Pouring Gasoline

[Adam Nowak]

Anyone, I need critiques on this small piece. I'm basically having trouble with the entire thing. I have to work on rough illustration board which is hard for me to get the values right in this scene. It's also somewhat of an experiment with a blending stump which might look better than just shading because of the texture. It's 4 in. by 5 in.

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1723/untitled2bc5.jpg

[Onir]

hey, nice work so far; I'm liking the cracks and the details in the background. the foreground is confusing me though.. honestly not sure what is going on. from what I'm gathering, it looks like the hand is pouring a small spout of gasoline into a hole. if this IS what is going on, the ellipse of the hole is a little skewed; kinda makes it look like it's sitting on top of the background, not within it. in terms of values I'd say you could probably push the amount of contrast you have.. don't be afraid to really make those blacks black. also, using a sharp pencil and darkening the edge distinguishing a light and dark area can really help the lighter area pop out more. I hope I was able to help ya, good luck.

[Elwell]

Even with the title I'm having an awfully hard time figuring out what's going on.

[Adam Nowak]

Onir and Elwell: A person is holding a canister of gasoline and just dumping it all over the floor. The "hole" is the cap for the canister. The letters make up "DANGER" across the can. The white "smudge" over the "R" is supposed to be the gasoline pouring out. That's mainly what I'm having trouble with because I never tried drawing water let alone oil. I should have explained it before. I never had this much trouble shading. For now I'll be trying to up the contrast. After my nine other 4 by 5's are done by tomorrow. :(

[ZapRadon]

I would suggest giving the edges of the can more contrast, as well as the hands, to bring them forward. At the moment, the can could as well be part of the floor, the values are too similar.

That cap is the 'closest' thing in the pic at the moment, it looks more like a hole than an object.

[Adam Nowak]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3168/untitled3gi8.jpg

An update. I'm happier with it (I used black watercolors for the gasoline since I just couldnt figure it out with pencil and it's due tomorrow)

[toole]

Really need to work on the fingers.

the can really needs work as well.

I like the black watercolor so far, if you made the rest of it messy on purpose it could work.

[Adam Nowak]

Toole, thanks, I know. I don't know what's up today. I must be rushing. I usually am at least satisfied with my anatomy, even if it's far from perfect.