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greenbobb
June 28th, 2007, 11:23 PM
This is my first post here. I'm not terribly concerned with giving this guy a background yet... I mainly just want to hone my very dull digital painting skills, but any comments or critique would be nice.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb165/B0bbthe3lf/mraosittingdraft.jpg
greenbobb
June 28th, 2007, 11:25 PM
oh... and my img didn't work. fabulous...

trying again...
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58660264/

and failing.

This is mental.
greenbobb
June 28th, 2007, 11:27 PM
Well here's a link until I get smart enough to do this the right way...

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58660264/

Yeah, so I've just been trying to put this address in as a URL is that wrong?
greenbobb
June 28th, 2007, 11:35 PM
woo baby! I got it to work.

looks like photobucket is just better than deviantart.

Kay... now I'm done talking to myself... :^^;:
Xazy
June 29th, 2007, 12:11 AM
check the angles on his face. it seems like his head is tilted down based on the location of the ears and the really large forehead area, but then his nose and mouth look like they're being viewed straight-on.

are you using the smudge tool?
greenbobb
June 29th, 2007, 12:03 PM
sure am.

Thanks for the crit.
greenbobb
July 1st, 2007, 11:45 PM
My Illustrator preliminary... I might just go at this in Illustrator and abandon digital painting for now... mleh.
Jewl
July 2nd, 2007, 12:55 AM
Xazy's crit was spot on, I don't even think you'd be able to see the mouth from the angle his head is at, just the top sliver of his nose. Go find a cat and look at it for a bit.

If you really want to improve your painting skills:
http://www.anticz.com/drawing1.htm
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm


Also, try to get some traditional painting in. A surprising number of techniques carry over (in various ways).
wash
July 2nd, 2007, 09:46 AM
Yeah there is definietly something going on with the head, it could be the angle or it could be the size..too small?

PEACE OUT...8)
greenbobb
July 3rd, 2007, 11:35 PM
Yeah, that is a little funky... I am trying to alter it a bit from a straight cat's face into something more hybrid, but I do notice the weirdness now that you mention it. Thanks.

I'ma put a rework up next time I have a chance to work on it.