Final for Tough Girl

[yeticatcher]

I think I'm going to call this one done. Hopefully it didn't turn out overworked.

http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/FINAL.jpg

Here's some details:
http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/FINAL_headDET.jpg

http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/FINAL_midDET.jpg

http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/FINAL_GroundDET.jpg

Someone told me to put yellow threads in the jeans...that's where I think I got too picky:
http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/FINAL_pantsDET.jpg

Thanks for having a look!

[cateaic]

You have some sweet skills! You really captured the character well. The girl is well done and I dont think you overdid it on the details. I dont know...theres something in that background that needs more attention maybe. I would have put a hint of red in there somewhere (or any other color harmony) Something to make the background a bit more enticing but not take the focus off the girl. I really enjoy youre work and youre subject choices. Keep posting!

[z3r0]

looks pretty good, nice use of colors.

[DustinTrimble]

Nice!, great detail, I like the cast shadow on the left.

[bwkeough]

I've really enjoyed watching this piece evolve and I like how it turned out except for two things. The cast shadow of the fence on the left is really distracting--it's edge is the area of highest contrast in the whole image, at least a tie with her hair against the wall. The part of the shadow that lies across the ground doesn't agree with the light source, the bars of light between the fence boards runs towards the right, instead of the left. At the edge of the wall, you should've bent those bars at the equal opposite angle, keeping them to the left. The shadows that fall across the wall she's leaning on should also be stretching wider as the go longer. Without setting it up, I can't be certain, but I think you should only see one or two board-shdows where you have 5. The diffusion was done well tho.

As far as the girl goes, she's excellent. I like the rendering, the anatomy, and the attitude. In the full image, its perfect. In the close up of her face, her ear looks separate from the rest of her..maybe show some skin through the hair in front of her ear?

All in all, really good work and I look forward to seeing more from you.

[endregan]

very well done. I am impressed. The shadows work greta!

[dajovion]

the freckles are awesome! Really nice skin. A lot of areas look a little flat though. Perhaps there should be more of a contrast from light to dark? Still, good work.

[yeticatcher]

Thanks guys, good points all.
bwkeough: You're dead on about how the shadow rakes across the grass in the wrong direction. I still have the layers and can correct that without too much pain. Thanks for your observations.

~Tom

Here's the fence shadow tweeked to match the light source better:
http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/FINAL_rev.jpg

[Sammich]

I have to pipe in because I see some unfulfilled potential in your rendering here. The most problematic thing I see is the shadow colors. With the brown building, brown fence, and brown ground all around, you'd expect the shadow colors to trend toward brown, right? Or maybe trend a little toward the sky color? But instead, the shadow areas on the skin are just darker skin tones, the shadows on the pants are darker blue, and her shirt is a darker gray. I think it would help out the rendering a ton if you could incorporate some color consistency through the shadows.