Curse

Aeronwen · Jun 19, 2011, 08:14 AM // 08:14

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Originally Posted by Eastern Magik

Ughh, it looks like a pain to sit on that circle XD

Maybe she has a cushion under the drapery ^^

The hair is looking better and I like the sapphires.

Tommy's · Jun 19, 2011, 09:11 AM // 09:11

I'd push her mouth a bit more to the right, perhaps lift up her right mouth corner a bit. Also I'd blend in the mouth a bit more, it looks like its a sticker put on her face, to put it in an unpleasant and exaggerated way. Making the corners a bit more blended, add some light on the bottom of the corners and I think most importantly add some more red (about the color of the top lip) underneath her bottom lip. If that makes sense.

Another thing might be that you could slim down her face a bit (in a way of fatness). Remove some from her cheek near the neck would probably do. If you do so you'll probably have to loose some hair as well, but I'm not sure.
Hope that helps and I'm not too rough on you

By the way what brush are you using to blend her skin? Because on the detailed picture you see some texture, and it looks amazing, more painterly. Is it a Painter or a Photoshop brush?

Eastern Magik · Jun 19, 2011, 06:22 PM // 18:22

@Verene mmhhm, fixed ^^ (at least i hope ) thanks for pointing that out Verene :3

@Aero lol, yeah maybe XD

@Tommy well, you already know how i feel when i got cc from you, so i won't say anything, except: thank you

Messed with her lips a little, i think they look better now:

(before/after)

Also, fixed her cheeks, she isn't chubby anymore hehe. Added more make-up and glow on the sapphires.

And heres a full body wip:

Changed her dress (again -_-) im trying to paint atlas satin, but i keep failing, anyone have some ideas? But will definitely keep that color for the dress.

As for the brushes, i used various wet acrylic brushes, medium bristle oils, as well as Real Fan Soft (you can find it under RealBristle brushes section).

Click spoiler to see how each brush in Corel Painter paints (Disclaimer: HUGE FILES INSIDE, not my fault if your connection drops dead!!!)

Drelias Melaku · Jun 19, 2011, 07:46 PM // 19:46

I hadn't seen a problem with her cheeks before, but now that I see the change, I have to say it's a big improvement. The rounder face shape was still lovely, but the new one fits her body a bit more.

InfestedHydralisk · Jun 19, 2011, 08:33 PM // 20:33

Face definitly looks alot better.

Looking forward to see that dress finished.

Eastern Magik · Jun 21, 2011, 05:09 PM // 17:09

@Drelias I think so too, thanks <3

@IH i changed it again, as well as her haircut, but ill post wip for that some other day.

I have some good and some bad news (well, not really bad...) Ok, "bad" news first: Im going to put sapphire painting on hold. Why? Well, I wanted to dedicate my next painting to a person who suggested my art for dd... but then i thought - when you give something to someone he/she should immediate relate to that and say: heeey, she did that for me! and not: she dedicated this picture to me, because she was too lazy to do something special and thus only wrote dedication on a painting she would do anyway -_-

*hold on, im getting there*

it has to be something nature related (shes a nature photographer) and (obviously) it has to be something gw related (because char on dd pic is from gw), so i thought: HEY! Sylvari

So, that would be good news :3

Wip:

not really hard pose to draw, its just i was keep failing at her face and neck, it looked broken, idk why, so i drew this one instead. Idk much about sylvari, expect that they are - umm forest creatures? tree poops them out into the world and they spread joy and happiness?

Morag D · Jun 21, 2011, 05:43 PM // 17:43

oh cool. that sketch looks awesome!

InfestedHydralisk · Jun 21, 2011, 05:49 PM // 17:49

Lovely pose, looking forward for that too!

BlackXI · Jun 21, 2011, 05:53 PM // 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eastern Magik

not really hard pose to draw, its just i was keep failing at her face and neck, it looked broken, idk why, so i drew this one instead. Idk much about sylvari, expect that they are - umm forest creatures? tree poops them out into the world and they spread joy and happiness?

Lol tree poops them out part made me laugh so hard XD Lovely pose as well. Will those vines entangle her as well ?

Drelias Melaku · Jun 21, 2011, 06:00 PM // 18:00

As someone who is obsessed with naturey stuff, I LOVE this one and can't wait to see it finished! <3

Verene · Jun 21, 2011, 06:15 PM // 18:15

SYLVARI <333

*cough*

That looks awesome

(and...yeah. I love the sylvari.)

Aeronwen · Jun 21, 2011, 09:30 PM // 21:30

It is looking lovely. I really like the pose.

