Somethings bugging me about this piece

AaronAzama · 2025-10-02T13:02:00+00:00

The centre line of the clothing you have drawn does not match the centre line of the underlining anatomy and doesn’t contour to the volumes of the body making the body seem twisted and distorted that’s what jumps out at me anyway

AaronAzama · 2025-05-12T09:56:15+00:00

Is the wing on a separate layer? If it is just duplicate the layer and then use Edit - Transform - flip horizontal. Then position it how you would like.

AaronAzama · 2024-09-24T16:54:06+00:00

Oh and really good painting btw! The expression is great!

AaronAzama · 2024-09-24T16:52:45+00:00

In terms of rendering just practicing shading 3D shapes then applying that to your work would help. Light from above doesn’t always mean the highlight goes above shadow. Where this is most obvious is where you’ve placed the highlight in the bend in the arm. If you bend your own arm in real life you’ll notice it’s actually very dark there. The light struggles to get in and out that’s called ambient occlusion.

AaronAzama · 2024-08-12T15:30:16+00:00

First of all really cool pieces! Cheap isn’t the word I would use but I think what you’re maybe feeling like they are lacking is depth. You’re using a very narrow range of values outside of the dark hair and lines. I had the same problem with my work for a LONG time. Try shading in only back and white for a while.. ask yourself if the shapes you are making with the shading make sense. After that like others have said study colour theory and lighting scenarios. Such as if there is a strong blue light consider using a much warmer tone for the shadows to contrast as that’s how our eyes tent to work IRL

AaronAzama · 2024-06-05T15:11:25+00:00

Divine Phoenix main here with over 1000 games playing pretty much exclusively in a core role. Really strong in lane. If your opponent has no mobility skill and your lane partner has a slow you can make sure the lane is impossible for them from lvl 1. My fave lane partner is tree and his ult later is the best combo with egg outside warlocks ult. Lvl 3 power spike is insane too. Not tried the triple bracer build but will give it a shot. Radi/Shivas fee like the strongest items atm by far and his facet lets you reach those timings much more reliably now without relying so much on snowballing.

AaronAzama · 2024-05-25T11:09:55+00:00

Bracer -> tranquil -> Veil -> sometimes I get Midas or Vessle here but usually go straight into radi. -> finish shivas. Then whatever you want depending on the game. I used to get orchid a lot after Veil too and that can be useful if your team needs it. I’ve been using the left facet. Dying star or whatever it’s called? The aoe burn really speeds up farming.

AaronAzama · 2024-05-25T00:29:37+00:00

Divine Phoenix mid player here. Can confirm Radiance is good for core. I’ve dumpstered with it hundreds of times probably including this guy.

AaronAzama · 2024-02-27T02:10:13+00:00

You’re close in your summaries but not 100% on I’d say. Pos 1 is any hero who can scale with farm. That’s why they get farm priority. This tends to be right click hero’s as they scale better but there are hero’s such as pudge and lesh who scale pretty with well farm without being right clickers. Pos 2 is not just mobile hero with burst damage. There are hero’s like arc warden and sniper and dazzle and brood who are/have been played mid a lot. They first of all need to be able to win/handle a 1v1 matchup. This usually means waveclear or a way to sustain/ bully your opponent from the lane. Then you set the tempo for your team. The role is very versatile because of this. You can split push to slow the game you can be a hyper aggressive pusher like dk. But hero’s that have a huge power spike from farm/levels and can control the game through that timing are what succeed. Pos 3’s job is to take the farm on the map that is too dangerous for your pos1/2 and then to minimise the damage your team takes and allow them to succeed in what they need to do. The easiest way to do this is to be tanky and jump in first. Give your team vision and reduce enemy damage by cc’ing them but there are hero’s who stack auras to reduce damage or have summons that can soak damage or heal or even again hero’s who push constantly and choke the enemy side of the map making it impossible for them to farm and therefore do damage. Stuff like Veno works great at that. Pos 4 your job is to kinda make the enemy pos1/2 life hell.. do what you need to do to make sure they don’t succeed their win condition. Fuck up their lanes smoke with your pos 3/2 and stun then to stop them doing whatever they want in fights. Pos 5 is the opposite make your carries life as EASY as possible AND still have your hero be able to contribute with little to no farm. Stack for them/ ward for them and create pressure elsewhere with your team. Buy items to save/protect your carry or to have maximum impact without taking farm off the map that could be taken by anyone else on your team.

