Help in my digital painting
hismasterpiece | 09/26/2008 @736 | edit post

This is the first time I'm doing a whole painting (meaning with background and all). however the whole.. thing.. doesnt really seem to pop up enough for me. It doesnt look very.. wow. Hahaha. Ah wells. Any ideas? http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a326/chocolatepiggy/pain.jpg

Re: Help in my digital painting
Daykan | 09/27/2008 @989 | edit post

First you need resize your image. Look good for the first steps, keep working!

Re: Help in my digital painting
hismasterpiece | 09/29/2008 @254 | edit post

resized! Uhm, are there any tips and advises on making this picture more.. well i don't know. It just doesnt seem special. Is it the lighting?

Re: Help in my digital painting
Daykan | 09/29/2008 @371 | edit post

Yeap, the ligth it´s a bit strong in the background area... it´s just an idea. The tear in the face are really great!

Re: Help in my digital painting
Crow | 09/29/2008 @426 | edit post

I think you have to do something to the exposure if you want this to work. It's very unlikely that in a scene like this you would get equally lit foreground and background. I think it would work better if you made foreground darker, and have the main light source in background (which we see - the window.) Then to bring out the foreground character you could have some soft rim light to describe shapes and facial expression a little bit. I did just a little edit to show what I mean: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/Sir_Ranath/dzfh.jpg basically just more contrast --> more punch to the image.

Re: Help in my digital painting
hismasterpiece | 09/30/2008 @864 | edit post

Yay I've drawn in the eye and changed the lightings and stuff. How about now? What else can I do to make it better.. [Message edited on 09/30 @867]

Re: Help in my digital painting
Jacobine | 09/30/2008 @887 | edit post

Looks better! Very nice painting btw! really like the tear and her expression Maybe the scene in the background could use even more darkness surrounding it, with the windows as the only place the light comes from. Keep it up!

Re: Help in my digital painting
killadore | 10/01/2008 @954 | edit post

You seem to be having too few colors in your painting. For example the hair looks like it's only a mixture of black and green and the bedsheets etc seem to be only one tone of red. Blending in more nuances would give the painting a richer look. Keep it up though. It looks nice and especially the reflection on the floor is very good!

Re: Help in my digital painting
rockscorp | 10/20/2008 @421 | edit post

i like more the first one second is to dark...

Re: Help in my digital painting
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Re: Help in my digital painting
Nir0x | 01/30/2009 @985 | edit post

Looking good, here are a few suggestions, 1. The bed doesn't seem to follow the same perspectives as the wall, I suggest drawing guidelines with your perspectives, this helps a lot! 2. Try playing around with the bed's lights/shadows, for example, The top of the bed should be in shadow while the bed itself under the sunlight, Dont make the top of the bed too dark, or you'll lose detail, try making it just normal red or slightly dark red (whatever looks good to you) and add very bright reds (again what looks good to you) on the bed area being hit by the light, this allows you to keep your detail on the top of the bed without having to make it very dark. 3. The bed seems to cast a shadow directly down, but the only light source is the window, if you cast a shadow across the room this will help make the lighting more believable, but remember that your bed is red, so your shadow should reflect that =) 4. Keep in mind that most people read from left to right, and they also view images this way, left to right, changing the direction this image is displayed (bed on left and person on right) will helps the viewer understand the story the image is trying to tell. And just some suggestions, You have some very nice detail on the walls, but they are hard to see because all thats happening on the floor (the mirror surface), i suggest removing this reflection adding the bed shadow and then increasing the contrast on the wall texture. Hope this helps.

Re: Help in my digital painting
aarankaa | 04/16/2009 @430 | edit post

My opinion - looks little bit dark. Tere is no contrast hair/curtain. Hovewer the feeling is fascinating and mysterious. Good Luck! [Message edited by ThruMyEyez on 05/08 @911]

Re: Help in my digital painting
raradolly | 05/26/2009 @117 | edit post

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp253/raradolly/painfixbyrara.jpg Here's what I did. Some other things to note, men have more substantial chins than women, and when you draw hair, especially from a distance, focus more on pieces of hair like locks together than extra 1 or 2 strands, otherwise it looks too messy. Perhaps download some brushes to help you texture skin, hair, and the wall. You can use cgtextures.com for some interesting patterns to add to the wall, and for reference sometimes. The three dots I drew in reference to hair brush are sort of what a hair brush looks like, you can make one of these for yourself in photoshop and use it to draw hair, or you can pick a few up on sites like deviantart.