ironman fanart ... (Closed)

**zomg** · June 18th, 2012, 04:21 AM

couldnt get the metallic luster properly.

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**TinyBird** · June 18th, 2012, 04:30 AM

Have you painted lots of metallic objects from life recently?

**zomg** · June 18th, 2012, 04:43 AM

@tinybird: no ... shhhh hard to say that but thanks man ll do some armor studies ... drawing from life is a privilege i dont have as of yet

**TinyBird** · June 18th, 2012, 04:47 AM

Originally Posted by zomg

drawing from life is a privilege i dont have as of yet

Well, I'm sure you have some metal things in your kitchen? Spoons, forks, aluminum foil, pots or pans or thermos bottles? Or have parked cars on your street, etc..
Pick a fork and paint it digitally or traditionally.

**Lightship69** · June 18th, 2012, 05:07 AM

I would also look into some more shiny new cars and other showroom images for good references for edge lighting and other such luxuries.
One last thing that I cant seem to reconcile is that looking at the poor boy you could stretch the neck a bit he looks very uncomfortable like that and it seems he has no space for his neck! I think you have tried to make it look like he has his head forward but for me it looks like he has a really small neck, sorry.

all the best with the image though it shows some promise.

**zomg** · June 18th, 2012, 05:40 AM

@tinybird: yes i do but i dont have the proper environment to light up those to get the kind of shiny effect ... but i will do some fork study though.

@lightship: yes thank you for the showroom study idea. ll probably do a car next to get the lighting and form definition.

**EagleGrove** · June 18th, 2012, 04:37 PM

For a "shiny" effect I'd say it's enough if you darken your room a bit and light that spoon with a flashlight or a desktop lamp.

**seungy** · June 19th, 2012, 09:54 AM

What lightship said about edge lighting sounds about right! probably best to see examples of metallic objects from real life using a light source to study would definitely give a good idea I reckon.

**zomg** · June 22nd, 2012, 03:24 AM

Thank you guys for your crits ... I ll be doing some studies as suggested.

**airman** · June 22nd, 2012, 07:21 AM

well , the neck before the light edge things , the neck is just too short
It gives a funny impression

The shoulders are too close too

I suggest do a simple iron man with cartoon edges and stuff and if you master that , then you can go beyond that.