Dolmen+, on 16 January 2013 - 10:28 AM, said:
Excellent start here, looking forward to see where you go with this. Lighting has alot to do with your skintoning, especially on more reflective darker toned skin. Before colouring this try work out what the environment is. Movie posters use a three point system, soft front light with a harsh back light to the back and left of your figure and soft ambient light to the right. Imagining where your light is and what hue it possesses can make a huge difference in the quality of your art, especially a fantasy piece like this. It sets a good mood. I can only assume you're going for something moody with sharp contrasts between background and foreground?
Thank you!! And I started on a background, which is unusual for me since I have that horrible tendency to place characters in an ~endless white void of doom~ But I'm trying for that lighting you've suggested, cuz I like the idea of a movie-ish dramatic like quality.
Puck, on 16 January 2013 - 05:05 PM, said:
Also, the colouring looks solid so far and the only danger I can see is overdoing it. With the drawing style it would probably be better to carefully block in lights and darks as opposed to trying to make it look more realistic. I feel the need to say that because of the tutorials Toraneko linked; they're good, but bear the danger of making one worry too much, which can be bad depending on the style you use.
I thought about cel-shading vs. some sort of pseudo-realism, but when I started playing around with the color of my lines, I liked the sort of realistic quality? Not sure if it will actually work out, but we'll see, haha.
Screenshot progress update, yay: