Need any criticism that you guys have to offer, I want to make sure everything
is reading clearly before I begin coloring the figures and background. Greatly
appreciate any input on this.
It's a bit difficult to give you feedback on this one because I do not
understand clearly what you are expecting... ^^ The character scans don't look
perfectly sharp to me but maybe the quality at the upload site is reduced... And
the rest of your wallpaper so far is only a sketch. The scenery you chose is a
war scene with falling soldiers... so this already is a question of taste...
some people will like, some won't. But I would most certainly like to help you
more... it's just a bit difficult to say much from the current state of the
image.
Yeah, I had to lower the quality of the image to upload it into the site. But
basically I'm just want to make sure everything is in the right perspective, and
nothing feels out of place. I've also had a friend that was confused with the
characters knocked in the air; he thought that they were giants kneeling on the
furthest mountain. Also he felt that the riflemen on the line were not focus
enough? So wanted to get a second opinion on these as well.
Hmm... I think the perspective is okay. But about the riflemen... I just see now
that some are standing right behind one of the characters. I think that if you
color these... it might be a bit too much on the left side of the wallpaper. And
then the riflemen in the distance are maybe a bit too small compared to the ones
in the left because the do not look so far away actually. And all is on the
left.
Also the guns... is there smoke coming out of them, right? I am not sure whether
this is a good position for this smoke since it's in the middle of the image, so
it will be like in the center of attention. The soldiers in the back look a
little as if they were falling off the mountain but in fact the wild boar throws
them into the air... yes I can see what your friend means.
I think you chose something really difficult. There is a lot of movement in the
whole setting and it is difficult to make a movement visible in an image. I
think that's why the characters look rather placed on the mountain than thrown
into the air.
There is so much happening in the scene that there almost is not enough space.
Well I think I would remove the riflemen directly behind the woman. And place
the other riflemen in the back a bit more into the middle... and maybe less
smoke so that the confrontation with the wild boar is in the center.
Those are some good suggestions. I was kind of worried about that rifleman,
right behind the woman, was working or not, and you pretty much answered that
for me. The smoke pretty much was a temporary solution that I just ended up just
leaving there, because I didn't know if I should just have middle area empty or
not. I still think the smoke is a good addition, but I don't think it should be
the center of attention. I think the moving the riflemen to the center more is a
good idea, and I'll also tone down on the smoke. But should I just leave that
area blank? As far as the riflemen, who are knocked into the air, if the shading
and shadowing doesn’t work, I might just
have to raise the one on the right higher than the mountain for a better
silhouette, but that's my last resort. Because personally I
don’t think it would look good if he
went that high into the air.
I can see what your friend means about the guy looking like he's kneeling on the
mountain. um, maybe rotate him slightly to the right so that his back in
downward? Also, I think that once you've got it coloured, if you blur the
mountain and give it less contrast/opacity to make it look farther and if you
make the guy sharper, it should look like there's lots of distance between the
two. It just looks a bit weird right now because you've got the contours of the
mountain going through the foreground things (the boar and the guy).
Is Lady Aboshi suppose to be looking at Princess Mononoke, or at the boar?
'cause it looks like she's not even seeing the Princess.
Anyway, it's a very nice start, and I'd love to see it finished
Need any criticism that you guys have to offer, I want to make sure everything is reading clearly before I begin coloring the figures and background. Greatly appreciate any input on this.
Xanatos
[img=http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=447307]Princess Mononoke Battle Scene[/img]
It's a bit difficult to give you feedback on this one because I do not understand clearly what you are expecting... ^^ The character scans don't look perfectly sharp to me but maybe the quality at the upload site is reduced... And the rest of your wallpaper so far is only a sketch. The scenery you chose is a war scene with falling soldiers... so this already is a question of taste... some people will like, some won't. But I would most certainly like to help you more... it's just a bit difficult to say much from the current state of the image.
Yeah, I had to lower the quality of the image to upload it into the site. But basically I'm just want to make sure everything is in the right perspective, and nothing feels out of place. I've also had a friend that was confused with the characters knocked in the air; he thought that they were giants kneeling on the furthest mountain. Also he felt that the riflemen on the line were not focus enough? So wanted to get a second opinion on these as well.
Xanatos
Hmm... I think the perspective is okay. But about the riflemen... I just see now that some are standing right behind one of the characters. I think that if you color these... it might be a bit too much on the left side of the wallpaper. And then the riflemen in the distance are maybe a bit too small compared to the ones in the left because the do not look so far away actually. And all is on the left.
Also the guns... is there smoke coming out of them, right? I am not sure whether this is a good position for this smoke since it's in the middle of the image, so it will be like in the center of attention. The soldiers in the back look a little as if they were falling off the mountain but in fact the wild boar throws them into the air... yes I can see what your friend means.
I think you chose something really difficult. There is a lot of movement in the whole setting and it is difficult to make a movement visible in an image. I think that's why the characters look rather placed on the mountain than thrown into the air.
There is so much happening in the scene that there almost is not enough space. Well I think I would remove the riflemen directly behind the woman. And place the other riflemen in the back a bit more into the middle... and maybe less smoke so that the confrontation with the wild boar is in the center.
Those are some good suggestions. I was kind of worried about that rifleman, right behind the woman, was working or not, and you pretty much answered that for me. The smoke pretty much was a temporary solution that I just ended up just leaving there, because I didn't know if I should just have middle area empty or not. I still think the smoke is a good addition, but I don't think it should be the center of attention. I think the moving the riflemen to the center more is a good idea, and I'll also tone down on the smoke. But should I just leave that area blank? As far as the riflemen, who are knocked into the air, if the shading and shadowing doesn’t work, I might just have to raise the one on the right higher than the mountain for a better silhouette, but that's my last resort. Because personally I don’t think it would look good if he went that high into the air.
Appreciate it Regenbogen.
wow, nice drawing! and wonderful shading so far.
I can see what your friend means about the guy looking like he's kneeling on the mountain. um, maybe rotate him slightly to the right so that his back in downward? Also, I think that once you've got it coloured, if you blur the mountain and give it less contrast/opacity to make it look farther and if you make the guy sharper, it should look like there's lots of distance between the two. It just looks a bit weird right now because you've got the contours of the mountain going through the foreground things (the boar and the guy).
Is Lady Aboshi suppose to be looking at Princess Mononoke, or at the boar? 'cause it looks like she's not even seeing the Princess.
Anyway, it's a very nice start, and I'd love to see it finished
That's pretty cool, but the scans don't look very clean around the edges.