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[tamishiwari]

REDLINES REQUEST

• Username : tamishiwari
  
• Reference(s) : this
  
• Specifics : i have issues with anatomyand posing; also wings are evil; and i am new to painting ;u;

thank you ;u;

[ohhhhman]

LIVESTREAM REQUEST for (Rainbow Vomitt)

• Username : ohhhhman
  
• Topic : shading by color blocking && using color pallete
  
• Schedule : october 3-10.. i'm pretty flexible to whenever he/she can livestream
  
• Other : i look forward to livestreaming? lol

[caustic sugar]

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[WoefulInfinity]

Artist on Gaia don't seem to realize that I only RLC artists who are at my level or better.....

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[LeV Oblivion]

REDLINES REQUEST

• Username : LeV Oblivion
  
• Reference(s) : "Ruins"
  
• Specifics : i drew this a while back. asked for critiques from the "picture post" forum and got some feedback. redrew it and this is what i have now.
  i'm having trouble with the perspective, lighting the whole picture up, and the clouds. ;o;
  thank you.
  
  

[Finni]

tamishiwari

REDLINES REQUEST

• Username : tamishiwari
  
• Reference(s) : this
  
• Specifics : i have issues with anatomyand posing; also wings are evil; and i am new to painting ;u;

thank you ;u;

Hii~~

Your anatomy is pretty solid, actually, so I don't have any huge pointers about that except for to watch for your boobs, which will follow the positioning of the torso. Again since the harpy is your own creature design, I don't want to press too much on your creative aspects and instead try to give you tips on painting and wings!

So the big thing I wanted to show you here is your values. Your harpy design is very colorful and has gorgeous use of color, but your shading needs more contrast in its values to help your character pop. As you can see, once I greyscaled your image, almost all the details were lost. Usually people want faces to be the focal point, so increase the contrast in those areas to help draw the viewer's eyes. I did some quick edits to show what I mean using just levels and masks in Photoshop to show what some quick tweaks can do to help your figures pop. If you ever have difficulty looking at your own values, just view the image in greyscale!

Sometimes it also helps to try painting from dark to light (putting down your darkest values first and then "adding light" to the image) to make sure you have good values.


http://artbyfinni.com/REDLINE/2012-10_ProjectRedline_tamishiwari_mentor_Finni1.jpg

I also can see that you were struggling with the wings since you actually used a lighter color and drew on a feather texture instead of painting with feathers in mind. If you're ever unsure about anything, always just image search online for references!! Bird wings and bird feather diagrams are great great references to how to create your own wings. Here are some nice ones I found with a quick Google search "feather bird wings":

http://www.theparrotsocietyuk.org/en/imgs/wing.jpg
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/AMOYwingUWBM63758.jpg


http://artbyfinni.com/REDLINE/2012-10_ProjectRedline_tamishiwari_mentor_Finni2.jpg

I added some super quick shading just to give you an idea of how you can have "painted" feather wings
Anyhow I love your color choice and hope my redlines help! ;w; I'm by no means an expert or anything and if you disagree with anything I said here, please remember to take everything with a grain of salt. Art is always subjective! If you have any questions, feel free to PM me~~

[Finni]

LeV Oblivion

REDLINES REQUEST

• Username : LeV Oblivion
  
• Reference(s) : "Ruins"
  
• Specifics : i drew this a while back. asked for critiques from the "picture post" forum and got some feedback. redrew it and this is what i have now.
  i'm having trouble with the perspective, lighting the whole picture up, and the clouds. ;o;
  thank you.
  
