Spirit Dance

[Liquidashes]

I've been getting annoyed with myself b/c i never seem to do anything with color. I have a mental block when it comes to coloring with Photoshop and my watcom tablet is not functioning at the moment. So, i went with my handy dandy prismacolor pencils. I was in a rush in wanted to color,so i inked what i knew i wanted and started colorin. Everything else that isnt inked, is just a really quick sketch to get the feel. I know the penciled part looks terrible and completely off :P . I dont even know what i'm going to do with it yet. I know she isnt wearing conventional clothing to do anything in, so i've deemed her outfit as a ceremonial tribal type dancing garment for calling the Spirits to bring good fortune to the land. Anyway, what do you think of the progress? And what should i do for background? Plz, crits are much appreciated.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/liquidashes/SpiritHouse.jpg

[inspector Lee]

You've got the cart way ahead of the horse! You should never begin tight rendering on part of a drawing when so much of it isn't even sketched yet. Most of the figure isn't worked out yet and you are painstakingly coloring the lacing on her garment. Take about 22 steps backwards and carefully work out the whole figure and her entire environment. When you have that to a place where you feel it's really successful, then you can start designing her clothes. And when those are figured out and sketched really well, then maybe you can start coloring.
If you do this again, I'll be forced to take away your colored pencils.

[KawizradSaddrax]

The inspector has a good point. Furthermore, what you do have colored is coming along nice! Just be careful with the rest of it. A nicely rendered work can easily be ruined due to lack of pre pro.

The background: She is kind of looking like a gypsy, and you mentioned she is part of a ceremonial dance, so I would take those two ideas, and form the back ground accordingly. It might be a bit tricky though, because you have already started the coloring. Work with it though, and lets see what you come up with!

Also… I think she needs a pet tiger.


/weller

[Liquidashes]

You've got the cart way ahead of the horse! You should never begin tight rendering on part of a drawing when so much of it isn't even sketched yet. Most of the figure isn't worked out yet and you are painstakingly coloring the lacing on her garment. Take about 22 steps backwards and carefully work out the whole figure and her entire environment. When you have that to a place where you feel it's really successful, then you can start designing her clothes. And when those are figured out and sketched really well, then maybe you can start coloring.
If you do this again, I'll be forced to take away your colored pencils.

LOL. I started the drawing and still didnt know what i want to do with the head, legs, arms in the drawing. It was 2AM and i still hadn’t started coloring which what i really had intended on practicing that night. *shrug* so i just inked what i knew i wanted to keep and thought wouldn’t interfere with rest of the drawing since it is in the foreground. Dont worry, i dont normal do things this way lol. I was just eager to color and already was tired since it was 2AM. I dont know if I am going to try to do a background, but throwing in a tiger sounds exciting. I might try that out. Thank you for the comments. And i promise that i will try not to ink before i have the whole concept hehe :). It just had been something to practice. Had it been an important drawing that had a purpose then yea, i would definitely get the sketch down first like you said. Thank you both for the comments :}

[Liquidashes]

Alrighty here is an update on the drawing

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/liquidashes/SpiritHouse2.jpg

Question, do you think her head is too small?
Her face is not as smooth as everything else b/c while i was drawing the hair, the black particles were being rubbed in by my hand..stupid, yes. I just now noticed how silly her right eye looks (our left). I dont know why i didnt catch that before, but there is nothing i really can do about it now :S Maybe i can up the darkness a bit to fix it, i dunno. i like how the tiger creature is working out. I was proud of myself that i could get a good sketch down of the body without a reference. The chick's left shoulder is really stiff, but i think i can work with it once i get to shading. I wont lie, i had some trouble with the shoulders. :[ I'm sure you can tell. Drawing isnt perfect, but i am having fun. :^^: It's been really good practice

Please give me critiques. There are a lot of things wrong with this drawing. throw me your comments plz.

[Navi]

hmm... Maybe its me but the breasts seem... a little... lop sided I guess I could put it... hmm...just my input and my opinion though.

Another opinion of mine is AMAZING coloring with the pencils I love it!

[Liquidashes]

Navi: I'll try to adjust the breast then. I think some shading will help out. Thank you for the compliment about my coloring :)

I just read the rule for the critique section and i think i've posted this in the wrong section. I didnt know it was just for finished pieces, PLZ forgive. I dont know how you delete threads, so I'll start a new one in the right section. Here is the link: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72425