Looking forward to seeing it finished.

Eastern Magik · Jun 23, 2011, 05:39 PM // 17:39

@Morag D thanks love ^_^

@IH ty <3 guru's up, come on - post, post, post!

@BlackXI ty :3 umm, still don't know, but probably will put some of them around her belly

@Drelias yaay for nature

thanks ^_^

@Verene lol, i love sylvari too :3 thanks

@Aero thanks darling *hug*

Well, i had some things canceled yesterday and today, so i had 2 whole days to paint (OMG :O)

And here are wips ^_^ :

I saved this one in painter, thats why color is all... not quite right...

half hair... half tree? :S

Drelias Melaku · Jun 23, 2011, 06:18 PM // 18:18

This is my turning out to be my favorite of yours so far! What a beautiful theme. She has an innocence to her that I'd expect a Sylvari to have, and your scenery is stunning.

Tommy's · Jun 23, 2011, 06:20 PM // 18:20

Glad guru is back up! Because now we can see this again :3 I really like the direction the hair falls in the first wip, but the branches are very cool too. I would detail her upper body and her bra thingy a bit more to give it a more finished look compared to her face, which is really really nice.
Also a minor warning; be careful you don't use custom brushes too much. They fit great on her in this picture (the branches in her hair and near her feet, and the ivy near her legs, those look good) but the left side may be a bit overkill. Its a thin line for me, because I find the top left corner in the first wip a lot more calm.
As for the backlight, have you tried to make it more of a yellowish-blueish gradiant? The color near her feet is great, but I think it needs a bit more of a sunbeam feeling, if that makes sense. Try some yellow and see if it fits!

And seriously, face is pretty.

InfestedHydralisk · Jun 23, 2011, 07:00 PM // 19:00

Hmm, looks really good so far.

What I don't really like is that the hair is half hair half roots, it doesn't really fit together. Sure you can add roots from wherever they come from, but not attached.

About the ''bra'' leaves. What if you just remove those leaves and make it so that it looks like roots/plants will cover that area? Looks more natural too I think.

Verene · Jun 23, 2011, 07:18 PM // 19:18

I do like the branches in her hair but yeah, like the others say, they look slightly out of place; they don't really blend into her real hair that well.

Star_Jewel · Jun 24, 2011, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Loving the sylvari pic.

I agree -- the branches in the hair are a great idea, but they look "stuck on" right now and need more work to look like a natural part of the hair.

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Originally Posted by Tommy's

As for the backlight, have you tried to make it more of a yellowish-blueish gradiant? The color near her feet is great, but I think it needs a bit more of a sunbeam feeling, if that makes sense. Try some yellow and see if it fits!

I agree with this to a point. The lighting needs to be toned down just a bit to look more natural, but don't go crazy with yellow. Natural light isn't always yellow, and since there's so much yellow already in the pic, you don't want to lose your contrast.

Eastern Magik · Jun 24, 2011, 05:26 PM // 17:26

@Drelias yeah, im loving this theme too (might as well do some more sylvari fanart later on, who knows

), plus its always fun to play around with custom brushes ^_^ thanks *hug*

@Tommy mhhmm, it is a little overkill, i cleaned it a little, also i deleted a bit of that blue light near her feet (is it better now? ), the whole picture was just too warm so i've added a bit overlay blue to cool it off, i guess i've put too much of it there XD thanks for critique Tomm, its always a HUGE help *kiss*

@IH ty

her hair went a bit in the wrong direction cuz i removed the leafs from top of her head. I've done two version of her haircut now (see wip below), one with those roots and one with branches. About the bra leafs, i've removed them as you suggested and put some plants there, it does look better now, thanks for pointing that out love :3

@Verene yeah, they could poke her eye out :S..

i actually tried to make them blend more now with top of her head.

@Star yeah, hopefully i fixed both issues. I've toned that blue light a little. Been also thinking about bokeh for the far background... Thanks *hug*

Wips:

Haven't done that much (been kinda busy :S )

The only difference between those two wips is her hair. One is only roots and the other one is : roots + branches. Cleaned left side a little. Added crown on her head, some work on her brassiere, added some decoration on her face (like on Jamie Jang concept art).

InfestedHydralisk · Jun 24, 2011, 10:25 PM // 22:25

The hair looks better, but what I actually meant was that there would be a plant covering her breasts, like a big leave infront of them. Because she looks like to be made from humanoid flesh, and it would be awkward that she grows plants on her breasts, right? That would also be an awkward when she has to breastfeed her young for example.