Frankenstein

[Soupy]

I drew this for my Gothic Lit class...i finished it as much as I could, but i didn't want to put it in the finished forum. A crappy internet printout was used for ref.
C&C is welcome!

I resized it for 56k'ers...probably WAY too small....but whatever.:D

http://www.imagemagician.com/images/soupy/65223-franky.jpg

Large Version (http://www.imagemagician.com/images/soupy/franky.jpg)

~Peace:cool:

[Soupy]

C'mon....nobody??:(

[Sadclown]

Okay, first off don't get offended by what I say, this is just how I see it. I'm not really getting Frankenstein out of this.

I mean, is it Dr. Frankenstein himself, or is it the moster or what? I'm not discouraging you, it's a good drawing, and it definitely has that gothic illustration feel to it. It's just not bring your point across, ya know?

just my two cents for whatever they're worth.

[andru]

Nice work so far. I think it would benefit tremendously from extra depth. For a really gothic feel, make the trees sink back into the background a little more with some heavier tones, making them a little more foreboding :) Also, suggest some more trees in the background using progressively darker tones, as right now it has no depth at all - It looks like someone's draped a grey sheet behind the first few trees ;)

As for frankensteins monster, he too needs more depth. I'd really give him some dark tones, teamed with some bright highlights, as if he's caught in headlights ;)

Infact, the whole scene might look that extra bit gothic, if you imagine frankenstein is being lit from our view by candle light, so you would only really have a suggestion of the trees around the edges...blah blah blah, I could go on. But it's your image, so it's all up to you :)
It really needs a lot more depth though, thats the key thing. I'll be looking forward to a revised version....keep at it :D

[andru]

Very quick example scribble-over of what I mean.

http://www.ice.org/~exitwound/temp/franky.jpg

[Soupy]

Thx a lot guys for you help!!
I agree that it does need more depth, but I had trouble deciding whether to add more trees in the backround, or just leaving it as it is right now.
Sadclown - I should have said that this is the creature, not dr. frankenstein. I know it doesn't look like the media representation of the creature with a square head and bolts in his neck, but in the movie with Deniro as the creature he does actually look like how i drew him.
Thx again for your comments, and I will start to revise my piece.
~Soupy.

edit - just as i posted my reply, andru's scribble-over loaded for some reason....
Thx for editing it, andru. I now can really see what you were talking about...I wish i had painter so i could add color to my pieces, but i have to use prismacolor markers instead.