Emandump

[rtil]

i can't tell if the focal point is supposed to be the book being lit on fire or his eyes. if it is his eyes, i'd make sure the highest point of contrast is there, instead of the book.

[CVG]

The face is very muddy (probably because you used black and red-grey for the shading); instead try a dark green and dark purple too since you added bits of yellow in there. Also I think you should work on making the mirror more reflective by adding white highlights to the edges of the glass near the borders of the frame. Putting in a bit of the book and his arms to the opposite view will help us better understand he's looking into a reflecting mirror while burning the book...right now it could be two separate characters facing the other (At first that's what I first thought the scene was and the frame was a window of some sort).

[emanhattan]

i will make use of your suggestions, thanks cvg and rtil.

[emanhattan]

also removed the original cause its a bit useless now and it was huge

[rtil]

it's a pretty striking image, and i like the character. i do think you need to work a lot on coloring and texture though. i know i've already said this, but i really don't think you should use black as a darker tone for colors. and on the other hand, i don't think you should use that near white yellow for highlights, either. just your color choices in general

[emanhattan]

it's a pretty striking image, and i like the character. i do think you need to work a lot on coloring and texture though. i know i've already said this, but i really don't think you should use black as a darker tone for colors. and on the other hand, i don't think you should use that near white yellow for highlights, either. just your color choices in general

i do agree black kills color,  but i can at least say i broke that rule intentionally with this piece, for experimentation... i want to find out if i "can" get away with it anyway or how much i can push it. if it was a traditional painting i probably wouldnt think this way though.. but i did use a few blues for darker areas. As for texture. yeah the texture in this is SHIT but i dont know what to do about it.  I have NO idea how to use the textures in photoshop and as of now they seem useless for me

this is not to say i WONT find them useful in the future its just the penny hasnt dropped and im still somewhat convinced you should "draw" everything, which takes a lot more time to do. in the past ive learned and discarded knowledge this way,

bsbsbsbsbs sleep deprivation aa aa AAAA

i really appreciate the critique though ty

[zhicago]

eman i adore this but, most specifically on the book, your coloring looks really.... well, unfinished. it looks like the first stages of coloring where you throw down the shading before you go back and refine it

definitely one of your stronger pieces though!!

[emanhattan]

eman i adore this but, most specifically on the book, your coloring looks really.... well, unfinished. it looks like the first stages of coloring where you throw down the shading before you go back and refine it

definitely one of your stronger pieces though!!

i have no defense for this BECAUSE its completely true.

i will go back to working into this piece, fix the excess of lights and make the book more believable cause it does look like shit

[CVG]

I like the addition of that cracked off chip in the mirror :] That helped make me see it as a mirror this time and the little hand/flame in the reflection was a nice touch (although a bit blurry ehh). The shading is still lacking in the piece but I do see there's more purple in the skin which helps the tones connect to the yellows visually but there is still too much black for shading....it's beginning to take good form on that right thumb in the meat where the veins and shades hit and overlap in the deep spots though. Actually the idea that you can't shade with black is a myth and CAN be done (in fact I use it in my digital painting too heh) but the reason it's usually told to beginners is because they use it incorrectly and don't bother to learn the principles of color to make the characters toned and shaded correctly. I went ahead and took it upon myself to try showing this in an example  
http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/11...c-withedits.jpg

Hopefully this helps to show the differences of using colors for shading compared to blacks and I want you to get better at what you're doing and sometimes I think examples say more than words so I'm sorry if you didn't like me messing with your pic and I'll take it down right away if you're not comfortable with it. All I did was add more pink and purples, added a brighter set of yellows, added whites to the mirror, and replaced the blacks in the face with reds and blues (which blend into darker purples at the deeper cracks). Colors tend to brighten a picture and so it made the pic less dull (blacks will darken and dull a scene rather then make it seem "nighttime") although I admit it might be TOO bright now haha and some contrast adjustment in ps might help that hmmm I'm so indecisive with everything heh. But anyways the picture itself that you drew is pretty great  I like the open skeletal nose and skinned face of this character and his little grimace holding the cigarette trailing smoke was a nice detail too. You also made an interesting pinup scene with the placement but setting it in a reflection. It's almost like it could be a book cover's art so you get a taste about what the theme and genera is...very noir but with a dash of horror or mystery. You ARE getting better from the last time I recall you did a digital painting, so keep it up and keep practicing those colors!  

[emanhattan]

haha hey no problem. thanks for taking your time in fixing my art a little bit. i must say you made an excelent point and i have to admit hands down just by looking at your edit, the quality is VERY noticeable and i liked it more than i like my original even with the tones being that bright (i did try to make it a bit dark almost like if a dark mist was covering pieces of it...) still i really can appreciate what you did there, i spy a few blues in the hat and in other dark areas.

this is the second piece on this thread where i go on a limb on the "dont use blacks for shading" advice but after looking at this ill seriously consider doing that again and if i do ill put more thought into it
tyvm

also nice lines in the mirror (duh why didnt i think about that! such a useful device.)

[emanhattan]

Made some sketches over the summer

compiled them poorly

enjoy

[Crabarms]

I like these! Lots of cool looking things and people.

[rtil]

the stuff in marker is excellent. you have improved a lot over the summer i think.

[Sef]

I just don't understand how you people do these things called 'drawing' and 'sketching'

seriously though, I cant give any constructive criticism so Ill leave on saying your stuff looks really cool and I couldn't do any of these things (well) in a million years

[Philip K Dick]

i like them all

[Blordow]

those sketches are fucking awesome dude!

[tmk]

beautiful linework eman, it looks like you've gained some confidence in your line since you started this thread
experiment with shading. some of the shadows on the two gentlemen in the last image are problematic--based on the painting studies you did before it's clear that you've studied the way light wraps around forms, so this is really just a matter of applying what you've already learned. keep it up

[put]

eman the compulsive smoker

[emanhattan]

haha i dont even smoke that much

weed that is

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[put]

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