mastin2
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I have fiddled with different styles of drawing and have drawn on many things. I have gotten fairly good at sketching and drawing things on paper, which isn't that good. I am lucky that I got my scanner working, because I feel my drawing is far ahead of the virtual counterpart in pain. Even so, it's not high-quality, either. But then, that’s why I’m here. To get better at what I do. I shall show you two of my most recent drawings. Image One: Sheathed Sword This is one of my latest drawings--it is of a sheathed longsword. I tried to add some elements of 3-D-ness to the sword as well. Alas, it still has some things wrong--the sheath is off-centered, for example. :( Oh, and you might notice that the sword is cut off. Why? I ran out of space on the paper, okay? That's as much as I could fit! Image Two: Unsheathed Sword My latest. Yes, I know it has problems--the pommel is nearly strait (with just a microscopic slope). The handle is curved just a tad bit more. The hilt and the blade are curved even MORE. So, yea, curved it twice. I added some more 3-D elements...but they still are a bit off. Oh, and largest of all: It is STILL cut off. I need larger paper. 8+1/2 x 11 just isn't enough. It is unfortunate, but I do not have the skill to scale the sword down--that's as small as I can draw it... Constructive Criticism: I enjoyed seeing this one because it delivered an impact. The words were suited to the image well. The explosion in the background was a nice touch. The sparks delivered a flare to the image. The positioning of the character was perfect for the message wanting to be delivered. I felt like she was speaking those words. I enjoyed the shading and illumination on her face; it added a nice touch. Despite that, I feel that there’s just so much more that could be done with this image. For one thing, there’s the text. It’s in an excellent font—but not color. I could read it just fine—but the color chosen made it nearly invisible at first glance. In other words, it blended in well…too well. I could barely even see it at first. While the shading on the right seemed perfect, the shading on the left looked like it could use some work. The orange tint seemed out of place with the rest of the picture. While the sparks add a nice touch, they seemed to contrast with the rest of the image. The image is astounding. The rich colors instantly grabbed my eye; I instantly looked to where there was the most variety of colors. This is a double-edges sword, however. That particular area is in the bottom left corner. If you want a person to look somewhere else, that would not work out well. I do, personally, believe that, instinctively, we are attracted to brilliant colors. It took me a good few seconds to notice the text. Speaking of the text, though, it was a brilliant blend. It blended in, yet stood out. Something that is bothering me, though: the image is 350 by 150. This is a signature, is it not? The limit is 500 by 100, so this would surpass that. The text reads ‘Breath’. To me, however, it would seem better suiting if it were ‘Breathe’. Breath, to me, implies just a single inhale, then exhale. Breathe, however, seems to imply life. The light shining on her head added a nice glow. But it seemed out of place—the light source could not be seen in any other spot. It seemed out of place, in comparison to the darker colors surrounding it. I hereby will follow the rules set by the admins and mods of the forums. I understand that failing to follow all the rules, I can be removed from the Gallery and the forums themselves. Hmm...odd...the first image is not the same as the ones that I was critiquing... Approved. Images appear randomly. Nice CCing BTW.
< Message edited by Grafh -- 8/17/2008 22:54:00 >
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