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I apologize for misinterpreting, then. :) And, thank you. It means a lot.
I ment every word as cc and nothing else. If you read anything else its your hurt ego talkin.
Also I didn't really need you explaining whats on the picture. My point was that you should make the picture so it speaks for itself ;) Since now it imo doesn't.
Also imo you have what it takes to make it much better. Otherwise I wouldnt bother with ccommenting.
Well, you don't have to crap all over my picture. Forgive me if I misunderstand your comment, but that just sounds flat out rude. If you'd like an explanation, I'm just doing a simple mugshot that was a zoom in on the character. The background is meant to be close and cluttered, it's just how I pictured it in my head. But, don't get me wrong. I do have other ideas of how I could change the background.
So, yes. We have a brick building, with Hotel written in the back, and a phonebooth infront. The character is extraterrestrial. He is meant to look very odd. I wanted for him to stand out. And, to give him an angelic presence, he wears feathers in his ears.
I know I ask for harsh criticism, but your comment just comes off as sarcastic and rude, so it's difficult to listen to your advice. Give me a break. I'm new to this. Still, thanks for the help.
To me the image dosent look very interesting.
It shows: somebodys bust with rockstar hairstyle?, wearing some undefined strange clothes, with more strange and undefined things comming from its ears? and on its eyes. even a gender of the person is hard to tell.
On the background are chaotic pieces of objects like brick wall ? and phonebooth ?
And its all kind of chaoticaly overlayed that you cant make any sense from the picture.
So maybe it would help to get rid of something, and also show more of the other objects - larger image? - so one can get an idea what we r looking at ?
Thank you. I see EXACTLY what you mean about the highlights. It's something I know about, and like to stress, but can be difficult to do sometimes. This one helped the most. :) Thanks.
Yep, its pillowshaded. try specifying a light-source for the whole picture.
Good face and nice colours, but the hair and clothes need to be shaded to match that and the background - highlights at the top left, shadows on the bottom right. The way you've got it now with central highlights and shadowy edges makes it look like the light's shining on him from directly in front, which looks flat and unnatural.
So, it's about 7 years later, and I just wanted to say thank you. This was without a doubt the greatest advice I have been given as an artist, and arguably even in life. Since the day you said these words to me, I have worked for small game studios, worked as a professional in the field of graphic design, taught classes, and I STILL cite this and use it as an example to other young artists. I'm not great at what I do and still need a lot of practice, but I have grown and a lot of it is thanks to you. I don't know if you'll ever see this, and I didn't want to clutter your email inbox with this (I may decide to do it anyway...), but thank you a million times for doing the right thing by addressing my bad attitude, teaching me some humility, and how to make a mediocre artist with potential something more.