Rendering critique

erekem 2017-04-26 20:20:24 UTC #1

So im intrested how the rendering ended up and if there is any way to improuve the values.
Critique anything that stands out or if there is something that doesnt work out.

malcom 2017-04-27 00:07:32 UTC #2

Hey welcome to Cubebrush
As far as what I think you can work on, it's mainly materials. For example the shoulder armor thing. Look at some reference for the different things your trying to render. As far as the face goes, your missing some information for the ear. Comparing the ear to the rest of the face, it feels like you stopped to soon and it feels weird. Not sure if you used reference in this piece but if not then I suggest you use some. The left eye looks like it's placed a little to far away from the nose. I think you can move it over a bit. That was the first thing I noticed. Anyway good work overall. Just use reference to check things as well as fix areas you are questioning.

erekem 2017-04-27 08:30:36 UTC #3

Here is the work so far i focused more on the armour part and clothes i edited the eye a bit but i dont think it enough
It's still a wip.(I wanted a critique on the early stages so i didnt posted it on WIP section).

darknife 2017-04-27 17:37:08 UTC #4

hi there,
i hope this would help you and i just made a draw over of your beautiful character. you have great rendering technique by the way. To start with my comment, the only thing that is off is the positioning and proportion of the different element of her face,, as for the her eyes, they are positioned too far away from each other, make the gap in between one eye length..the ears are way too eyecatching also, u can get it out from the focal point by hiding a part of it by hair strands.. i also adjusted the length of her face to make it more proportional( unless you want to convey cartoonic or stylized character)..you can enhance how her eyes and lips pops out more by adding more highlights too... i know that your image is still unfinished and i hope my comment can help you a little bit as you continue with it..cheers!

malcom 2017-04-27 23:31:01 UTC #5

This is getting better. I also think @darknife PO is an good example to look at. Keep up the good work.

exofley 2017-04-28 16:53:13 UTC #6

Alright lets dig right in shall we? I first want to start of by saying you have a lot of things going for yourself in this portrait. composition, > light source, varying values and much more. Rejoice! you've got the hard parts down, now all you have to do is let the elements you've set in place work for you. ("work for me....well what does that mean?" ) Example you see that nice steel pauldron she's wearing on her shoulder, you've done a smashing job contrasting it with a dark soft undergarment! However this is where we want to take it up a level. The light source you created in this piece should really accentuate that pauldron or "Shoulder guard" making it an entirely different tone than her breast plate, though this would still be very subtle! I'd also recommend for the sake of the full utilization of this piece that the light source be a lot sharper in order to create some nice contrasting tones in the hair as well. To some this big saga up, Play to your pieces strengths, Darker shadows, Lighter Highlights to pop her out that grey back round but most important of all, HAVE FUN!