pirate illustration

**rattsang** · March 18th, 2009, 06:10 PM

doing a personal piece of a pirate for funsies, any suggestions or ideas welcome.
done in painter 9.5

**jmonsell** · March 18th, 2009, 06:18 PM

The face is great! I can't wait to see how the rest of it turns out.

I almost want to see more of a twinkle in his right eye. The left can remain in shadow.

Good job!
~Jordan

**rattsang** · March 18th, 2009, 06:21 PM

he is blind in his left eye (our right)- is that not clear?

**dashinvaine** · March 18th, 2009, 07:11 PM

A right scurvey knave. Looking great so far. Nothing to criticize. Presumably you'll tighten up the detail and make his clothes look a bit more worn...

**walnut** · March 18th, 2009, 07:20 PM

Blind in his one eye? I can only tell when they have an eyepatch.

Looks quite fine by me, hope you can get the folds down.

**rattsang** · March 19th, 2009, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by dashinvaine

A right scurvey knave. Looking great so far. Nothing to criticize. Presumably you'll tighten up the detail and make his clothes look a bit more worn...

any ideas on technique for making his clothes look worn, or any links to reference images?

**masque** · March 19th, 2009, 10:13 AM

Re: the blind eye, you might consider using the tried 'n' true (aka kinda trite) cataract effect, sort of a milky coloration. As it is it's the damaged eye that seems to be seeing the viewer, imo.

Re: clothing -- patches, frayed hems, dirt 'n' blood stains, maybe a spot of curry? (sorry, my Red Dwarf addiction is kicking up)

**rattsang** · March 19th, 2009, 10:44 AM

started on some sort of bg, changed the shirt a bit and his eye ball.....thanks for the comments so far.

**Meli Hitchcock** · March 19th, 2009, 11:20 AM

Love it so far!

You might want to change the angle of his hand on the gun though because it doesn't look like he's properly holding the grip. It's got a really steep angle even though his hand looks like he's gripping something straighter than that.

**Sidharth Chaturvedi** · March 19th, 2009, 03:36 PM

Looks pretty sweet. Finish the hands- they need to look at least as good as the face. Try to start tightening it up on the whole, it needs to lose the blurriness. I quite like it though, got a lot of character.

-Sid

**Imperia** · March 19th, 2009, 03:55 PM

The end of the sword is creating a bit of a tangent. Otherwise looks sweet so far!

**jpdelteso** · March 20th, 2009, 08:23 AM

Other than the previous comments, it looks great. I would add some rust or notches for aging the sword(it might look too shiny and clean for a pirate) and maybe to the gun as well. For reference, the obvious: Pirates of the Caribbean? You could check for the "funny" pirate couple. I think they wear the most worn out clothes of all.