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I got my painting drive back! Finally, thank goodness. ^__^
Xir'ag, my drow elf, the little nymph. He looks so lonely... or that's what he wants us to believe, the little seducer
I've been painting this for a few weeks, on and off. Maybe for about 20 hours totally. I tried a new technique by painting everything at the same time instead of drawing detail by detail like I usually do, my paintings tend to be a bit... in parts, agh, I don't know how to explain it.
But I'm going to use this technique more often from now on.
I used a lot of texture brushes with this one. And painted all of it in Photoshop CS2. No references were used. Unfortunately some nice details are lost because the original picture was huuuuuuge.
I'm asking for critique with this one because I know there are things that could be better and the perspective is still off and there are other little mistakes that I just don't know how to fix, it's pretty frustrating.
Anyways, long description over.
Xir'ag, my drow elf, the little nymph. He looks so lonely... or that's what he wants us to believe, the little seducer
I've been painting this for a few weeks, on and off. Maybe for about 20 hours totally. I tried a new technique by painting everything at the same time instead of drawing detail by detail like I usually do, my paintings tend to be a bit... in parts, agh, I don't know how to explain it.
But I'm going to use this technique more often from now on.
I used a lot of texture brushes with this one. And painted all of it in Photoshop CS2. No references were used. Unfortunately some nice details are lost because the original picture was huuuuuuge.
I'm asking for critique with this one because I know there are things that could be better and the perspective is still off and there are other little mistakes that I just don't know how to fix, it's pretty frustrating.
Anyways, long description over.
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Overall
Vision Originality Technique ImpactI love the textures you've used - especially on the trees, but I'd like to see a number of different textures, to show some variation of different surfaces.
I also love the way you've lit the image, that warm light is gorgeous. I would suggest that you try varying the tone of it, rather than painting in your highlights in the one colour. Light, even/especially warm light is made up of a number of colours, which each surface will register differently. You've managed very well to keep the correct light source when applying shadows and highlights, but I'd like to see some more tonal modulation in his hair and some highlights on his right shoulder (left as we view it). His other shoulder appears a little disjointed and irregular, which might be solved if you brought it forwards to lie by his leg.
Overall, I really do like this image. And I love the way you've painted the water and the colours you've used.
You asked for critique so I'm offering you some - feel free to just disregard it if you don't like it - this piece is fantastic as it is.