Look at my crap !!!...please

**sam-b** · January 15th, 2006, 06:17 PM

hi !
well,first post here and first try at painting ever, after 2 or 3 failed attemps+ lots of tutorials reading(<only) and some 4 months beeing scared of my tablet .
I know the colors sucks, the anatomy sucks, but i would be so pleased to know your opinion about it !

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oh and i think i should also mention that the original toned sketch was done from a photo(long time ago), but the painting isn't.

**Inque** · January 16th, 2006, 01:39 AM

i like it but the head and hip down is too small.

**noiion** · January 16th, 2006, 12:13 PM

The Chest area and the neck looks good. Everything else is a little off on proportion. I think it would be a lot easier for you to get your forms drawn out and corrected in that stage before painting. It will save you a lot of frustration.

**sam-b** · January 16th, 2006, 03:21 PM

thank you guys a lot for your responses !
i agree with what you said, but the main problem for me was dealing with blending colors and making them lose the flat appearance of the first lay out.
anyways, i'll try to do better next time !

**nafa** · January 16th, 2006, 10:52 PM

You need to get rid of the black outline.

**sam-b** · January 20th, 2006, 07:45 PM

thanks nafa! that's only a stylistic choice, i added the line at last .

**Narcolepsy** · January 21st, 2006, 12:19 AM

It seems like you've been using a lot of brownish hues. The human figure is very red - it is the color of our essence, man. Don't be afraid to exploit t3h redness.

**Serrat** · January 21st, 2006, 12:21 AM

I don't think the hips are necessarily too narrow, but he needs a bit of a bum behind him.

In terms of the skin tones, at this point I'd work on making there being more variance between warm colors and cool colors in the shading. So far, it seems to be a conglomeration of pinks, and depending on the skin of the figure you're referencing you could use thin washes of gold on the lit areas and violet on the deepest part of the shading.