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Elfquest => Art and Elfquest => Topic started by: Foxeye on April 01, 2009, 02:43:01 PM

Title: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Foxeye on April 01, 2009, 02:43:01 PM
Yay, someone was finally brave enough to ask for C/C! ^_^  It's been a while since I did this, so I'm glad she just started with level 1.5.

Picture in question:


There's a lot of stuff "going right" here...the face, the eyes (really pretty), the coloring on the hair doo-dads, her proportions.  It may be old, but it's a solid drawing and a fascinating character. :)

Since you said it was older, I took a look at your other stuff as well to get a sense for overall trends I could make suggestions on. 

I'd say the two biggest improvements I'd recommend for this picture are

1) Since her hair/face are a "clean" drawing, I'd have gone ahead and used an eraser to clean up the lines for the arms/torso as well. A little thing, aye, I know, but it's surprising how powerful it can be to have all parts of a picture follow the same style. 

2) Give her neck a little more of an forward-angle. :) Do a google image search on "necks" and take a look at some photographs, particularly from the side. Notice how necks tend to angle forward?  Try to work that into your characters a little more in the future.  (This (http://www.elfquest.com/fun/images/faceshapes.jpg) is a pretty good reference from Wendy. Even as straight as those necks are, even they have a little bit of a forward angle.)

Title: Re: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Wildfire on April 01, 2009, 03:12:37 PM
Oh, sorry if I confused you, this IS the new and improved Wildfire xD I'll try to find an old picture to compare it with :P

Thanks a bunch for the feedback! I'll see if I can correct the neck and clean it up a bit.  ;D
Title: Re: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Mournsong on April 02, 2009, 06:31:41 AM
Oooh, nice coloring! The eyes are especially pretty! I'd make the body a bit broader though... the shoulders too. Right now it looks as if the body is about as broad as the head. Oh, and something I always recommend is to get a book or something about anatomy - especially one that has pictures of the skeleton - bones and such. It's really helpful to understand where the joints are - shoulders, for instance, are round, not straight and squarish... darn, I wish I had a scanner here, so I could whip up a quick sketch to show what I mean... but I hope it was helpful for you all the same...
Title: Re: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Wildfire on April 02, 2009, 01:12:58 PM
Thank you, Mournsong. Yes, I'm aware that the body is rather small, but I only noticed it when I was nearly done and correcting it now is more difficult than I anticipated. Hmm, anatomy you say? *whine* I'll check into it. Thanks again!
Title: Re: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Wildfire on April 04, 2009, 05:03:57 PM
New, cleaned-up and round-shouldered (well, more than before) version:
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/ihhk/wildfire-2.png)

(How do I make it zoomable? xD)
Title: Re: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Foxeye on April 04, 2009, 08:43:44 PM
Oh yes, cleaning it up was a big help! I think you are right that you didn't get as brave as you could with editing the neck, but that's OK. Something to just thinka bout for the future. :)

For future reference, how do you feel about draw-overs?

Quote from: Wildfire on April 04, 2009, 05:03:57 PM
(How do I make it zoomable? xD)

Linky (http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?topic=15.0) ;D
Title: Re: C/C for Wildfire
Post by: Wildfire on April 05, 2009, 03:24:27 AM
Quote from: Foxeye on April 04, 2009, 08:43:44 PM
For future reference, how do you feel about draw-overs?
Draw-overs are great. No problem there

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Linky (http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?topic=15.0) ;D
Nifty!