posted4you: (chuckling) I had to reduce this to 40% to get it under 3MB. Plus, I nearly gave Smudge a nervous breakdown as we tried to work out the details on Thunder Ring.
Thank you Smudge. You are truly and accommodating artist, a professional, and my friend. :D
Anonymous1: I love Twist like the anal whore she is but there is just so much wrong with this picture I have to sit and think of a way to describe it.
Let's talk color first. The entire thing looks washed out. Give me some deeper contrast plxkthx. Some shadows around their bags would do it, something.
Composition. It's 'eh.'
Figures. OH GOD the figures. They look stiff and wooden, there's no dynamism. Just 'yeah, hold this pose ... hold it for a few more hours and we'll be good.' So unnatural. The guy looks at least like he's about to take a step and adds some level of fluidity to his still rather wooden form but WHAT THE FUCK IS TWIST DOING?! It's like ... her legs are yelling 'I'm being dragged' but her body is saying 'I'm walking forward' and it breaks my brain.
The faces, uhm. Vaguely 'anime-ish' but in a bad way. It's like a cross between super-realism and anime and I will have nightmares.
Uhhh, good things ... good things. Hmm, well. I actually like the subject matter, I think it's cute. They aren't badly proportioned after you get past their faces. And I kinda like the 'paint' style you have going on here.
Overall, I'm sorry. This is a flat 3/10 in my book. It's not 'god awful' which was my first reaction but it is 'pretty bad.'
Enkidu: @posted4you: You wouldn't have needed to resize if you saved it as a jpg. With jpg you can just alter the compression quality, which is a better way of keeping the details intact
Enkidu: @Roflcakes: I've done tests myself. Scaling an image loses heaps of information and causes it to blur. Jpg can compress an image heaps with no noticable change, it's designed to conserve as much information as it compresses.
Anonymous2(1): @Smudge_Proof: I love your pony work Smudge. I think part of my main concern is two-fold. Twist's pose and the limited pallet.
You were trying to go for a soft sunny day but it needs some .. harshness to make it really feel sunny and what shadows are there aren't defined enough to make me believe it. Twist would suit better with her left (our right) leg straighter but that would make her proportions a bit off. Scaling her down and adjusting that leg alone would do wonders.
The faces are also a blend of pony and human with a nudge toward realism that makes it seem 'uncanny valley' a bit. That might be the painting style you chose though combined with the more human-like bodies. I'm not sure, shrink the eyes and make the heads more oval and less anime-teardrop? Faces always give me trouble ...
Anyway, most of the time I don't say anything because, as I said, I do enjoy your work (hue hue) but as much as I adore Twist ... anyway. You're a good guy and I really hate saying what I did. Keep up the good work and I like how you're branching out into other styles. Even when it comes out a bit off, it means you're experimenting and that's always a good thing. Thank you for doing what you do.
Smudge_Proof: @Anonymous: And then Paheal swallowed my reply.
Palette was less contrastive because I figured the white sand would scatter the light.
The pose was meant to be an excuted cartoony jump. Might have worked better on a less realistic approach...
The faces... I am still not really satisfied with them, but I like them better than my older ones.
Please don't fret, constructive feedback is always very welcome on my work. Thanks for your time and effort again, it helps.
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Thank you Smudge. You are truly and accommodating artist, a professional, and my friend. :D
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Let's talk color first. The entire thing looks washed out. Give me some deeper contrast plxkthx. Some shadows around their bags would do it, something.
Composition. It's 'eh.'
Figures. OH GOD the figures. They look stiff and wooden, there's no dynamism. Just 'yeah, hold this pose ... hold it for a few more hours and we'll be good.' So unnatural. The guy looks at least like he's about to take a step and adds some level of fluidity to his still rather wooden form but WHAT THE FUCK IS TWIST DOING?! It's like ... her legs are yelling 'I'm being dragged' but her body is saying 'I'm walking forward' and it breaks my brain.
The faces, uhm. Vaguely 'anime-ish' but in a bad way. It's like a cross between super-realism and anime and I will have nightmares.
Uhhh, good things ... good things. Hmm, well. I actually like the subject matter, I think it's cute. They aren't badly proportioned after you get past their faces. And I kinda like the 'paint' style you have going on here.
Overall, I'm sorry. This is a flat 3/10 in my book. It's not 'god awful' which was my first reaction but it is 'pretty bad.'
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You were trying to go for a soft sunny day but it needs some .. harshness to make it really feel sunny and what shadows are there aren't defined enough to make me believe it. Twist would suit better with her left (our right) leg straighter but that would make her proportions a bit off. Scaling her down and adjusting that leg alone would do wonders.
The faces are also a blend of pony and human with a nudge toward realism that makes it seem 'uncanny valley' a bit. That might be the painting style you chose though combined with the more human-like bodies. I'm not sure, shrink the eyes and make the heads more oval and less anime-teardrop? Faces always give me trouble ...
Anyway, most of the time I don't say anything because, as I said, I do enjoy your work (hue hue) but as much as I adore Twist ... anyway. You're a good guy and I really hate saying what I did. Keep up the good work and I like how you're branching out into other styles. Even when it comes out a bit off, it means you're experimenting and that's always a good thing. Thank you for doing what you do.
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Palette was less contrastive because I figured the white sand would scatter the light.
The pose was meant to be an excuted cartoony jump. Might have worked better on a less realistic approach...
The faces... I am still not really satisfied with them, but I like them better than my older ones.
Please don't fret, constructive feedback is always very welcome on my work. Thanks for your time and effort again, it helps.