character deign

[sakona]

my b-girl.This was a character I designd for the Alias Contest "Expose your self"
To bad I didnt win :needle:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/sakona/bgirl2.jpg

[ElvisMcVegas]

I think this is in the wrong section, but anyway, the colors to me seem too muddy and saturated, and the perspective is wrong on her feet

[Gwun]

Try to stay away from using white for lighting like that.

[ArtisticSchmidt]

Hey, Sakona. My fav part is probably the eye-shadow.

You've got some problems as far as the anatomy goes. I know she's cartoony but her chest looks like it is from a frontal view while the hips are turned to her right (our left) and the foreshortening of her shoulders makes us assume she's at an angle. Her hair looks like a couple of balls on her head. Remember there are strands of hair in there.

I would work on structure and then try coloring some more pics. Peace!

[Smitherines]

There has been some good feedback left, but no one really explained why its wrong. Using white for your highlights makes her look really shiney, like she got hosed down or just got out of the pool or soaked in sweat. The perspective of the foot going back is off, it may be a cartoon, but that isn't very believable in how her leg moves back. Both legs are basically the same size, but one foot is smaller and the other is larger. You need to make it look like her right leg, our left, is going back in space. Right now, both legs sit on the same visual plane. The skin tone isn't the correct tone for a black person. Your choice is very dull and muddy and it looks like something for a corpse. Adding white to hair usually makes it look like that person has grey hair instead of highlights, as it does here. Taking some of the skintone color might help out instead of white. The bandanna looks way to shiny for cloth, it might be ok if it was silk, but it somewhat looks metalic. I like the character, and her face a lot, you just need to fix these issues and then you will have a good character illustration here. Maybe more of a background, something urban. The colors you threw back there aren't really helping you out.

[sakona]

Hey thanks for all the feedback. My feelings are crushed.
No, not really. Anyway, the charecter was suposed to be more exzadurated and stylized. I also have a habit of rushing through my drawings and paintings. Shit ,I hate that. I dont have patients anymore, ahhhh.
I will work on my isues now , Bye.
More posts coming soon.