oh thank god, i was pulling my hair off trying to figure out the background and the colours and the values im glad it works
and i hate drawing hair.. but so far my plan is to finish the outfit around the chest, push the hair and do something about them hands
that's the best hair i've ever done in my artistic history xD
I think it looks great, I love especially how you painted the face. I think the one thing is missing that could help make it more interesting is a more predominant directional light, something that would push the values and add a completementary and contrast-y color to the scene. I took the liberty to do a super quick paint-over. I imagined the sunlight coming through the trees because yellow-ish light is the easiest, but it can be any color depending on the mood you choose of course.
What I did is a pass in overlay with a soft brush and a yellow color, then a pass in screen with the same color but a harder brush. Then I added a gradient from black (at the bottom) to trasparent (at the top) in overlay to push more the values in the foreground and a brightness/contrast level to raise the overall contrast a tiny bit.
Hope this helps for your future works
18 days later
Hello!
I haven't been posting for couple of weeks.
During this period I was sketching a lot of rocks and trees and I proceed doing so as I think it helps me to broaden my visual library. (they are done with traditional medium and maybe I will scan them sometime and post it here, maybe not)
This one is done digitally and I focused a lot on figuring out values and colours without colour picker. I also didn't use any smudge tool or mixer brush (and I'm proud of myself) as without them it is easier to control what you are doing and through what colours you do a transition.
I think it turned out pretty cool and I hope that volumes of this statue read well
10 days later
I've been thinking and thinking and thinking... and I decided that I want to abandon the previous idea of sun\moon elves for now, because I want to find a better balance between fantasy and reality.
Anyway, I sketched my new idea and this time around I actually followed a proper plan since usually I tend to jump into painting right away and then my designs look poor.
General idea -> sketch -> searching for needed reference -> lineart.
C'n'C are welcome
There will be a lot more added as for the design elements, hopefully..
Yes, my sketches are messy