Bloodlust (bonus: contains visible nipple)

[se7en_]

I guess I am done for now on the pencils. I will be painting it tonight and tomorrow. Any suggestions on mood or color would be appreciated. thx.

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http://www.weapon-x.net/bloodlust.jpg

[Ninjai]

Well dark for sure, with greenish highlights to coincide with the sewer she's in. Maybe a dark blue/slate grey skin tone.

[the good war]

perhaps the head of the charactor hanging in the background is a little misplaced maybe her eyes are a little too wide and her stomache goes in instead of out i really like it though it is pretty disorienting right now good stuff

[ElvisMcVegas]

your right, the eyes look buggy, but in my opinion, you should leave the stomach as is. And for coloring, you should use a human tone for the skin, not a slate, or grey, it would prolly make her look like a golemn instead of a vampire, i asumming thats what she is though. :rock:

[The_Big_O]

Seems like the eyes are needing a little work. :cyclops:

[Scarn]

make it bright and happy :D - just to break away from the crowds.
heh - but seriously now - I agree with Ninjai about the green ... and maybe some purple.

[one2hit]

that was a good bonus.

[se7en_]

lol, thx people. I guess you are saying that the eyes are a little f'd up? Maybe too large and wide, hmm. Okay. I rework her jaw line to soften it up a bit. But I will fix the eyes and rescan.

I started painting last night and she has a natural skin tone right now, green eyes and goth girl redish/purple/orange hair. As far as the background I am actually thinking about not really detailing the color but keep it very abstract.

Thanks for the input. Most helpful.

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[one2hit]

well if you're actually going to fix up the image a bit I might as well tell you what I'm thinking. The nose seems to flat against the face. From this angle we should still be able to see some nostralage. She might look cuter if you didn't draw the bridge of her nose, or at least, not so harshly. Bring out her nose a little bit so it doesn't look smashed against her face and open up the nostrals. There is no space between the bottom of her nose, and the top of her mouth because the eyes are too far down (look at her ear. The eye level should normally never go below the tip of the ear from a straight on angle). The eyes aren't in any sockets in her skull...they are too flat on the face, try to get them to go back into the skull a few milimeters so we get a sense of depth to the face...remember, faces are 3D, even on the cutest of girls O_o.

I noticed one more thing. The right side of her face, the line that blocks in the face. It doesn't match the left cheek. Try to keep that line a bit straighter instead of denting in right there where it does by the cheek bone. but let it dent in where the eye socket is, and move the right-most eye, a little to the left, so that some of it is covered by the bridge of the nose. make sure the left-most eye doesn't move closer to the nose...you are only doing this to place the eyes "back" into the skull further

[Swoop]

Well i think it has alot of potential. If you hit the correct colors, and lighting it's gonna rock. Although i dont like the pipe thingie on the building ? Anyways it seems out of perspective. Also the bg is kinda unclear and messy i think, but in the sense it's hard to know whats going on from the line art.

Cant wait untill the color is done .. get to work ! :D

[se7en_]

Heres my latest updates the "eye" hasnt been fixed but the colors are starting to work I think.

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http://weapon-x.net/bloodlust_2.jpg

[Swoop]

Yeah, but i would give her alot more shading. But i'm propably sure you already know that ;)

Cant wait for the finished peice :D

[se7en_]

yeah I guess she doesnt look like shes in the same scene yet. good call and thx.

[Yaseck]

There are sone amathomic problems. She looks like with a broken neck.

[Joey-b]

wow.. major prob alert.. the arm looks like its attachted to the neck.. (the gun arm)
hope u can still fix it

but anywayz the colors are comin allong nicely.. looking great so far

[se7en_]

lol. yeah I was wondering when someone was going to point that out. I thought the face was cool and the arm and neck were hosed big time, but thats what is great about having other people look at your work.

I am actually thinking of scraping this in the garge pile and starting over. I constantly have this same problem... I am good with line weights, details, textures, even light and shadow at times. The problem is that I never have reference to draw from and I dont see the problem in the loose sketch. They only become glaringly apparent to me once I have invested 4 hours on pencils and inking. I need to really pay more attention to the anatomy in the early stages and fix it then.

Nothing lost becuase its all a learning process. I will fuck her up really loose and crazy tomorrow and post the final results. Maybe I can even fix the arm when I am making a mess out of this : )

Thanks for everyones input. CA ownz!

[Shorty_Sancho]

ummm im sure somone already pointed this out but her stomach seems way to skinny. Show us a lil gut ^^; and dont have is sraigh down seems unreal, I cant see her rib cage much ethier..if she is as skinny as i think u should be able to see abitt of rib cage but not enough to freak the undead. The hand holding the gun seems a lil to small as well show a lil meat on that aslo :P and the hand lower to the picture...not much wrist showin its arm then tiny wrist then hand arches out..it doesnt seem right to me. The face thing..someoen already pointed it out. But good luck if u do this again ^_^

[Jason Manley]

i like your use of abstract shapes....the head needs some more studies and versions...then choose the best one. do not give up on something til it is right. the head needs to be an ACE...ie amazing. it is your primary focus. the focus should be the best part of the image.

[se7en_]

wow that sucks it got moved into "the begginer" section : ( Fuck it. Heres the most recent version - head is better but no where near perfect.

http://www.weapon-x.net/bloodlust_3.jpg

[Syrogen]

hey man dont worry, this section is a blessing in disguise. one problem im noticing in the last image is her skin tone. she seems as if shes standing out in the sun, the environment shes in doesnt match. the background is starting to come together, but the guy getting shot in the face has dissappeared. anyway, dont give up, keep at it!

[Swoop]

Okay now i think it's way too dark. Also i dont like the changes done on her from the original pencils.
I mean i think this image should be colored more ala comic book style, and very clean colors somehow. Now it's quite messy and way too dark.

I would suggest working on getting her a proper light source, and shading her skin better. Especially her lower torso looks distorted and wrong right now i think.

After that bring out the inviroment more, so she is actually in it. Before she was standing out because she was too light, now the inviroment is fading away because it's too black i think :D

Looking forward to seeing some more :D

BTW: absolutely loved the pencils... they are awsome i think :D