Greetings Wataru; I hadn't forgotten! Now you know how
frustrating it is not to get any feedback! You do all this
work an if you're lucky you get a "That's good" from
someone. :-) You have to be patient when posting, as I
usually need 24 hours so I can "review in private", also
allowing I'm only on line during the week.
I can see you've been referencing Des Lee's work. This is
a good way to learn and get your structuring correct. Is
Sandra quite tall, as I'd suggest she is over a foot taller
than Natasha. Would suggest that since the sisters are
almost the same height, you've drawn Onyx too small. Your
physiology for her right arm is wrong; looks like she is
missing her upper arm entirely. Use a reference to
structure your limbs to ensure you stay in shape and scale.
Not easy to get shape-shading in black either is it? :-)
Hence why you've gone for a flat tone. Likely to drag out
the pens and go the ink some time?
Very hard to get reflections to work properly. I can see
you've used your muzzle style in the reflection as opposed
to Des' muzzle style on Onyx. Looking at Sandra's chest
(as we all are want to do...), her right nipple is a little
too far to the side, for if you match mirroring locations
from her left breast, you'll see what I mean.
Need to exercise the eraser and remove the mark from the
spike on her left shoulder (what are these anyway?) near
the base. When you draw clothing, such as her collar,
remember to add a little thickness, since the material is
not tinplate thin (well, not generally anyway...)
Ears look nice, though lighter lines when defining hair
will make it look less 'solid'. Eyes came out well, though
would consider revising a few lines on her muzzle as it
appears a little off-centre and unbalanced in regard to her
nose location. Fractions of an inche can make quite a
perception difference (as I unfortunately well know).
In regard to pic size, I recommend making sure files always
fit within a 1024x768 window and 72dpi (screen res) to keep
things space conscious. I tried this on your file and
shaved it from 270k to 72k. Quite a saving! I recommend
Irfanview (pronounced Er-Fan-View) as it is a very
functional FREEWARE viewer that is able to scan, crop,
resize, resample, convert, colour correct and most other
nifty features needed for scanning in and general viewing
and printing. Its installed size is about 10Mb and is very
fast to load. Yes, there are other programs out there
(ACDSee for example), but many are not as small and are
frequently not freeware. You can download from
www.irfanview.com.
Good to see you having a go - thanks for your contribution!
Scrapper, Black Dragon, who hasn't forgotten anyone, just
caught up with RL delaying the replies!
> File : /Fan Art/sandra meets skunkworks 01~3.jpg
>
> Uploaded by : wataruwolf <WataruWolf_at_aol.com>
> Description : fan art skunkwork/pic for friend: Sandra
> "metal form" meets Onyx and Natasha
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SkunkworksAMA/files/Fan%20Art/sandra%20meets%20skunkworks%2001%7E3.jpg
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Received on Mon Nov 29 2004 - 20:29:52 CST
