my sketchbook

**novaillusion** · November 23rd, 2012, 12:06 AM

Welcome to my sketchbook.
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stuck with this guy for a few day. finding solution for the background.
All comments and critiques are welcome

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**Vylla** · November 23rd, 2012, 01:28 AM

Love the concept and I love your painting techniques! The character looks like he's got some motion blur to him, which is awesome. For a critique... I'd say that you have a foreground and a background. The weeds and the character are both in the foreground and it creates almost too much of a focus change from the front to back. I would take either the character or the weeds, and put them in the midground and that might help.

**novaillusion** · November 23rd, 2012, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Vylla

Love the concept and I love your painting techniques! The character looks like he's got some motion blur to him, which is awesome. For a critique... I'd say that you have a foreground and a background. The weeds and the character are both in the foreground and it creates almost too much of a focus change from the front to back. I would take either the character or the weeds, and put them in the midground and that might help.

thanks. i changed the BG and do a little work with the composition.
updated below

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**Vylla** · November 23rd, 2012, 02:47 PM

YES that's exactly what it needed. Love it!!

**David_a_ray** · November 23rd, 2012, 10:06 PM

That’s a really badass looking character you’ve got there. I really like the vertical light in his face. I have a small critique. I think it looks like he’s in-between poses, and if he were to stand that way on ice, I imagine his stretched out leg would slide from under him. If you draw a straight line from the top of the sternum, to the ground, you’ll have an idea of where his weight is being carried. If you shifted his upper body a little bit more over his bent leg, you’d have a sturdier pose.

**novaillusion** · November 24th, 2012, 04:11 AM

Originally Posted by David_a_ray

That’s a really badass looking character you’ve got there. I really like the vertical light in his face. I have a small critique. I think it looks like he’s in-between poses, and if he were to stand that way on ice, I imagine his stretched out leg would slide from under him. If you draw a straight line from the top of the sternum, to the ground, you’ll have an idea of where his weight is being carried. If you shifted his upper body a little bit more over his bent leg, you’d have a sturdier pose.

thanks. Posing him again

**novaillusion** · November 24th, 2012, 04:17 AM

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a quick sketch. let the guy above rest for a few day

**novaillusion** · November 24th, 2012, 04:21 AM

and here are some env sketches a few weeks ago.
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some parts are made of real images.

**novaillusion** · November 25th, 2012, 11:57 PM

update.
rework an old design.
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my old ver. here
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...on-d4b2o9v.jpg

**Istmin52** · November 26th, 2012, 12:29 AM

Cool stuff so far. How long did it take you to paint the cityscape in post #8?

I do agree that the pose is a little awkward in your first postings for the ice character. I'm curious to see how you fix it. I guess there isn't much else to say. I'm curious to see more.

**novaillusion** · November 26th, 2012, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by Istmin52

Cool stuff so far. How long did it take you to paint the cityscape in post #8?

I do agree that the pose is a little awkward in your first postings for the ice character. I'm curious to see how you fix it. I guess there isn't much else to say. I'm curious to see more.

about the cityscape: it take about 1h-1h30m [i dont remember exactly].
And the Char above: the first pic wasn't my original idea. i fixed the BG but it's still look...awkward. Like Vylla says "The weeds and the character are both in the foreground and it creates almost too much of a focus change from the front to back".
So i decided to bring him further away from the camera: scale him down, paint the legs... add few things to the BG and remove the Depth of Field. (i mean paint it again :lol

i dont save the painting progress but have some pic here, you can check them. hope you like it

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**Cabbage Caterpillar** · November 26th, 2012, 02:57 AM

Wow!!! That's an awesome robot!! so epic

**Istmin52** · November 26th, 2012, 04:16 PM

The robot pic is def better. There is still something a little off with the figure though. I tried doing a gesture of it. I think the left leg is sticking out too much or something. It shouldn't be sticking out farther than the right leg extending I think. This is just my two cents. I'm curious to know what others think about this.

As for the city scape, did you do a rough drawing before painting it or did you just start painting it? I usually need to do a sketch of it first before painting it which is why it can take me a while.

**novaillusion** · November 26th, 2012, 08:50 PM

yes. i see that problem too but leave it there, get back later. thanks for your idea.
i have a rough-perspertive sketch of the city (line sketch) on the top layer, and paint below it. buildings made from brush stroke, and some details are from real images.