Hello I made a new painting,would like some critism
2yr
@paper
Hello,I did this.I tried making this painting better than before,so I challenge myself by trying to paint a full enviromental background,all with realistic lighting.
I think the background turned out nicely,but I feel like the main character's shape is a bit boring,would like some opinions and suggestion on that.Also I would love to know if there's any repetitive texture and on how to fix it.(Alongside that please tell me if anything in the picture doesn't work)
I was also looking at this James Gurney and James Bama painting and was interested in trying to copy their thin application of paint.
Anyway,that's all,thank you for your feedback :D
(Also as always @Christopher Beaven and @Liandro any thoughts?)
2yr
Hey, @paper, nice job! Great feedback and advice from @Christopher Beaven, I agree completely. Also, I love the colors and the way you treated the different areas of the painting, with various levels of sharpness, definition and contrast. If anything, one comment I’d add, not for this piece necessarily, but for future work, is this: when you plan the composition, make sure to clearly decide for a focal point, and then save the strongest contrasts and edge definitions to that area, while keeping other areas less dominant, softer and, when it makes sense, even slightly faded or “lost”. I think you’re already on track with the overall idea of this recommendation, so just keep it in mind and keep it up.
As an additional thought, have you ever gone through Proko’s Figure Drawing Fundamentals course entirely at least once? I see in your profile you’re currently not participating in any courses, and I believe the Figure course might be a good start to help you with how to work the characters in your paintings, since you mentioned that as something that bothered you in this one. In case you’re not ready to purchase the course just yet, you could watch the free lessons on Proko’s YouTube channel and use this community to post your assignments - and also feel free to post any assignments you might have done already in case you have watched the course some time in the past.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for your patience in waiting for my delayed reply!
@paper
2yr
Hello @Liandro,thanks for replying! I thought you wouldn't answear because I didn't reply to your last reply (Sorry about that >_<).Anyway thanks for the compliment! I actually went back to the original painting and added some linework to it, I think it was a good move because it made some of the boring part of the painting more interesting without cluttering it.
On the topic of edge and focal point, I actually tried to apply this to my newer painting. I made most of the silloutte in soft edges and only made the chin and side of the hand hard to gain attention on the face and fingers respectively.(I think I was also looking at this Jeff Watts painting while doing it since I thought it was interesting how he made the left shoulder lost into the background but still could capture the sitter's sillhouette.).But also I did posted this painting on another post to get more critism. https://www.proko.com/community/topics/hello-i-made-another-fanart-would-like-some-critism I would love to hear your thoughts and critism on my new painting sir-you can post it here or on the post if you want :D
On the topic of if I have gone through the figure drawing fundamental course, no I haven't. but I did watched all the figure videos Stan posted on youtube and did all the exercise. I thought of buying it and several other art course but found I always shy away at the last second, just because in my country the price of these art courses are ussually very expensive and I need the money more for drawing and painting equipment.(Also this isn't to mention that's moneys thight right now and we need to pay some medical bill)So I don't know, I'll probably just rewatched all the figure drawing fundamental videos on youtube and redo all the assignment and post it here.
On a maybe unrelated note,I am trying to get a job as an illustrator right now,and trying to get client from outside my country, since the standard payment is higher there. I made an artstation account (Which I don't think I can post it here because this is the 2nd time I'm writting this post since the first one is labeled spam and I accidentally exit the appeal page.)But I don't know what to do now beside just making and posting good art-if you have any advice or resources on this topic I would be grateful.
Anyway, thanks again for replying Liandro, don't worry about the delayed reply bit, as long as you're making high quality reply, I wouldn't mind waiting longer :D
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Hey Paper! This new painting is looking great. At a thumbnail size the overall lighting works really well. The composition is a bit cluttered with too many details. This distracts from the main character but overall it's really nice. I don't mind the shape of the figure, she doesn't need to be very dynamic in my opinion.
The only shapes that bother me are the flowing drapes. A little more study of how drapes flow when effected by the wind would be very helpful here. Stock image sites would be very helpful with this. https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=cloth+wind
Don't worry too much about paint application at this point in your career. Focus on clarity of light and dark shapes and communicating clearly through the composition. The texture doesn't really matter if the structure, perspective, shapes and lighting are great.
You're improving so much! Keep up the great work!
2yr
Why thank you for replying @Christopher Beaven,I'm glad that I'm finally improving after practicing a lot :D.Anyway,I tried making the drapes on the window more believeable by developing the shapes more.I also deleted the patterns on the curtain in an effort to make the composition lesss cluttered.(Oh I also added a cast light to the broom in the foreground to make the lighting more realistic-and also for added shape design)
But anyway,thank you for the critique as always sir,it was very useful,hopefully all the changes I did make for a better painting >_<
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