Obviously your technique is incredible, but there is one thing that I think looks kind of weird. This is probably just personal preference but I think the proportions are a little off. The waist and chest are way too narrow compared to the hips.
Obviously your technique is incredible, but there is one thing that I think looks kind of weird. This is probably just personal preference but I think the proportions are a little off. The waist and chest are way too narrow compared to the hips.
Obviously your technique is incredible, but there is one thing that I think looks kind of weird. This is probably just personal preference but I think the proportions are a little off. The waist and chest are way too narrow compared to the hips.
It's just my opinion, but I don't see large hips as very fitting with what elves are supposed to be. And then the proportions would be off for any race.
In any case, the picture is aesthetically pleasing.
Just for my own amusement to see what she would look like with wider waist and chest, I did a quick photoshop. If @akirachen47 likes this better, then you can take it into consideration for your future works. Or if you don't like it, then just disregard it. I also slimmed down her jaw line for my own personal preference.
Thanks for all the suggestions, I deliberately exaggerated certain parts of my personal preferences, which is an illustrator, I would like to express my thoughts freely, only this. :D
@Awong124 Good job, but her face and arms are still thin. Put meat on her.
I actually slimmed down the face on purpose. My very limited PS skills are not good enough to widen the arms. Particularly her right arm, there are too many details around it, I couldn't make it look right.
Fantastic! I think her thinness is fine, personally. Aren't Elves supposed to be twiggy? :P
Thinness is ok, but then the hips are overly wide compared to the rest of the body. I personally think the hips are fine, and the rest needed to be fattened up. I think thin or wide are both fine, the problem I have is the proportion. Leave the hips the way they are and widen the rest, or leave the rest and narrow the hips, either way would work for me, though I personally prefer the former.
I love the armor, beautiful work! And just like in the Imoen picture, her expression is wonderful. This is a woman to be reckoned with, practically oozing the power of the Nightsinger.
I hope you'll feel inspired to put a pen on more of the other characters @akirachen47. Perhaps one of the guys as well?
@akirachen47 I respect your artistic expression, and your personal preferences. But if you are a professional artist and regularly get commissioned artwork, here is a suggestion that might make your work more popular and get you more work. Since your artwork is based more on a realistic style, and not some weird cartoon/anime style this could be useful.
If you want to sell art then I would assume it would benefit from appealing to the largest number of people possible. And obviously different people are attracted to different things, but science shows that on average people are attracted to proportions that adhere to the golden ratio. The golden ratio is 1.618. With the example of your original, your hip to waist ratio is approximately 2, which is why I don't find it attractive. In my photoshopped version, it's around 1.75, much closer to the golden ratio. This golden ratio applies to almost everything on the body that is in close proximity to each other, shoulder-waist, face-neck, mouth-nose, etc. It's just something to keep in the back of your mind. If you're just drawing for your own amusement, then you can tell me to f--- off. But if you're trying to sell your art, this might be beneficial advice.
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Reminds me of the Storm Star
Really good artwork. I might convert it and use as a portrait if you don't mind,
Are you an art professional?
In any case, the picture is aesthetically pleasing.
I'm not critizing the art, it's good. She's just too thin and I expected it to be more like Imoen. Why is Imoen sexy but Viconia isn't in your eyes?
Draw another one, but with a wider body and bigger arms and rounder facial.
Thinness is ok, but then the hips are overly wide compared to the rest of the body. I personally think the hips are fine, and the rest needed to be fattened up. I think thin or wide are both fine, the problem I have is the proportion. Leave the hips the way they are and widen the rest, or leave the rest and narrow the hips, either way would work for me, though I personally prefer the former.
I hope you'll feel inspired to put a pen on more of the other characters @akirachen47. Perhaps one of the guys as well?
If you want to sell art then I would assume it would benefit from appealing to the largest number of people possible. And obviously different people are attracted to different things, but science shows that on average people are attracted to proportions that adhere to the golden ratio. The golden ratio is 1.618. With the example of your original, your hip to waist ratio is approximately 2, which is why I don't find it attractive. In my photoshopped version, it's around 1.75, much closer to the golden ratio. This golden ratio applies to almost everything on the body that is in close proximity to each other, shoulder-waist, face-neck, mouth-nose, etc. It's just something to keep in the back of your mind. If you're just drawing for your own amusement, then you can tell me to f--- off. But if you're trying to sell your art, this might be beneficial advice.