  

Your painting is already gorgeous so I just want to give a few pointers. o/

I actually didn't realize your piece had clouds until I blasted the levels on my end. Maybe my monitor is too dark but I have it color-calibrated to match print pretty well and rarely have issue seeing contrast on other pieces. For clouds, I don't know what kind of clouds you're looking for, but my suggestion is just to look at lots of different photos of clouds, see what kinds you like, and start from a soft edge (less dense clouds or clouds that are further away) and work your way into more solid, dense cloud formations. I also didn't know if you had a light source in the sky from either a setting sun or something. Sorry I can't be of more help here. ;A;

With the lighting though, one thing you can do next time before you start painting is to establish a gradient on your canvas before drawing anything, which will give the painting some depth. Also keep in mind that your foreground elements will have the darkest darks, the lightest lights, and the most saturated colors, while objects in the midground and the background will be less saturated, less contrasting, and also less visible/detailed/clear. For example, the fighter jets you have flying around in the sky are so crisp that it makes them feel like they've been copy and pasted on top of the image, and not a part of the scene. It's not always about rendering every detail, rather rendering enough detail make the objects recognizable without feeling unnatural, and then go ahead and go nuts on rendering key foreground elements.

I'm assuming you wanted the fallen plane and the soldier to be your foreground, so I went ahead and showed what you can do to a piece just by really going for it with your light source and adding additional highlights to bring focus to the soldier.

http://artbyfinni.com/REDLINE/2012-10_ProjectRedline_LeVOblivion_mentor_Finni.jpg

Another way to go about it is to bring your focus to the foreground by contrasting warm and cool colors. For example, if you decide to add some clouds to frame the image, they could have a much cooler/neutral grey tone and then the orange bits of the sky that remain and the bright fire from the jet will really stand out an draw the viewer's attention.

Let me link you to a super awesome inspirational video on using lighting in painting to draw the viewer's attention to particular parts of your image: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Sbz1IT_Xizk

Again these are all just suggestions and tips and I'm not a teacher or anything so please take everything with a grain of salt. o/ Sorry I can't spend more time to do more paintover with your piece but to me, your technical skills are pretty strong and you can learn a lot by looking at more reference and instructional videos that are already available!

[caustic sugar]

go finni go!

[tamishiwari]

Finni

tamishiwari

REDLINES REQUEST

• Username : tamishiwari
  
• Reference(s) : this
  
• Specifics : i have issues with anatomyand posing; also wings are evil; and i am new to painting ;u;

thank you ;u;

Hii~~

Your anatomy is pretty solid, actually, so I don't have any huge pointers about that except for to watch for your boobs, which will follow the positioning of the torso. Again since the harpy is your own creature design, I don't want to press too much on your creative aspects and instead try to give you tips on painting and wings!

So the big thing I wanted to show you here is your values. Your harpy design is very colorful and has gorgeous use of color, but your shading needs more contrast in its values to help your character pop. As you can see, once I greyscaled your image, almost all the details were lost. Usually people want faces to be the focal point, so increase the contrast in those areas to help draw the viewer's eyes. I did some quick edits to show what I mean using just levels and masks in Photoshop to show what some quick tweaks can do to help your figures pop. If you ever have difficulty looking at your own values, just view the image in greyscale!

Sometimes it also helps to try painting from dark to light (putting down your darkest values first and then "adding light" to the image) to make sure you have good values.


http://artbyfinni.com/REDLINE/2012-10_ProjectRedline_tamishiwari_mentor_Finni1.jpg

I also can see that you were struggling with the wings since you actually used a lighter color and drew on a feather texture instead of painting with feathers in mind. If you're ever unsure about anything, always just image search online for references!! Bird wings and bird feather diagrams are great great references to how to create your own wings. Here are some nice ones I found with a quick Google search "feather bird wings":

http://www.theparrotsocietyuk.org/en/imgs/wing.jpg
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/AMOYwingUWBM63758.jpg


http://artbyfinni.com/REDLINE/2012-10_ProjectRedline_tamishiwari_mentor_Finni2.jpg

I added some super quick shading just to give you an idea of how you can have "painted" feather wings
Anyhow I love your color choice and hope my redlines help! ;w; I'm by no means an expert or anything and if you disagree with anything I said here, please remember to take everything with a grain of salt. Art is always subjective! If you have any questions, feel free to PM me~~

thank you! this is so helpful!

[Stariaria]

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ohhhhman

LIVESTREAM REQUEST for (Rainbow Vomitt)

• Username : ohhhhman
  
• Topic : shading by color blocking && using color pallete
  
• Schedule : october 3-10.. i'm pretty flexible to whenever he/she can livestream
  
• Other : i look forward to livestreaming? lol

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