Thistle Prick's BBB (big black beetle)
Added 2018-01-30 01:40:20 +0000 UTCOn a scale from 1 to 10 I give this image a very solid 'meh.' I finished it because I'm stubborn and I really do like the concept. I'm sure the image looks fine, I just think it's 'meh' because it falls so far short of what I was trying to do. I used this as an opportunity to experiment with textured brushes for the line-art, in hopes that it would improve my anti-aliasing (fancy graphics term for 'smoothing'). Anti-aliasing is something that I'm hyper aware of in art, and I'm very, very, very, very bad at it, so I've been killing myself trying to find ways to improve it. Unfortunately I've learned so many bad habits that following the tutorial exactly was damn near impossible.
Other 'sins' that this image commits are very unbalanced saturation levels, and high 'k values' (another fancy graphics term for too much black). Really good artists can paint a realistic image without ever dipping below 50 on the k value. I don't know how they do it, even when I'm watching them do it.
There are also anatomy problems, but I stopped caring about those years ago. I'm not trying to draw good. I'm just trying to draw well.
Comments
thanks. That's part of what worries me though. I think the 'correct' way to do it would require desaturating the shadows, but honestly I have no idea.
2018-01-31 11:02:29 +0000 UTCMan. Another blast from my past.
2018-01-31 03:17:45 +0000 UTCI never read much of Bondage Fairies but this is giving me vibes from what little I did read.
Dantels
2018-01-31 02:30:36 +0000 UTCjust beautiful especially the contrast between light and shadow; you progress with background for sure !
Daphnis07
2018-01-30 22:48:21 +0000 UTCLooking good, dont be so hard on yourself, it came out pretty cool
Ace
2018-01-30 05:47:12 +0000 UTCthanks
2018-01-30 04:26:21 +0000 UTCI frankly love the contrast from one corner of the piece to the other. And I can see some of the things you mentioned, but honestly, those add character to your pieces. They truely make them yours.
Geeko170
2018-01-30 04:23:32 +0000 UTCYou did a good job, Thistle is hawt and the whole image looks cool. Don't be so hard on yourself.
Master Dragon
2018-01-30 03:29:35 +0000 UTCI think the anti-aliasing and k-values look fine. If you want to improve, please do, but don't beat yourself up about your current style, because all of us here love it!
DresdenQ
2018-01-30 01:48:11 +0000 UTCYou critique yourself too much.
ArdenW
2018-01-30 01:45:17 +0000 UTC
