It seems everything is fine, the main draw her face with true test perspective

Perspective of the shorts looks a little off. Not too badly, you could probably keep it as it is and it'd look fine.

It's probably too late to fix this, but who falls with their limbs pointing down? Wouldn't the limbs be dragged upwards?

Wind blowing from the bottom, then her should seek up jacket just like her hair.
And try to paint her hair is operating with large planes,
now her hair looks like a tree branch or beam whose tail is.

Ветер дует с низу, значит её куртка должна стремиться вверх так же как и её волосы.
И попробуй рисовать её волосы оперируя большими плоскостями,
сейчас её волосы выглядят как ветки дерева или пучок чьих то хвостов.

Updated the hair and jacket as you suggested, while trying to maintain the stylization of the hair I was already working on. I also updated the positioning of her left arm.

A couple quick edits to the jacket. Obviously both could use some tweaking reworking, but I wanted to get some input before moving forward. I also updated the left arm as well.

imo,

Glad that it helps =)

I guess with a background with clouds and far from the ground it will look more falling.

Here is a little bit of an update. Her feet seem to be a bit small, but I've been staring at it for so long it's hard to say for sure.

I realize now that it wasn't the shape of her legs but her pose that is kind of bothering me, sorry it's so late but....

Riley is correct in that it was intended somewhat as falling of a ledge, and still in a backward rotation, but if it doesn't seem like it flows very well as a standalone piece, than it may be grounds to rework the pose. I've already started playing with my next piece, so my interest has slightly shifted towards it, but I don't want to cheap out on this one if it still has work to be done. Additional thoughts would be appreciated.

Edit:
Taking a break to work on this.


Edited by Noburo - 22 August 2012 at 10:47pm

Maybe add some more details for the river.

With the falling image, its looking really well composed with the setting and placement. Although I will say that the character herself her right hand is looking really weird. I can kind of see the direction you wanted to go with, but with the highlighted thumb and pointer finger its more clear to me that you wanted her hand to point straight out rather than turned backwards where those fingers seem to indicate. It also doesn't seem natural for something falling to twist their hand all the way in that direction, considering her left hand is naturally sitting the way it is.

You also seem to have some banding with her shirt and its a little jarring to look at because of it. Since the lighting source (judging by how everything else is shaded) seems to be coming on top of her, her shirt shouldn't look like that. Just out of curiosity, have you considered making her shirt loose rather than have it skin tight? It might make for some interesting shapes.

The other character you started to work on, the bald man, his waist is way too thin. Make that bigger and then put the hand holding the scythe out more, or move the elbow away from the body, because it looks really awkward.

Looks like your characters should get some sun ;p They are looking a little pale (especially the dude).

She lacks a cranium, and has a rather prominent jaw. The figure in general feels very flat, make sure to follow your light source carefully.

This project is turning into something a bit larger than I initially expected. Progress moving forward is slow going, but I still plan on working on it whenever I have the chance. As always, further CC is always welcome.

Enlarged skull size, unlocked ankles, background image cleanup, and torso depth. Minor arm size increase, but much more work will be done in the future. I'll also continue work on trying to add torso depth, as well as details on shoes. I've also added some stripies to the socks, as well as I am playing with adding a green tint to the water, though I am not completely sure if it lends much to the piece. Still obviously a work in progress, but I'm getting there step by step. Thanks again to everyone for their input thus far!


Edited by Noburo - 28 October 2012 at 10:50pm

I still think the arms are too small, especially the left one. I'm liking the green tint you're adding in water. It's come really far from the original. ;)

Thanks for the edit! Here is an update based on your suggestions.

Character:
Added contrast, worked on legs, shorts, shirt, jacket and face.
Going to redo arms, works on hair and boots, as well as continue working on legs.

Backgrounds:
No updates yet, but I do plan to work off of your edit as I move forward.


Edit: Also, while playing with the colors, I've ended up with a few extra colors that I will be cleaning up.

Edited by Noburo - 05 November 2012 at 11:07am

Still have a ways to go, but I'm a bit worried that the background is too busy and takes away from the character.

*phew!* Took 3 1/2 months for this update, and of course I'm still not happy with the way the grass has turned out. All of the blades of grass just seem to blend together and don't stand out. Anyone know of a good pixel art piece I can reference? :/

Aside from the grass, I've been slowly working through adding details to the water, as well as trying to come up with "artistic choices" to cut out some of the monotonous labor.

So close to finishing I can taste it! Though, I just can't seem to stop adding to it.


Edited by Noburo - 24 April 2013 at 7:11pm

Ok well this is the last thing I'm adding then! It's totally an improvement.