Nice work! I like the cell shading you did on the characters - good job on that. The only thing I noticed was the roof and how the characters are sitting on it, as you mentioned.
Good work - I'd like to see more!
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That is pretty cool.
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just wanted to thank you for looking and replies. I know sometimes crit is difficult to throw out there, especially if you don't know someone from Adam. This looks to be a great art forum community just from the browsing I've been able to do thus far.
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or partially - the gentleman pictured belongs to another person and is not from the game. Any constructive crit. appreciated. I'm already aware of some problems (background could use work and they look like they'll slide off the roof... that's supposed to be a broadsword, not a katana... etc.ad nauseum)
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My first impression is that the color palette is too crowded. The sheer amount of detailing and color clashing makes for a significant challenge to the viewer's ability to decipher the artistry.
I might suggest you review your setting and look for ways to introduce more neutral colors in parts of the scene that you feel aren't as important for attention. The bright green and yellow trim on the roof for example are pulling focus to a mostly irrelevant element of the piece.
It seems the real key elements of the piece are Betty's delicate hand on Tron's shoulder, Tron's smirky facial expression, and Betty's relaxed hopeful glance to the sky. But the eye is drawn to the color clash between Betty's yellow stockings and her rich blue skirt, and the boldness of Tron's red chestplate vs. his metal abdomen detailing. As well as the aforementioned roof highlighting.
The sky is set up in a way where a neutral white is at least somewhat framing Tron's head, which helps with focusing attention somewhat. But the entirety of the sky seeming so turbulent, (and the rich blues right up next to some neon green roof detail), also undermine the effect a bit.
I think it's a well done piece, but definitely shows some room for improvement in terms of color palette and layout. Given how this piece shows no fear of using color, all it should take now is some practice and playing around with the idea of deemphasizing less important areas with neutrals and emphasizing important areas with bolder colors and detailing.
Thank you goldbricker! This is exactly what I was looking for. You stare at something long enough and it's hard to pick just exactly what needs fixing sometimes.
I wondered if it was as obvious to anyone else that the background was done totally separate from and long before I got to the rest and that my utter laziness and just wanting to get the art to recipient trumped where I should have scrapped things and taken more time... and how silly I would leave those legs so garrish when they're actually more of that dingy brass color than gold.
Excellent.
or partially - the gentleman pictured belongs to another person and is not from the game. Any constructive crit. appreciated. I'm already aware of some problems (background could use work and they look like they'll slide off the roof... that's supposed to be a broadsword, not a katana... etc.ad nauseum)
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