kigernekoModerator
Oct '16

Nice work! Like the illustration a lot :blush: Your characters are good but maybe you could paint the cloth and cape fall in a more natural way. Now they're quite stiff. I think it would look better if you painted less small folds, too because there seem to be small folds in the metal armour and trousers as well. Maybe have a bit more volume in the hair?
Overall these characters are good and I can see them being used in a game.

Hope you don't mind my feedback since these are your finished works.

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Aug '22

Hey Brohawx :smiley: Is there a story for this character? I love all the details in this illustration <3

Aug '22

@Prinzmoana The title of it was “old friends”. There wasn’t really a story for the world behind it per say, other than it was a nomadic, hoarding treasure goblin.

It was a random thumbnail composition where I saw the whole scene unfold in my mind. As it developed I started drawing him a bunch of little animal friends around the piece. I wanted it to be filled with things for the viewer to discover. My favorite kind of pieces I find interesting are the type that reward the viewer’s ‘lengthy’ stare. Seeing things the second or third time you look at it. Some people don’t like that and find it too busy.

I used to think that the value was in the picture itself, giving the viewer more time with the picture, with things to look upon

However, there is something about it where the viewers brain takes over the story and starts imagining the relationships of the bits and bobs and animals in the frame.

That’s where the magic is. Making people day dream.

Aug '22

You definitely hit your goal with this piece 😁👍