The shaman of Kilimanjaro

[animosapien]

Ever wondered what happened to Rasputin when he was banished(!?!) from russia....
It always striked me at an odd point to ressurect rasputin...
..........miles and miles away ..
.......in an unknown land...
the legend of wizardry still continues.....
The shaman and his lemur..
.,.ow...well..its a forest and i thought that he might as well have a lemur....no harm..hehe...!!

[Jhefte Pierre]

damn this is tyte
can I add you so when I need help you can assist me

[Nexus]

Everything here is essentially one value. Which is why it looks so flat. Sorry Pierre but this is far from "tyte" or as the rest of the world spells it, "tight." I do like the idea though and the color scheme is showing alot of promise. I would suggest laying out your composition first. He's Rasputin, reportedly one the most evil men to walk the earth. However, this guy is just standing there seeming surprised that a monkey is sitting on him. You have to consider a more dramatic pose and if he is living in Kilimanjaro then take a look at some of the scenery there and incorporate it into the composition. I mean Mt. Kilimanjaro is quite an awe-inspiring sight and if you integrate an insane, immortal, magic-wielding, Russian wizard into that scene then your bound to come out with a strong image. Also I'm not really sure but I dont think lemurs live anywhere near Kilimanjaro, they come from Madagascar. Now the next thing you want to do once you get a roughed-in composition sketch is to really establish your linework. Make sure you have everything where you want it. From there make a new layer above your line layer. This is going to be your values layer. Set it to Multiply. Right now your only working in greyscale. The idea is that if you can make the image look strong and the lighting looks correct in greyscale then if you lay color over that then it will look correct. Once you get your greyscale layer where you want it make another layer. This layer will be your color layer, set it to Color or Overlay. Its up to you to figure out which you think looks best. Now you may have to go back and adjust the greyscale layer if the colors dont seem correct and you can always throw another layer on top of all the other layers to do more color correction. Hope that helped some and keep on working at it. I think this is a really good color study and I hope it leads to a really strong finished piece.

[Rhythmus]

It's a great idea, but Nexus is right, it needs to be stronger. This guy took forever to kill, and he's back, and he's (hopefully) pissed off (I don't see why being dead would mellow him out). You might want to think about losing the lemur (or should you follow Nexus' advice and be geographically correct, some other form of monkey.) It softens him up a lot.