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hey punc :) I think you'd really benifit from taking a few minutes to get you're head around how the human body is sculpted, even with an image like this using some direct reference can at least push you in the right direction in how to go about shading. I've had a little look for an image that may help, upped the contrast and lowered the colour count so its a little bit easier to see noticable change in shades. http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2261/01sk1.png It seems you've had a good go with muscles but the shading you've applied to them doesn't make sense when you'd think at parts it would be much more raised than other parts. This image should help you to a degree but it's won't look all that convincing since he doesn't have any skin, its more to see where the muscles are and where they actually are underneath. This would be a bit more help in terms of lighting, notice where the light hits when it comes from the general right side of the screen. I'd at least try to apply this to your character by possibly adding a lighter shade to build definition and adding the darker shade to areas to both define and to show where the light can't hit so strongly. http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7742/02kf8.png

you implied you made the image, cut the sacastic -.- 's It's courteous to post thanks to the creater of the image, see the bottom right, copyright 2007 Jagex Ltd. At least mention that along with the part you cropped as a render. Don't even get me started on copyrighting I won't waste my breath. I repeat. goodluck all the same, hope to see some great work from you soon.

oh thats a wallpaper from the runescape website. So you just cut renders from images, you don't make em.

Texturing the skin really look right, unless its there to (sucessfully) blend two colours or (purposely) creating a rough texture. The colour is too orange, and the texture just doesn't work, I don't know what you guys are thinking but how does that look natural to you? The guitar should already be in (even as rough placement), its vital because the guitars whereabouts totally alters how the character holds it, where his arms are and possible shadows cast. It needs to look natural otherwise it will just look like it was added at the last second.. In my opinion I think you should of waited until you were happy with everything before doing any texturing, dithering etc.. Because you seem to have a lot of unecissery colours with what I'd say not enough depth, you haven't defined the character's shape you've just shaded as if you know exactly what you're doing. Heres a small edit of one arm for example, I've just tweaked your palette, shaped the arm a bit and had a go at developing it in like 2 minutes. Not the best but what I was trying to illustrate is the use of contrast with this to create some shape to the arm. Just something to think about, parts are seemingly flat at the moment. Great seeing your progress, keep it up you should learn a lot from this.

Do you have any evidence you made that render? Not to be out of line, but there's a considerable jump of noticable experience when comparing the render to your signatures, is it something you editted or changed? I don't know you're not totally clear on that. Im sure other people will think the same thing, I really wouldn't be offended if I were you because we usually get a lot of posts were we're unsure what's totally legit. And it could potentially scare off 'customers'. That render is pretty good and I'd commend you on that, im sure people would be flocking. Well goodluck all the same, hope to see some great work from you soon.

guys you're all coming on a bit harsh, critique isn't giving blunt negative opinions about someones work Im not suprised Hopeless_Soul is defensive.. Yes this may be a forum and everyone's entitled to their own opinions but this is also a community, help him out, really if you think you can do better why not suggest how, dont just list everything you dislike. Seriously its what's gonna bring the Gallery section of this forum down, this used to be such a friendly place. I think your colours could be tweaked closer to make more sense for the character, the clothing would be a bit more orange for example. But what I think you need to do is add a lighter shade ontop to help with depth.. What you've done so far works well, but it may be a little hard to tell where the light source is coming from.. I'd concentrate on sticking to one direct lighting from one side maybe, add in shadows, imagine where the light can hit and where it wont. It may be anime but you can still put that effort in.

oh of course, im just figuring out the character otherwise if I just start off with clothing it just wont make sense. Ill keep ya updated.

It's only an issue because it's been done many times before, its like people asking for ID in shops, you can't just say 'its none of your business how old I am' they only ask because people underage try to buy alcohol,sigs etc.. I wouldn't be insulted atall if someone asked for proof, as pryomancer said, he should have piles of proof. I like it, its got a lovely happy atmosphere, perfect for this time of year. Text may be a bit distracting with its placement but its a good signature. Welcome to T.I.F

really? thanks :D Im gonna alter the sword weilding sword, it just looks un-natural.. :-k Scully said he wanted it above his head but I think I'll just have it lowered, I'll concentrate on making him look really menacing. Im pixeling it now, just wanted some advice before I gets too messy.

Skully_Sc do ya have any suggestions or anything im just planning this out atm. Really rough, trying to stick loosely to your description.. Its not pixelled more like scanned in drawings with brushed over edits, use your imagination.. :-$ Or any other comments from anyone else??

oh it was meant to be for x2, heres the original size.. http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7097/finalum2.png

in fact doing that is ok, they're complimentary colours. http://www.moodsofnature.com/design/com ... colour.jpg

I don't get it, It looks half manually pixeled half.. not. Don't see what you're trying to achieve here.

Rating work doesn't help in the slightest and is pretty much spam without any comments on why or how it may be improved. Saying kittens is only sugar coating this.. :evil:

bit offtopic but its christmas for me now officially. MERRY CHRISTMAS woot

the size of his head doesn't go to the size of the body destro :? , going well tho, if you're planning on giving this character more depth/shading etc I'd do that before any fancy dithering or AA, develop the form before finalising. O:)

Unoalexi? oh your name says guthix, sorry mate.

Neishc - thanks a lot, tried to keep it to the same style, I approached it exactly the same but with a few palette colour additions and alterations. Hope the changes were for the best. :? jepa69 - Cheers :D The style was literally just something stupid I sketched of myself, I wore a redish hat like that in rl for a bit and I remember looking like a complete dork, just wanted to capture that essence of utter stupidity and put my character in the thick of responsibility within the storyline. It may not be hilarious but I hope someone got a giggle outta this. jiraiya19 - Oh thanks lol, but I do know many people on this forum who have much potential.. I wouldn't count them out yet, they may surprise ya. :-$ guthix121 - Thanks for the positivity :thumbsup:

made this for a secret santa group challenge, ended up doing it in like 2-3 days mostly. some of you may recognise the style from an earlier comic, them damn buddies :x . http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2959/comic01ma3.png possibly too harsh on AAing mostly everywhere, but I just needed to get it done for the deadline. comments welcome, I'll be improving on this if I ever get bored. (Oh the orange fairy thing in the top right corner is Jolly's creation, I just decided to make a short based on that character :) ) -Ter

your son's got a great drawing ability 4be2jue, Im sure he'll only get better and better. Im flattered you like my work, I just want to be the best I can be, I've come a long way and im pretty ashamed of my earlier work but we all have to start somewhere. Thank you for the kind words everyone, almost done with this current project, i'll post it on here soon for last minute critique.

yea I feel like Im a complete jerk having to say I can only do one or two, im not a machine :notalk:

these have some comic value, but there isn't much here to comment on. If you want some serious critique I think you need to reconsider what you expect people to say.

woah, there are so many requests, did I not say I was going to only do one or two? :anxious: .. Im in the middle of a christmas deadline atm but I've started one piece, not going to say until im in the position to post progress. No more requests please I've got too much to pick from, and pming me won't sway my decision.

<3 ur idea runemetsa

you're only getting better dude, great improvements you should be proud of yourself.