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Published: 2009-05-24 19:05:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 3689; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 73
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Trying to improve myself on digital paintings. I need a lot of constructive criticism, so I am asking help on the technical side.This work was supposed to be called "Avatar of conversion" but I think it sounds a bit cheesy. Done in Photoshop sketched in painter.
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wow the pyramid is sick! Great mood and atmosphere here
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it reminds me a tarot card!
impressive and scary)
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probably I will draw them in the near future! thanks for the comment
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Something that might help the body have depth is having a single direction for where the light is coming from. Its all sprawled out here...it gets it a really wonderful effect though
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thanks for the advice fella.
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You're welcome ^-^ Hope you accomplish what you want to do
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Your work is moving in a direction I wouldn't of imagined. I am curious to see where you go with these.
I see you havent finished yet. The woman and her drape are not complete. if i were to nitpick her horny helmet looks like it could be fiddled with aswell.
I have to admit, that pyramid is looking pretty much perfect.
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i really love the horns in this piece!
i would give my constructive crit but i dont know much about digital painting myself.
all i know is that the pyramid symbol looks really well done, the lighting is just right and makes me feel like i could hold it in my hands
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thanks dear! I'd love to hear your crit on this piece, don't worry!
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I like the style, and if you're looking for improvement in technique, I suggest you add more contrast on the horns since there's massive contrast on the fabric and the rest of the piece.
the face is awesome, just needs a little more definition, a couple strong lines would be good.
Background needs something more, it looks pretty forced. i dont know what to add though, up to you.
overall it's good if you're looking at improving your style and i encourage you to keep workin on it!
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thanks! Yes I'm looking for improvements, thanks for you hints!
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np, been following you for almost 4 years now, lol. you've improved so much.
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Fabulous, and very different, in a way, yet recognisable.
The strangely inscrbed pyramid could maybe use a patina of "ancient" rather than looking new and shiny? Totally love the expression, mi piace!
Liam
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thanks a lot Liam! It's a pleasure to hear back from you. I'm always barefoot now whenever i can in my house. streets aren't clean enough yet!
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barefoot in the house, it's a start. In Pisa the streets were perfectly clean enough, it's a state of mind!
Thanks for replying!
Liam
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concordo con gli altri, mi piace molto molto molto come hai reso la piramide, sull'incarnato si poteva fare di piΓΉ, ma cmq, fichissimo
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grazie mille cerbiatto. concordo anche io con tutti voi!
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ebbravo mellone!!!
ogni tanto ritorni... ma quando torni colpisci!
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grazie!!!!! da quanto tempo eh? fatti vivo anche tu caro mio che Γ¨ sempre un piacere parlare con te. hai msn?
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giΓ tanto tempo!
msn non ce l'ho ma la posta la leggo tutti i giorni.
che mi racconti?
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Beautiful as usual. The concept is the genius.
The suspended pyramid is arcane and beautiful.
The Faun reminded me of Pan's Labyrinth.
you get kudos.
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thanks! glad you like it so much. Pan's Labyrinth is an awesome movie indeed!
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the face and horns look seriously incredible.
i think a lot of the flatness of the body that others have mentioned comes from her right upper arm. darken some of the shadows there i think, and extend the reach of the light along the outside of her shoulder muscle.
it's kind of a difficult pose/lighting situation you've chosen, in terms of getting her torso side section to "pop". perhaps if you added a little more fat to her waist, it would give you the extra depth/z-space you need to add some shadow/light detail. not sure though, if you're interested probably do a very quick trial first to see if it works.
also some darker shadows on her skin by the cloth may help.
i hope something in there helped. it looks fantastic otherwise, i'm jealous of your skill
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thanks for the really useful comment. I guess you got the point for what concern her arm, really a matter of wrong light. Sometimes I suddently stop to see things in a tridimensional way and I just can't focus on volumes. Just don't be jealous, I visited your page, and your work kicks ass! definitely a watch!
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haha thanks man, that means a lot coming from you
and i know what you mean about losing focus on volumes, i find zooming far out helps a lot, because you get an overview of the image and where all the light is or should be.
great work on this image regardless.
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figata, concordo con le critiche sul corpo, magari prova a vedere in giro se ci sono foto di corpi in posizione simile ma che abbiano piΓΉ contrasto tra luce ed ombra in modo da avere una reference corretta.
lo sfondo, le corna e la piramide sono perfetti!
in ogni caso resta n bellissimo lavoro, migliori sempre di piΓΉ, adesso fanne un altro
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stupendo vecchio......poi quelle incisioni sulla piramide sono da penotti....sapevo sarebbe venuto fuori un gran bel lavoro
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yeah! viva i penotti e viva gli in ear monitor! grazie vecchio!
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Really love the horns. The only thing that stands out are the boob and armpit-part, seems like its a bit rushed over, otherwise very well done.
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thanks a lot! will try to improve, check my page again!
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whats here to improve? man, Youre a fuckin genius!
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Seriously? thanks. I need to improve a lot of things though.
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U make me look worse
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maybe applying more contrast to the body would give it more depth. I think that would also enhance the details, which are actually great
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I agree about the body ... it's a little flat. however the concept and space of the image is very well done. the sky looks very much like oil on canvas. the technique used in that should be used uniformly around the whole image to give it the same feel.
very well done.
~C
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honestly she is in a cave, no sky there 
Thanks again and please check my works again!
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i think that blanket or whatever is a little bit too shiny. i'm not an artist though, so take what i say with a grain of salt. but, other than that, i think it's a great piece.
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Thanks a lot for the comment, please come back!
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