I can't draw people worth a poop (never could) but I still like this (even with all of the mammary abnormalities the others covered).
I envy your talent Torstan.
I can't draw people worth a poop (never could) but I still like this (even with all of the mammary abnormalities the others covered).
I envy your talent Torstan.
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Thanks for all the crits! That's given me a good chunk of work and polishing to do. I'll post the new version when I have it.
Philipstephen - of course you should enter! I'd be really interested to see your take on the assassin devil. Thanks for the note on the deadline. I'd forgotten that he moved to biweekly challenges rather than weekly ones. Next week is hectic though so it's good to be almost done early.
Okay, increased the head size, tried to make her less Dude-like (cheers Ascension) and fixed some anatomy issues around the chest and collarbone. Also, increased the size of the hand and altered the flow of the corset. Not quite there yet, but I think this is getting there.
Any further crits much appreciated - I know there are still things in there that are off. Shout about the ones you notice and I'll get back into it.
As with the others, I thought the darker part was part of the face (which I found to be an interesting touch), but apparently it is a mask.. (no offense, but I liked the idea more when I thought it was part of her face).
The thing that has been bugging me the most about the picture is...
I'm missing an arm =\
For some reason I'm looking for her other arm.
Now if the 'mask' was part of her face, you could've done something like use a different style arm, two arms on her left side, or something very different like a scythed tentacle or so.
(not familiar if you can make 'any' assassin daemon, or one that represents an allready established concept)
In anycase, to me, she is missing her left arm.. (I am aware it could be hidden behind her body, keeping the cloak back or so, but it just doesn't strike me as such a pose).
The left arm is actually there but yes, it could be picked out more clearly. As for the other questions - the mask on the face and the number of limbs are determined by the art brief in the link in the first post. No getting away with scythed tentacles on this one, more's the pity...
Thanks for the note on her left hand. I'll fix that.
Last edited by torstan; 01-17-2010 at 08:40 AM.
pretty amazing painting torstan! getting better and better. I love the way you painted the armor and the claw/nails. cheers and good luck with the entry!
The entries are up! Here's the page with all the contributions. Some very interesting versions on there and some interesting lessons that I can learn from. Definitely going to have a more careful look through the larger versions.
Check them out here:
http://artorder.blogspot.com/2010/01...challenge.html
Pieces I particularly like: Jason Jutta - lovely way of using the cloak in the vignette; Florian Stiz - nice terrain; Dana Henderson - love the shadows coming off the sword; Chris West - another cartographer, and I love his texturing; Chenthooran Nambiarooran - those shadows! Awesome cloak; Adam Lane - how I wished mine looked. Very clean, lovely terrain that helps the sotry telling - just all over great.
The entries are up! Here's the page with all the contributions. Some very interesting versions on there and some interesting lessons that I can learn from. Definitely going to have a more careful look through the larger versions.
Check them out here:
http://artorder.blogspot.com/2010/01...challenge.html
Pieces I particularly like: Jason Jutta - lovely way of using the cloak in the vignette; Florian Stiz - nice terrain; Dana Henderson - love the shadows coming off the sword; Chris West - another cartographer, and I love his texturing; Chenthooran Nambiarooran - those shadows! Awesome cloak; Adam Lane - how I wished mine looked. Very clean, lovely terrain that helps the sotry telling - just all over great.
There were 4 that really jumped out at me (didn't jot the names down).
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Molnar and Stitz look pretty good to me. Maybe PhillipStephen and I should jump in on one of these.
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