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15 Aug 2014 22:42 #5254 by Domtopia
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Done a little bit more. Playing around with her hair.

C & C's welcome.

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16 Aug 2014 11:10 #5261 by Charlotte
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You really do know how to paint hair!
As usual her head seems large though - it's almost the same size as her entire torso. Still, I don't think that's a problem if you're willing to make her cute and a bit "cartoonish". If you're going for realism, you might need to check her proportions, though, and maybe not just the head. I think her torso might be a bit short as well. But she's looking cute so far, so I rather hope you keep her that way!
Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.

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16 Aug 2014 15:39 - 16 Aug 2014 15:40 #5266 by Domtopia
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Thanks Charlotte.

I have resized her noggin, so now it may make more sense. I have also reduced the size of her hair, as the previous size looked stupid on the smaller head.

In addition I have worked her face up a bit. It felt good to do it too, as I have been trained by this forum to not focus on the detail until I get all the basics down. After resizing her head, I felt that the basics were all there and so zoomed to 100% and worked some detail into the face. Ace!



Though... it seems like you can't really see it. It looked much better on the larger screen I was working on! Oh well....
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16 Aug 2014 23:54 #5276 by Digital Dave
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The head definitely looks better scaled down, and agree with Charlotte on the hair work too.

Did you do one like this before? The pose looks quite familiar?
I get sketchy around pencils! ...=D

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17 Aug 2014 08:36 #5282 by Charlotte
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I was searching through some old files and came across an image from years ago, when I first joined IFX and started digital painting. It was for a challenge called farseer. I was reasonably happy with what I did back then, but thought I might like to take another stab at it using what I have learned since then.


Yup :P
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17 Aug 2014 14:58 #5292 by Digital Dave
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Thanks, yep, missed that on the page flip. :)
I get sketchy around pencils! ...=D

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25 Dec 2014 16:16 - 25 Dec 2014 16:18 #7852 by Domtopia
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Done a bit more and added a background.

Is the background working?

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29 Dec 2014 23:07 #7877 by microscopi
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Hey Dom, her face is looking really good :cheer My eyes jumped right there, nice focal point and I didn't notice anything off. The background is great so far, maybe blur it a bit to bring more focus to the girl.

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30 Dec 2014 00:47 - 30 Dec 2014 01:38 #7879 by kazky
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BLove it Dom, the perspective is spot on, I would just trim a bit from her farthest forearm, it looks a bit bulbous at the minute, and maybe bring her hair down, it looks a bit like a wig, but looking fantastic otherwise

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30 Dec 2014 14:38 - 30 Dec 2014 14:39 #7892 by Domtopia
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Thanks for the feedback guys.

I did a little bit of work on the composition (levelled her arm a little) and I also played around with closing her eyes. What do you think? Eyes open, or eyes shut?

I will get to the changes you mentioned as soon as I can Kaz. Well observed!

.... But then I forgot to post up the image! Rectified now!


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