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    • Matthew Oberdier
      Matthew Oberdier last edited by

      Design aside (I like my protagonists vanilla lol), is there anything that's not reading with the poses or the renders?

      Thanks for looking 🙂
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      • KevinTreaccar
        KevinTreaccar last edited by

        I think all of the action translates.

        They mentioned one of the questions they ask while judging is “where is this character from?” That’s probably the biggest thing missing here. I see knight, but I don’t have much more info than that.

        The poses are clear, though. I think this looks great.

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        • Matthew Oberdier
          Matthew Oberdier @KevinTreaccar last edited by

          @Kevintreaccar Thanks for your feedback 👍and I can see that he has no markings of place. Perhaps a tunic from house puppy would make a stronger design.

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          • KevinTreaccar
            KevinTreaccar @Matthew Oberdier last edited by

            @Matthew-Oberdier Very true. I could see your character spinning into both a medieval adventure as well as a Where the Wild Things Are home-to-faraway land adventure.

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            • TessaW
              TessaW last edited by

              The poses look great to me! I would say that it does look very blurry, rendering wise. That can happen really easily with digital work, and sometimes the blurriness is even more apparent when you take it to print. You could sharpen up some edges manually or even put a subtle sharpness filter over it. Just something to keep in mind!

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              • K.Flagg
                K.Flagg @TessaW last edited by

                @TessaW I agree with @TessaW ... on my screen the image does not look very crisp and comes across a little blurry.

                K.Flagg

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                • Matthew Oberdier
                  Matthew Oberdier @TessaW last edited by

                  @TessaW @K-Flagg I went over every inch of this thing with a sharp brush. Man, that took a long time. I don't think I ever rendered anything to this level of detail, so this is like new territory for me
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                  • TessaW
                    TessaW @Matthew Oberdier last edited by

                    @Matthew-Oberdier

                    It made a big difference!!!

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                    • Matthew Oberdier
                      Matthew Oberdier @TessaW last edited by

                      @TessaW thanks! I just wish I could do it faster

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