v90/chrissdawaller/amazon_3.jpg
knocked down the linework too as it was a bit too punchy for my liking - funny how things look pretty different the 2nd time around! :D
I reckon I should be doing a 2nd pass on all of my quick sketches now, as im sure if nothing else i'll better spot where i'm going wrong :)
cheers!
Hey, great to see another guy participating!
Your line work really suits the gritty style of your character. (Considering you've spent a half hour is amazing).
Stylistically I don't have any complaints. I like the clean shaven but dreadlocky style hair do, with the primitive tribal look.
I think if I were to criticise , it would be in the anatomy in her legs. I think the knee of her left leg is too low and the calf muscle from that point is slightly puffing out too much. I can't put my finger on it, but it does seem as if the left leg is collapsing even though the weight is on her right.
Anyway great work , and I hope to see much more of your stuff!
Fat malformed?
Why is it that when we see a creature or an alien, we dont see any 'flaws' but when its a human it has to be perfect, unless its exaggerated malformity...
I think she looks fine as she is, As I see it, this swamp dwelling human, has had a difficult, but not hard life, as her skin is unblemished by damage, has had to maintain strength, and eats less than she should. If this is what your trying to portray or close, then your doing a great job.
http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v90/chrissdawaller/amazon_2.jpg