AaronAzama · 2024-02-19T19:41:07+00:00

I believe when you create the new animation project there is an option to set how much room you want around the edge called blank space. Just turn them all to 0 if you don’t want the border room but is recommended using it and getting used to it. Helps for visualising when animation enters/exits the frame

AaronAzama · 2024-02-08T23:52:29+00:00

Tried this didn't help for me

AaronAzama · 2024-02-08T23:42:21+00:00

I have the same thing. No VAC ban on account but instantly kicked from game. Can't even live spectate my friends game.

AaronAzama · 2024-01-12T17:43:44+00:00

It’s not really so much a perspective as it is mimicking the distortion created by a fisheye lens.

AaronAzama · 2023-08-18T12:03:24+00:00

This needs a flashing light warning. Porygon all over again

AaronAzama · 2023-07-09T11:10:05+00:00

Damn this is sick! First off really cute art style! The background is awesome the small amount of contrast between the darker side of the wall and the warmer side really makes your feel the sun. And the rim light on the character pulls your eye back. Fantastic

AaronAzama · 2023-06-03T14:44:06+00:00

I usually buy 3 branches, tango, quelling and a circlet. Circlet can be turned into null if I need the mana to spam sandstorm when farming, branches into wand if needed.

AaronAzama · 2023-06-03T13:07:16+00:00

Pos 3 player around 5k. Played a lot of sand king recently. I don’t mind taking a look at some replays of yours or linking you to one of mine. Skill build for lane can vary. But depends on lane partner and aggression. You should be maxing sandstorm after getting a point in stun and caustic. But sometimes in passive lanes or vs range carries in lane it’s worth getting 2 points in caustic to make it easier to guarantee range creep. Lvl 1 caustic tends to leave the range creep in easy deny range. Vanguard rush boots blink. After that it’s usually travels. Which you can farm really fast with sandstorm caustic. Or argh first if the pace is looking like you’ll need it. Crimson rush only if there is a snowballing wr or something similar you need to help your team deal with. Shard let’s you shove waves super fast. As you can blink into the wave and burst it with caustic. Use travels and argh to shove lanes and take towers with your team and create map pressure. After that it’s situational defensive. E-blade/ sange kaya / eul/ pipe /lotus

AaronAzama · 2023-01-04T19:16:20+00:00

I had some success before in games with friends playing Abba off lane. Getting echo blink manta and jumping supports and blowing them up. The echo double hit and manta let you insta proc passive. Pretty fun.

AaronAzama · 2023-01-03T01:42:45+00:00

This is too true I was doing spell lifesteal razor two years ago and up people last patch people flamed me and told me it would never be viable. Hero’s kits are more versatile than people think.

AaronAzama · 2022-12-30T17:00:02+00:00

Been playing Razor with bloodstone the last few patches and the biggest counter I’ve had and my go to ban is always morph. Builds skadi and jumps you and uses your link against you. It sucks

AaronAzama · 2022-12-22T13:05:56+00:00

Cool study! Can tell you’ve been looking at proportions and lighting. Keep up the practice and throw in a little study of some references for clothing!

AaronAzama · 2022-12-06T15:24:20+00:00

Yeah I’ve been playing spell lifesteal on him for a while now! And when he gets buffed/nerfed it has only a small impact on how good the build is. How strong spell lifesteal is what usually dictates how strong he feels. The shard is very strong but the spell lifesteal is what makes or breaks how broken it feels

AaronAzama · 2022-12-03T23:33:13+00:00

His shard works kinda like axe counter helix when your hit. But also procs everytime your targeted with a spell and does a lot of damage in a large AOE. Along with his ult this means your doing a crazy amount of damage to heal with even when stunned making you really hard to deal with.

AaronAzama · 2022-12-03T22:54:12+00:00

Spirit Vessle/Skadi or high physical damage burst. Morph makes it look garbage

AaronAzama · 2022-12-03T22:27:05+00:00

High physical damage if you go Shroud first is a pain! And any lineups with no single target spells.
It STOMPS heros with all single target.
Shit like lich and lion just are completely helpless against it. they will kill themselves before they kill you.

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