My first art post here...(changed after crits)

[Obliticon]

Arcana Studios' Ezra

drawn by Studio Mute-Ant

and colored by me...

http://www.boomspeed.com/cduran/ezracbdcrx.jpg


colored as a contest entry...


this is what it looked liked without color:

pencils (http://www.arcanastudio.com/images/temp/ezra.jpg)


please fell free to leave comments, critiques, death threats, and riddles...

EDIT: New version with different shadowing and darker bg

[cacarley]

I really like that !
the background needs a little more work though :)

[feels]

Most of the foreshortening works except the left hand. Logically, I think it should be twisted inward if her elbow is bent outward.

The light source is missing as well. You get the hint that's coming from the upperleft because of the blade's shadow, but nothing else defines where the light is coming from.

The contrast in the red flooring really makes her look as if she's floating. Darken the flooring abit and draw lines your shadows instead of airbrushing them in. If you want to texture your flooring, you shouldn't use filters. Just draw it.

The background doesn't seem very interesting. It just looks like filler instead of an actual wall. Flatten the wall out and put in more blood splatter like you did on the ground.

Hope this helps.

[dusty imp]

I'll try to be gentle. <g>
Very nice pose, your attention to detail is aslo worth mentioning.
Now the complaints.
Her left hand is too manly looking, it should be thinner, smaller and and the nuckles and tendons aren't nearly as protruding. Also, the section of the same arm from hand to elbow is too short. If you used foreshortening then the angle at which the hand is bend is anatomically impossible. As for colors you should have paid more attention to the figure then the background, or at least try making it look not as raw and gimmicky, bacuse right no it doesn't serve any purpose other then a filler.
Over all - good job.

[dusty imp]

drawn by Studio Mute-Ant

Btw Obliticon, does that mean that you're not the one who drew it?

[::EPIC::]

nice work Obliticon, but if I were you id rework a few areas.

1) her left arm, hands a bit too big like others were suggesting, might i suggest you have her arm out reaching in some sort of way to the foreground to give it some more depth (u really seem like you wanted a dramatic pose, and i think that could help)

2) shadowing either, revamp your scene around the girl to best show your lighting or change you shadows on her cause they don't merry well in the pic it seems like there is more than one light source, and its a little confusing to the scene. I think you were trying to get a spotlight from one direction, just take another look at the body mass and think of what could be blocking another form out with shade. Say for instance that the shadow is only from the top left, to me i would have more shadows on her lower back cause the light is being diffused by her upper body and it would become more shaded. Correct me if im wrong but it seems a better way, UNLESS your trying to have a spotlight coming directly down from above then i'd just remove her shadow from her arm and it would look better. Seems like she's kneeling in a sewar or tunnel and there is a grill or open cover letting light pass inside.

sorry went on awhile there, at any rate you're work is great keep it up!

[Shadowkiller]

You should give her skin color to balance out the golden peace of the sword and maybe the the background would blend with the girl.

[Obliticon]

Thanks for the critiques and comments...

and Yeah, "drawn by studio mute-ant" means that its not my drawing, i just colored it...in the color scheme that the character was designed in...as in not designed by me...i don't like the gold sword, the gray skin and leather outfit is kind of cheesy, but hey...the creators, not me, are happy with it...

as for the bg and coloring...

someone mentioned filters...and i take offense to that cause i haven't used a filter since i was in the 8th grade...

everything I used was hand made and not filtered in anyway...

I see the shadow thing being a problem, i tried putting multiple light sources so it looks alittle more photographic...i'm not really sure it turn out so well...

and also if you click on the link to pencils...the pic has no BG elements at all...i tried to come up with my own , but its a weird goth character whose comic is still in production, so much so that they don't even have an official character bio for her...

I wish they did, cause then it might have led me down a more interesting path...but hey, sometimes it just be that way...

[dusty imp]

The way i envision it, it would be best if you kept the curvature of foreground, and recede it into darkness in the background with fuzzy shapes, like pillars or hanging chanes, with a murky light sourse coming from the top/behind.

[J May]

Hey Obliticon, S Mute-Ant, nice pic. Great posing and facial expression, I really like it.

Strong shadow showing the direction of light will really make this pop, go nuts on it and post again with the results!

:)

Oh, a few people mentioned filler, but no filter I could find.

Good stuff!

Cheers!

[Obliticon]

feels said that i used filTers to texture the floor, which is wrong, cause its all hand made...

and essentially, the whole BG is filler cause, the pencilers never really intended their to be one...

[Obliticon]

new version on first post

[::EPIC::]

checkin back, looking good Obliticon