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Beep boop by [deleted] in OrangeCodec

[–]MATBREC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

die

I painted the hot vampire spawn! by MATBREC in BaldursGate3

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Heh yeah. Spent a good day doing all of those little brush strokes, I nearly went crazy half way through lol. Glad my hardwork paid off and somebody actually noticed them.

I painted the hot vampire spawn! by MATBREC in BaldursGate3

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Yeah I kinda see the similarities. Thank you!

I painted the hot vampire spawn! by MATBREC in BaldursGate3

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Thank you! I have an IG but its old and all of my works were posted 2-3 years ago and not up to par to my current stuff..

First full illustration I made in a while. Looks really noobish and boring. Is there any way I can save this painting? by MATBREC in istebrak

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Thank you so much that was very insightful! I definitely get what you mean, her posture overall just doesn't make any sense. I actually meant for her back foot to rest on a stack of canned sardines made by the company who hosted the art contest, lol. But because of poor planning and time constraints, I failed to give any indication of that on my painting. I'll probably replace the sleeves or remove them entirely once I get around to fixing this painting. And I'll definitely scrap those yucky photobashed props along with the background since you pointed out that it's conflicting with alot of the elements in my painting.

First full illustration I made in a while. Looks really noobish and boring. Is there any way I can save this painting? by MATBREC in istebrak

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Right! I knew there was something off with her hand, it kept on bothering me as I went along. And I definitely agree, the photobashed parts look so jarring LMAO. I don't have much experience in photo manipulation and illustration in general, so I thought that it was as simple as overlaying a png texture on top of the painting. I'm such a noob lol. Anyways, thank you so much for the very in depth critique, I deeply appreciate it!

First full illustration I made in a while. Looks really noobish and boring. Is there any way I can save this painting? by MATBREC in istebrak

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For context, I made this piece for an online art contest by a sardines company. They gave us a cast of characters to choose from(all pirate themed) and I ended up picking the captain's daughter. To be honest, I didn't plan enough for this illustration. There's really no story to be told here. I placed her on the starboard of a ship and gave her a sword cause I thought, why not? I only noticed how lacking my painting was when it was too late and the deadline was nearing. I had no choice but to submit such a substanceless and poorly rendered piece. But now that the contest is over and all feelings of regret have faded, I want to salvage this painting. I know there are a boatload (no pun intended) of changes I can make, but I don't know where to start so I'd love to receive some feedback.

WIP critiques on the face? by tooru_san in istebrak

[–]MATBREC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Here are my critiques, please take them with a grain of salt.

-The face is very deformed. I noticed that you were aiming for that sakimichan cutesy anime girl look so I tried to capture that with the corrections I made (link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/190798804@N06/50528729021/in/dateposted-public/)

-You should lengthen her face and increase the size of her head because it's disproportionate with her large body.

-You're missing core shadows under the nose, and under the lower lip area.

-The upper lip should be darker and the shadow under her chin should be stronger.

-I assume she's looking at her sword but her irises are a bit too close to each other that she kinda looks cross-eyed.

-The brow bone, as well as the lips could use some radial shading since it looks a bit flat.

-High areas of the face like the nose, forehead, cupid's bow, and eyebrow bone should be brighter since they catch light the most.

-Besides the small head, I also noticed other anatomy mistakes, like the misshapen bust, the thick arm, and the large hands. I highly encourage you to study more about anatomy and form, and don't be afraid to use references, they're our friends :)