First Digital Painting ever It's Finally finished!

[K-bot]

This is my first finished digital painting! I only started going to school for art last fall. I am proud of what I have accomplished here even though it isn't' as amazing as the caliber of work I see here, but I had fun and learned allot that I will apply in future pieces.

Thanks for looking C&C welcome and appreciated!

[kawakaze]

really nice for a first digital painting. your composition is fairly balanced and entertaining however overall i dont get a sense of depth in the piece. i like how you brought out the foreground with the glowing lava but everything else feels a bit flat. your characters really get lost in the backgrounds. although they are dramatically lit, you should be able to pop them back out into focus by adding in reflections and highlights against those extreme shadows which u have started to do on the storm troopers leg on the left side. also play with detail and focus a bit more to emphasize your depth of field. at the moment everything feels a bit blurred except for the beams of light and the face of the guy in the center. i liek where u are going with this, u should really be able to take advantage of that lava and make this piece stand out intensly. gwork.

[Sepulverture]

... but not finished. There are some issues with lighting, and the structure of the main mans face. As for the composition, you could add a few inches to either side to help bring him out of dead center. The soldiers should be receiving a lot more red from the cracks in the ground, judging by how you have the foreground monster lighted. Also the pose of the screaming soldier guy is extremely static. If a man were to stand like that, and fire two high powered weapons at the same time as he is doing, he would be knocked flat on his ass. There are also some proportional issues. The soldier who is kneeling and firing to (our) left looks like he is considerably larger than the main fellow. I don't just mean like a bit larger, or taller, but disproportionately larger. The picture is going in a good direction, but it could be pushed a lot further.

Good luck!

Sep

[dogfood]

Having fun and learning something is the key to life (and one of my personal mantras).

You want to make sure that you transfer emotion to the whole body and not just the face. The main figure looks more to be yawning when referencing the rest of his body. When you're developing these scenes, get up and go to a large mirror. Get into the mindset of the character (work up a backstory on your way to said mirror) and really ham up the action. Notice how your limbs are also conveying emotion (hands are almost as emotive as the face). As an example, look in any mirror and compose a neutral face. Now smile only with you lips, keeping everything else still. Now give your cheesiest grin with your whole face. That's the difference you'll get when you start allowing the characters' whole bodies to emote.

Nice textures.