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greyf0x_f0x · Nov 24, 2006, 01:57 PM // 13:57

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

A few crits:

I dont see why someone who has a right handed guitar has the strap over their right shoulder......if you have it on to play and slung it over your back, it should still be over the left shoulder.

The depths of field in the Krytan pic and the sunset picnic pic dont match the characters very well. They feel pasted on

As it stands, you are only using direct lighting and shading, not really utilizing any reflected color and lighting. This is very obvious in the necromancer pic, there should be a great big glow of green on just about everything.

Keep up the good work

All good criticisms. ^^

The depth of field is basically a by-product of my working style, in which I do the character first, then an interesting background and literally "paste" them onto the background. This can affect not only the depth of the image, but also the general perspective. As you rightly point out, it's not always a perfect match

The Kryta background in particular was done almost like a postcard, based on a few in game screenshots, and had the characters added only once it was complete. The water, especially on the elementalist, was almost an afterthought, to unify the characters and the background. The background I'm least happy with, out of all the images so far, is the "sunset" triptych, I think the reason it came out a little awkward, was because I was trying to get 3 distinct moods in a very short space. However, having said all this, since the character is the focal point of the image, having them stand apart a little from their surroundings is not always a bad thing.

As for the lighting, that is indeed somthing I've been thinking about myself, and somthing I will probably work on improving.

About the guitar, I didn't even think about it to be honest. Personally, I'd be more concerned about how a ranger could ride a moa bird bareback, whilst firing a bow, if I was going for consistency >_>

Personally, I find looking at my own work simply a case of looking at what went wrong, or what could be improved in an image. That's one of the main reasons I will never draw my own characters, because I would be looking at all the artistic mistakes I made, and not the character. There are things I'd change in every single one of my images, looking at them now with hindsight. But there has to be a point at which you stop working, and call it done. So long as the people who requested the image are happy, you had fun whilst working on it, and can learn from any mistakes, it's all good

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o and btw have you ever got to the end of ur list? myn keeps getting biger :S

Far from it, demand far outstrips supply

I can usually only manage to get one or two pictures done every week or so, at last count, I have enough people queued up to continue drawing for at least six months before I reach the end of my (now frozen) list :s

boxterduke · Nov 24, 2006, 04:38 PM // 16:38

This is really cool, I wish I had gotten on the now frozen list.
PM me when you are open for orders again.

DeathandtheHealing · Nov 24, 2006, 08:51 PM // 20:51

soo want one of these ^_^

really incredible drawing style love it

goodluck!
~Kate

Shadowfox1125 · Nov 25, 2006, 05:22 AM // 05:22

Very nice..
I want art skills..!

Jecht Scye · Nov 25, 2006, 01:41 PM // 13:41

heh, what are you going to do when you run out of room for all of the money you're going to be making?

greyf0x_f0x · Nov 25, 2006, 01:47 PM // 13:47

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Originally Posted by Jecht Scye

heh, what are you going to do when you run out of room for all of the money you're going to be making?

I'm in no danger there, I have expensive tastes >_>. Since I started doing commissions, my gold ballance hasn't gone above 200k, I just spend it all too fast

Whilst I won't deny that this is giving me a good income, the rate at which I complete the works, isn't amazing (let's say on average 1 a week) In the days when I used to farm for gold, I'd be pulling in that much cash easily. So whilst it's making me comfortable, all it really means in terms of my finances, is that I'm drawing instead of farming. The way I look at it, I'm not really in this to get rich (if I were, I could probably increase my prices somewhat, and target myself at the uber rich crowed) I based my prices on the time I spend on these pictures, and roughly how much that translates into GW gold.

ravensong · Nov 25, 2006, 03:03 PM // 15:03

I tottaly agree with u gray fox! Drawing is great replacement for farming!
...gold! *drool*
Hmm im watching all these commisions and im thinking i should make one too...(when i buy tablet duh

)

...but who would want my drawings lol....

Elemental Cotton · Nov 25, 2006, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Wow. Awesome.. I love how you do the digital coloring.

XoOX_Doc_XOox · Nov 26, 2006, 06:55 AM // 06:55

This is truly astonishing, I must say I have never ever seen anything like this.

Lili Frog · Nov 26, 2006, 08:53 AM // 08:53

A lot of work over here ^^
Nice jobs

Mike_version2 · Nov 26, 2006, 09:21 AM // 09:21

all look good to me,
keep up the good work

greyf0x_f0x · Nov 26, 2006, 02:06 PM // 14:06

What do grand master cartographer gladiator's do on holiday? Relax on the beach with a cool cocktail, and consult their maps and charts for new places to explore of course.

But life can never be simple.... can it!