March wip - Fairy Tale Traveler - Critique

Asyas_illos

I like two and three it’s the brown fur I think looks better with the outfits I like the color combos

Larue

Love that this creature could be a boy or a girl, great expressions!

APHOTICMOTH

@Larue I'm glad you think that. I was going for a bit androgynous. I've been saying they, them, child. If it were a book, to keep neutral terms, to me would mean that anyone reading it could relate/identify/place themself in the story.

APHOTICMOTH

Hmm. got one vote. We both like #3, and I want to work on this, so 3 it is.

APHOTICMOTH

clcanadyarts svs character sheet march 2021.jpg

I think I'm going to call this done.
Feel free to critique, I'm not submitting it to the final thread just yet.

Made some changes to the clothing color, all green was boring. Switched to brown pants, and it was just too much brown overlapping,

The first poses are bland because the prompt said "neutral pose" which I took as a generic action figure pose. Left one looks like they are in time out since they are looking into the corner.

Jeremiahbrown

@CLCanadyArts
I've loved seeing your progress and the end piece looks great! Thank you for sharing all of it!

Personally, I would like to see some of the accessories you detailed on the side put on each of the character poses. It doesn't need to be all of them on each character but they're so intricately rendered and I think it would give the viewer more reason to observantly linger on each character. Impressive stuff though!!

APHOTICMOTH

@Jeremiahbrown Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking the same, but kept it a bit simple. Are initial poses supposed to be plain, so you see the character themselves, and then others with their gear/accessories? Maybe I'm thinking about animation, or 3d too much. For now I will keep this one as it is, but I will keep that in mind for the next ones. I get what you mean about the extra detail would help keep peoples attention longer, more to look at and pick apart for sure.

Matthew Oberdier

@CLCanadyArts I love the way you drew those goblin heads. There's something really natural about the line work,

APHOTICMOTH

clcanadyarts svs march 2021 edit.jpg

So orange is my favorite color, but it is an intense color... I think it muddled out the colors on the last sheet. Switched it to a grey with a hint of blue. It allows the colors to stand out nicely, without a blinding white background.. Better?

APHOTICMOTH

@Matthew-Oberdier Thanks. Just sketching, things always seem to stiffen up in the refined drawing phase. Starting to enjoy just coloring sketches.