Childhood Dreams...

**Randis ::** · March 15th, 2004, 07:37 AM

Hi guys!

Here is something new i did.
Done in about 2 hours with OC this weekend.
Have fun

The dreaming kid

**illy** · March 15th, 2004, 08:23 AM

frickin awesome man. gimme ur skillz

**Scubasteve** · March 15th, 2004, 12:42 PM

great! no critique!:chug:

**looprix** · March 15th, 2004, 12:52 PM

kids right forearm is kinda flat

**inpho** · March 15th, 2004, 01:25 PM

Love the face....I agree on the arm thing. I really enjoy your style that Ive seen on your posts. Nice job.

**character** · March 15th, 2004, 01:31 PM

hey Randis =) Looks great. i love the shadowed face. Really nice colors there but shouldn't the reflected light be orange because of his shirt? Really my only critique =)

**VinceIII** · March 15th, 2004, 07:11 PM

man that is a nice one i like it all around. it is not just the boy but the backgroud brings the name out so much it is as if you are doing wwhat u have always wanted to do. nice 1-10 it is a 9 and 9 being very high... why wouldnt it be?? good job
hope to see more from you man

**sjoerd** · March 15th, 2004, 08:09 PM

wow nice expression good mood, nice use of shading on his head, but his hands kinda dont work for me, a bit TOO small in my opinion, or maybe his head is too big

ps: I couldnt stop smiling with good childhood feelings after seeing how he did his blouse.

**Loga4** · March 15th, 2004, 08:19 PM

VEry nice,Randis!
Great jop!

**mrbright** · March 15th, 2004, 08:52 PM

your so good it makes me sad

**Loga4** · March 15th, 2004, 08:56 PM

VEry nice,Randis!
Great jop!

**pvrhye** · March 15th, 2004, 09:05 PM

Your stuff always feels anime/manga influenced without being a slave to the cliches of the genre.

EDIT: wrong "your"... what a stupid mistake.

**Randis ::** · March 16th, 2004, 07:26 AM

Thanks guys... aww, don't go so easy on it.
I will not fix this one but i will make sure to make the hands bigger, i noticed before but was to lazy to change.

**corky13** · March 16th, 2004, 07:28 AM

thats cool ^^ and only 2 hours O_O wow !

**Jeff Jaws** · March 16th, 2004, 07:55 AM

wow, love his face. very well done.. btw., Randis, will you be at the A'dam workshop, too?

Jj.

**Silver Sehkmet** · March 16th, 2004, 11:00 AM

Fantastic expression!

**Randis ::** · March 16th, 2004, 11:39 AM

Originally posted by Jeff Jaws
wow, love his face. very well done.. btw., Randis, will you be at the A'dam workshop, too?

Jj.

What is the A'dam workshop?

**corky13** · March 16th, 2004, 11:55 AM

I think he means the Amsterdam Workshop ^^

**artistanbul** · March 16th, 2004, 12:15 PM

left hand needs some "tightening"

and I don't know if you meant it to be but the hilt is under boys wrist, I think it would be better if it was under the palm. very nice one anyway.

**crazybrush** · March 16th, 2004, 01:31 PM

Extremely sweet! The colors of the face in the shadows are right on. Great, all around.

**LEN** · March 16th, 2004, 05:31 PM

the blue glow defining the face is fantastic.

**Randis ::** · March 19th, 2004, 07:58 AM

Be honest guys, no sweet talk.
What do you think about the blue glow in his face? Some other Forum told be that it is unrealistic and looks like a mistake...
I did not shade zhe face, i tried to give it volumen with some blue strokes. also i think it is a stylistic element.

I would like to know what you think

**Boom** · March 19th, 2004, 08:34 AM

I think it looks fine. I agree its not entirely realistic but who cares when it looks good...

You might try and pick up the color from the shirt though and see if that works. I think it would since the shirt has such a glow feel to it. Afterall the shirt would probably reflect more of its local color in the shadow of that big hat, than the sky would.
If the boy was standing in, or near water, you could justify the bluish reflective color but he's not set in such a setting.

Foremost I would double check you lightsourcing. You light is not consistent allthrough the character. His right hand/arm should be more in shadow if the sun(?) is high above as indicated by the shadow of the hat. I would generally make the lightness decrease as you move down though the surfaces of the boy. Remember that the lightness of a surface (on a general note) is dependent on the angle of which it faces the lightsource.

Still a cool painting. Bluish reflective color or not....