Waiting Warrior

[insanelight]

This is my new image, Waiting Warrior .
It's my 3th work with my Wacom tablet, you can find more details here:

Details Page (http://www.insanelight.com/images/details/warriorsw/details_warriorsw.html )

Original size is 2692*4220, 101Mb PSD.
I need your comments because I really spent a lot of time on it. :crosseyed

http://www.insanelight.com/images/works/Waiting_Warrior.jpg

[kazaya]

Is she waiting for a tailor?
The main picture, at that level of detail is great, but when i viewed the detailed shots, the texture was very blotchy. Work on that, otherwise, good.

[elevenrequiem]

it looks awesome, but there are a few things that could be better..

1. work on more consistant shading (the shadow behind the vine thing along her back looks a little too subtle)
2. there are some anatomy issues (she's got a bubble butt)
3. and something about her left shoulder area looks a little flat

other than those things, i think its an excellent work.. great textures and a tough pose to work with

[Matt Elder]

That is a cool image and it certainly looks like you've put some time into it. The butt was something that definately stuck out and it was good to see your reference photo. The lower back in the photo has a bit more form than your painted version making yours look a little flat - thus it looks a little weird. This may also be a good example of how something in a photo looks good to the eye, but see the same thing in an artwork and the brain doesn't want to accept it as 'normal'.

The shoulder and red textures seem a little flat and lacking a good sense of 3d form - subtle but still noticeable. Also where the tail thingo originates out of the lower back, the top edge of it appears flat as well and just needs a little shading to help suggest that the form is turning.

I also agree with kazaya about the texture looking a little underworked. When printing this out, or creating the images, keep this in mind so that people can appreciate the image without questioning the quality of detail.

Just a couple of thoughts.

[Seraph]

It's looking pretty good, but there are some anatomical mistakes that really detracts from the picture.

I'm especially noticing her very slim left wrist/lower arm and neck (that might just be, and probably is, me, though.

Another thing that bothers me is this: why in the world is she sitting facing a WALL?!

That being said, most of the shading is really good.

[insanelight]

Many thanks to all for comments and crits, I really apreciate your interests for my work.

@kazaya: you r right, but my intention was give a real painted effect to my image, without perfect lines and shading.

@elevenrequiem: thanks for compliments, I agree with you about anatomical issues :rolleyes:

@Matt Elder : "This may also be a good example of how something in a photo looks good to the eye, but see the same thing in an artwork and the brain doesn't want to accept it as 'normal'."
Hu hu, yeah! this is one of the best crits I have ever read! Really, I think this is absolutly true, I'll put much more attention on this kind of mistakes!:chug:

@Seraph : "Another thing that bothers me is this: why in the world is she sitting facing a WALL?!"
well, she is in pose... :)

Thanks again!

[Seraph]

@Seraph : "Another thing that bothers me is this: why in the world is she sitting facing a WALL?!" well, she is in pose...

oh... stupid me :rolleyes:

[rumplestiltskin]

Thorns or no thorns, I'd still like to take a bite outta that juicy butt! ;) :chug: