Dec '23

Hello all,
Just looking for overall feedback and critique on this piece.
Overall I'm happy with the composition and palette, but still looking to improve. The hat feels like the weakest point comparatively, and while the lighting works I believe, it's not exactly
all that dynamic.
Thanks for your time and best in advance!

Dec '23

Hi! I really like the cool pose and perspective in this image and the overall idea with the light coming from the top and shining through the holes in the strawhat. I think in order to make it even more interesting you could pay more attention to and push this cool lighting setup a bit further.

I made this example real quick to demonstrate what I mean. It's very rough and really just a few overlay and multiply layers, but I hope it helps.

The main thing I changed is, that I introduced clear shadow and light areas in the image and tried creating more contrast overall. The hat now casts a shadow on the face and the body, while the arm pops out of the shadow and gets lit by the intense light from above, which makes the whole scene more believable and interesting in my opinion.

Dec '23

Thank you Pistonhit for your time!

The idea to push the lighting is a good one, what you posted looks great and really adds some pop. I'll come back to this piece in a few days and see if I can improve it and implement some more of this.
It actually solves my primary two issues by itself, both the kind of meh lighting and the interest in the hat area. Thank you again.

Dec '23

I am new to this, and you are 100000000x better than I am, but I just wanted to say your foreshortening looks great

Dec '23

thank you for the kind words Jordan. It's all a journey :smile: After some critiques here (and other places as well) I still have a lot to improve on as well!