First of all, awesome site, hope to get a lot from this place.


So here it is, the piece of crap I've been playing around with these last few days.

I started it as an experiment to see if I could pick nice colors from memory rather than grabbing my palette from a picture like I normally do.

It's nearly finished.


Anyhow, friendly critique and advice are always welcome.

Have at it.


Oh, as a side note, there will e a gun in his hand in the finished product.


Edited by BurntToast - 02 December 2010 at 8:15pm

Yup yup, I see what you're saying.

I'll try to find a better buffer between colors to reduce the scribbles.


Alright, alright, tried smoothing out the skin tones a bit and getting rid of the stray pixels.


Any better?


Edited by BurntToast - 02 December 2010 at 8:54pm

Oh, perhaps his legs don't convey it well enough, but the inference is that he's jumping backward whilst shooting.


I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean about the mouth?
Please explain in more detail if you can.

It wasn't intended to be a street-fighter like character, but rather to be inserted into a zombie apocalypse scene.

Very nice edit.

Love it.

I won't use it because I prefer to keep it all my own work, no offense.

I will use it as a guide line however.

Here's what I manages using your paint  over as a spring board.



I love that you give constructive criticism here instead of yelling about how awful it is. I can see I'm going to learn a lot.


Edited by BurntToast - 02 December 2010 at 10:37pm

Alrighty!

Using the awesome advice I received, I touched up the vest sideburns and the ears.

So I started to recolor and shade the pants and they're still rough.

Unecessary highlights on the majority of the body. You don't have to give everything one shadow, one base and one highlight. Depending on the texture of the surface you're colouring, it can vary. For example - the highlights on the skin make him appear to be oily or sweaty, which he may very well be. Maybe tone it down for a more realistic look! :-)