Thinking I am done, therefore I am sure it can be taken further

Sara Hickman

@Aleksey said in Thinking I am done, therefore I am sure it can be taken further:

The issue with the color is the clothing. Super Saturated blue and red is making the rest of him wash away. Tone down those colors and it will looks smoother.

When I did that everything looked gray and not alive. So instead I upped the saturation of the skin and a little of the hair. I hope I didn’t go too far.

Thanks for the input!

Sara Hickman

Here he is now. Still losing the nose a little. Maybe I should just make it a smidge bigger so it covers the far eye just a little more, that might help.

Thanks for all the input!

ArtofAleksey

Oh that looks much better good job

Marta Kitka

Yes! Everything is much better now! His hands matches the head!
If it comes to color the only thing I would suggest to work on are the blackest parts. Instead of pure black in this mouth I would use very dark red/pink maybe and add a little bit of saturation to his tongue. In his eyes you could use very dark blue.
Using pure black in drawings like this makes and impression that there is a hole in the drawing. the solution is to mix black with another color.

Marta Kitka

I wouldn't worry about the nose, I think it matches his face and it doesn't have to be bigger or more prominent.

Nyrryl Cadiz

Hi! I just find the boy’s clothes too saturated, the red and the blue are clashing with each other. Perhaps desaturating the shorts in order to ease up the tension.

APHOTICMOTH

@nyrrylcadiz The shirt isn't too bad, but the shorts are a bit blinding.

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Knock the saturation down on the shorts maybe. Even a saturated color works, when there is some shading/shadowing.

KathrynAdebayo

Just wanted to pop in and mention my admiration for how you're using this critique to your advantage and improving your character by considering the suggestions given. To me, it is really a great example of colaboratoon and individual expression working powerfully together.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@CLCanadyArts exactly

Sara Hickman

@KathrynAdebayo I do really appreciate it too! I really didn’t see how washed out his skin was until it was pointed out to me. I still might mess with the saturation of his shorts some.