Zwickel

Jun 5 2006, 09:17 PM

Why don't you develop it a bit more?

ketchupface

Jun 6 2006, 08:45 AM

Alandir

Jun 6 2006, 04:43 AM

I'm working on a picture of mine in photoshop. But as the newb I am im no good at it


Tried to do some work on the environment. But i'm not completely satisfied.. there is no real depth in the picture, and the colors are a bit wrong. But thats only me, what do you think? feel free to critisize all you want

I think there's a few things that may help you can do to achieving more depth & improve the image overall:

=First, use this --> http://z7.invisionfree.com/Brackenwood/ind...0&#entry7466433
It's an extremely useful thread cooked up by Kib, which I have actually learned a lot from. Unfortunately, the images seem to be gone. :\

=Overall, try sharpening things up a bit. Compared to the character, everything seems a bit out of focus.

=The mountain closest to the foreground should have clearer detail & more of it than that of the mountains behind it. For each one that goes back, try desaturating them a bit & pulling the brightness up in small increments. The mountain in the far back (just to the right of the character's hip) should be just barely visible as the effects of atmosphere almost make it blend into the sky. Also the mountains overall look a bit too saturated when comparing them to how bright that sun/sky is.

=The small log(?) object in the bottom left is somewhat unclear about what it is, & it seems to just sort of stop...unless it's supposed to grow from the mountain side. If it is a log, get some references to help you more clearly illustrate what you're going for.

=If you keep that log-thing there, make sure the character is casting a shadow onto it, considering the position of the sun.

=Compositionally, I'd re-arrange the mountains. It appears intentional that you were trying to lead the eye's attention to your character, but you can disguise this a bit more. Mountains generally aren't formed in this fashion.

=The clouds appear to be roughly the same value/saturation. Vary these a bit more & follow the guidelines of brightness/saturation that Kib made in that link I mentioned above.

=The ground to the right/behind the character looks a bit sphere-ish in shape. I'm not sure if that's what you're going for, but it looks odd, imo.

=I like the light, loose lines you have in the sky near the sun. If it were mine, I'd experiment with them throughout the background. That is, if you aren't going for something extremely realistic. That's just me though.

As for colors, it's hard to say (I'm not too great in color theory), so you'll just have to experiment with those. However, I think with some work, you could really pull off something nice. The character's already looking quite nice (I'm particularly fond of the furry part around his waist & his bottom half clothing). Again...read that thread above, that'll probably be most helpful for you.

Good luck!

-KF

Alandir

Jun 6 2006, 09:26 PM

the link doesn't work. Do you mind posting it again?

Bussman

Jun 6 2006, 06:06 PM

If you didnt, then nice job, (meaning you just jumped right into it)!

Bussman

Jun 6 2006, 08:12 PM

Thanks Matt, your the best (**HUGS**)

Cel

Jun 8 2006, 10:05 AM

Here's some pics I made of the characters in the flash I'm making. Comments, crits? Thing that could be better?

smoscar_01

Jun 12 2006, 06:05 AM

hi this is an about two and a half hours of mouse work...