That's a nice one dude! I certainly know how you feel about shadows. But you've nailed them quite nicely here. Obvious light direction and a well behaving anatomy (which can be a bitch obviously). Maybe a little advice: If you want to color something black, don't use black. Try a slightly lighter shade. So you won't have to use white outlines to distinct stuff like the zipper on the pants in this case.
MAN vs Dark Souls II
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This is a piece I did a few weeks after the Dark Souls II reveal - I felt like coloring/shading it to get a good feeling of completion, although I still love the original sketch. It's a good, strong pose with an easy color scheme to roughly match with the official trailer. The shadows from the pose were a bit more complicated - I spent at least 1 1/2 hours poking around the light angles, and I'm still not convinced it's great. It's still great practice, though, and I'm really liking the finished feeling a colored/shaded submission gives over a sketched submission.
Martin-Q9119262 responds:
Thanks for the response! The black coloration tip makes sense - I've been using the paint fill "outlining" as distinction for wrinkles and such, but if I can keep pure black outlines and slightly off-black color it'd look better.
I'll probably start trying it out in my next few ideas - just so you don't feel ignored, all my submissions to the date of this response (March 13 2013) were without me seeing your review. After accidentally asking to be scouted when I started submitting art, I've been a bit apprehensive about checking on my artwork here or talking with Newgrounders in general.
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