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Pete MacDonald
February 21st, 2005, 08:30 PM
I just whipped this up this afternoon. Um, I plan to add a lot more detail to the environment and her dress, bring his pants into the palatte of the rest of the piece...polish the hands and all...
My wife thinks his belly looks 'distended'. I'm not sure...he doesn't have a six-pack or a tan...but that much is intentional. What do you think?

I'd be grateful for any other suggestions...Thanks!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/PeteMac/hangers_on_02copy.jpg
Interceptor
February 23rd, 2005, 09:32 AM
To tell you the truth. I'm not exactly sure where these people are. The guy looks like he's kind of on a ceiling form soemthing, there the girl in on a totally different plane. But yet, thier faces are at the same angle. Maybe I'm just not seeing thsi right.
plsangel
February 23rd, 2005, 10:24 AM
love his pants and foot...interesting choice in perspective...as far as his belly goes, maybe adding a little more detail in the anatomy would help? He has his arm extended over his head you could get away w/ a few ribs....or maybe broaden the effect of your light source to shed a little more light on the other arm and chest?
BMunchausen
March 24th, 2005, 05:49 PM
I agree. The space is really confusing. She could be sitting on a flight of stairs but he looks like he's hanging from the ceiling somehow. His body's just not looking like it's curving in the way it should so mostly, it just looks too short. That light spot on his abdomen is weird because it doens't seem to come from any particular light source - it's like he swallowed a glowing ball.

The positioning of his left knee I guess is supposed to be in the crook of his elbow, but they're fighting each other - you need to make the arm overlap the knee more to make that convincing. His left wrist almost looks broken - I'd take another look at that angle.

The way his legs are simultaneously behind and in front of those bars is making wonky things happen too. It doesn't seem that it'd be physically possible for him to have one leg folded behind the bar, and then the other leg extended UNDER the bar. He'd have to have rubber legs for that to work.

I like the composition and I especially like the way his near foot is rendered and the face of the woman - but all those spatial problems are making me focus on the awkwardness of the image more than its good points.