Crusader Piece

[Foxglove]

Hi all!
This was one of two pieces for a love/hate assignment sdbarber gave us. C&C would be really appreciated.
http://www.rsad.edu/~lsmith1/hatefinald.jpg

[Jason Manley]

the arm anatomy needs to be revisited...yer guessing...get the books out and fix it...you need to know your anatomy and proportions.

Id also say they look a tad short...


I cant tell what is in the background...it looks like an afterthought that you just stuck in there.

the far arm looks like a dogs paw.

the harsh words...dont ever do that again.


if you dont...thats automatic improvement. :) right?

keep at it...yer gettin close.

this one is not done however. sean should have been very critical of the anatomy. you hear me sean???





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[maya_a]

Hey, I like the pose. :)

One thing - is the cross supposed to look like that? It reminded me more of the red cross (hospitals and nurses) more than crusaders - but did the red cross take the exact symbol (red on white with a short fat square cross) from the crusaders? I'm not sure about it, but I think you should make it look more ornate?

[Foxglove]

Maya - Yeah, the crusade cross is the same one the red cross patterned theirs after...pretty macabre.
Jason - Shot reference for it actually, but yeah I'll fix the hand. Any advice for making it look less fuzzy? And Lucasarts went really well. ^_^

[sdbarber]

hey lynn-
we already discussed the arms/anatomy-
life study and figure drawing will make ALL of your work 100% stronger...
it's been said over and over again, but for anyone, including myself- if you want immediate improvement with your art, keep drawing from life- and sincerely attempt to capture what you see and be critical enough to realize it will never be perfect, so you have to keep doing it...