in the forest wip pencils

[defcombeta]

well here is something else i cooked up tonight,

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta8/intheforest.jpg

its a simple set up but im using more black areas etc to give the depth. im going to ink this one for sure. i just love the way it came out. comments and thoughts etc welcome

John Mac

[Jason Sinclair]

Nice job!

Two thoughts:

1) The way you did the eyes is a little cartoony, which seems out of synch with the rest of the picture. It sort of pulls it back into 2-D, if that makes sense.

2) I hope the elf is sitting on a clump of moss. Splinters in that area would be a doozy. :p

-Sylvan J

[onine]

It's about damn time I saw some characters in a forest from you John!

Awesome. I need to get a drool pan now. :eek:

-OIX

[davra]

Very nice work, John. I like the trees especially. The character looks good. It looks like you know your anatomy quite well.
Two crits:
The pose is a little odd. Maybe the legs are too spread out? Doesn't look like he's sitting too comfortably.
Also the expression on his face is a little twisted, I think. Maybe lower the mouth a little and adjust the eyes so they don't look cross eyed.
Very good picture on the whole, show it to us when it is inked!

[davra]

Um, sorry I said he, I didn't look carefully enough to see it's a girl. Not your fault, elves are just confusing like that!:p

[defcombeta]

update

here are the inks so far, the character is not done since i have to make changes etc, but i like the trees etc, im going to change the face me thinks still its moving on a bit.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta8/INFORESTWIP.jpg

thanks for looking, thoughts etc always welcome

john mac

[davra]

Beautifully inked John, I have no suggestions here. Keep it up!:)

[defcombeta]

thanks, glad you like it. using some different nibs etc, fun stuff and i like the direction im taking this stuff.

john mac

[Hunter McFalls]

Hey defcombeta

Great transition from pencils to inks. Your inks follow your pencils quite well.
Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.
Hunter

[Storn]

Her breasts are awfully high on her torso. They should drop just a bit more, even if they are "perky".... Her shoulders are awfully broad for a 'broad"...sorry folks, the pun was there....had to go with it.

An arrow is the length of almost an entire arm... an arrow generally gets drawn to the chin or even the ear. Your arrow is WAY too short.

But love the forest, the inks are looking good too!

[defcombeta]

storn

thank you for the info on the arrow, hmm should have known that , looked up some english longbow men armour and weapons, i wonder how they used them, the amount of strenght to pull the arrow into place :eek: also noted the body parts etc. not sure about the shoulders but ill give it a whirl

Hunter McFalls

thanks for the comments, im doing up pirates tonight so it will have to be late tonight or tomorrow morning before i can get back to this piece

thanks both of you again for posting

john mac

[Mya]

The trees look great - the swirly line pattern reminds me a little of fingerprints...anyway, there's a good mix of realism and style - looking forward to the finished piece.

[Eric Lofgren]

Looking very good John. I love your line work. Can't wait til it's done :)