Zacarias an old warrior

[Captain Moreno]

Hello, I'm new around here as most of you will soon notice so please bare with me. It's been some time since I finished some pieces and I'm in need of some feedback, therefore I will use this marvelous place you people have in here and will periodically post threads with my art. Please feel free to comment, I will appreciate it. Thanks a lot everybody!:tihi:
This fella here is called Zacarias after a childhood friend of mine who was in fond of hitting other kids. I wondered what he would become when he would grow up. I did it completely with oil colored pencils (fabber- castell Polychormos) over some crescent board. Size was tabloid I believe. I took me forever to finish it and even though I'm fully aware of most of the problems of it, it was a great technical achievement at the time.

[fookchai]

Hi, welcome here. I'm also new, started posting recently. so you're not alone.

This is an interesting piece as it reminds me of some renaissance art because of the background you have in the back.
Seems like you spent most of the time rendering the guy's body. Hey the background and the ground needs the same amount of work.
keep it up!

Jonathan
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[stalsby]

nice map colors!!! I like what you have going on on the upper body anatomy but the lower half of the body looks a little flat. Seems like it could use some more volume. And maybe if he wan't in the very center of the composition it would look a little more dynamic. Besides that very nice rendering!!! and background elements!

[pritch]

It looks good overall. I agree the upper body looks pretty solid. The biggest thing I'd change is the feet. The bottom of the feet are a straight horizontal line yet the texture in the ground shows the ground is not at eye level. Maybe soften some of the line in the background to just to push it back a bit.

[Captain Moreno]

Thanks for fr the comments fellows. I agree with you all, it seems I spend all of the creative impulse on the torax leaving the rest somehow unresolved.

[Elwell]

I agree the upper body looks pretty solid.
Too solid, compared to the rest. It looks like you had good ref for some elements and were winging it for others, and it doesn't hold together.

[jdeegz]

looks awesome, love those sword. dunno though, people wouldnthold a sword like that, its not very compfortable. the sword istelf is awsome, the shine on it is sick. the feet are in the wrong perspective aswell, it was mentione dup a few posts. but good work, colored pencils are tough.

[Captain Moreno]

I loved that sword since the very moment I tought of it. I was trying to come up with a very unsual mmm ...(I don't know how you call the part by which you hold the sword) and somehow I felt like using nature assets would be great. It shines to much to my own present taste, and will probably add dried blood stains next time I paint it. Thanks for your comments!

[merchan]

I like the technique and rendering of the body,face and blade,if the rest had this I'm sure it be quite a stand out piece.

[Captain Moreno]

Yeap, that seems to be the general opinion. Thanks for taking the time to look at it.