Worthy of Praise
Great attention to detail. I love the lighting and shading in this piece. The background is also nicely done. It has a feeling of swirling, dark energy flowing around him. I especially enjoy the scars; they add to his fierceness. Though, at the risk of repeating what has already been said, I feel as though the lips could have been less droopy. Nonetheless, great job! Keep up the good work!
Doesnt say "Evil" to me
The art itself is good, but I feel like alot of detail was left out. Though most of it is up to interpretation, I think you could've better designed the head piece. And, it looks like he has pouty lips... It's almost as if Ganondorf went to Sears for glamour shots.
Doesn't say "evil" at all to me.
Powerful.
You really do justice to Ganondorf's dark, intimidating disposition. Lovin' the level of detail you used here, from the fine chain holding up the medallion on his forehead, to the cold stare paired with glowing red eyes. I'm actually really hoping that you're planning on releasing some big top secret project in 2013..!! xD
Now, this is totally my own humble opinion, so don't take this the wrong way, but one thing that seems to catch my eye in a negative way, is the roundness of his facial features, and/or lack of sharp, masculine characteristics (e.x: stubble). What I'm trying to say, is that he almost has a 'pouty' expression on his face. ...But that's just lil' old me!!
I can't draw big scary dudes for the life of me, so as far as I'm concerned, this is better than I could do! xD
Cheers for that :)
But yeah I know what you mean - I was going for the older evil wizard look rather than the muscular/manly look so thats probably why. Personally though I am still learning and doing studies to get better with anatomy so who knows... maybe later down the road il do another of him :P. As for the stubble... Every image I see of him (with the beard version) seems to be that his beard just appears and doesnt graduate into his face too much, there are strands implied but i didnt go to town with it - was just trying to stick to the original. Thanks though :) was going for intimidating :)