TD Character

[Joeslucher]

Need critique for Tdome character. I was going to post this stuff in the TDOME challenge thread but theres a million challenges so I doubt I'd get any C&C.
http://illustrations.00freehost.com/images/dreamersketch.gif

[Ian Mack]

I like the extras around his belt. I'd suggest double-checking the anatomy of his face and his staff too seems a little flimsy.

What is he, the Dreamcatcher? ;P

[Joeslucher]

He's supposed to fight the creator of nightmares. I don't think the staff is going to be used for hitting someone so I didn't make it real sturdy. I could always make a bar running through the dreamcatchers if I get comments saying it looks like its going to fall apart.

[Rockhead]

Is this just for character design or for final piece compisition? Since he is bare chested it would be cool to see ornate "Anti-Nightmare" paint or tattoos across his chest, maybe make him battle scarred too, from past battles. It would be cool to see him in more of a battle stance also, to see him caught in the middle of attacking a nightmare. Its also good to have a strong emotion to the piece even though it is a character design. You have a cool topic and I like the dreamcatcher idea.

[Joeslucher]

This is just for the character design. Yeah I was thinking about doing the body paint or tattoos or scars . I think it could turn out nice. I'll update this sometime this week, I've already fleshed out the stuff hanging from his waste. This time I'll take a digital photo instead of piecing it together from scans. I'm also working on an action pic of him using the staff and that I might turn into a full fledged illustration. The character design is going to be fully painted but I don't consider it really an illustration since composition wasn't really considered. Right now he's on a huge sheet of paper and it's like he's a speck in this huge dream world. So that finished image would be more about the environment. Thanks for the comments.

Otherside-- I went back and looked at the anatomy and I found the skull went too far back and the forehead was maybe a little large and the slant of the chin need to be angled more in comparison to the line of the jaw. Are those the problems you spoke of?

[Ian Mack]

Yea, those were the ones I was thinking of.

[Babee_fre5h]

i like the actual theme of the character but you gotta put more details and yes, work on the head and add more muscles, he's supposed to fight somebody right?;)