Re-visiting pieces

I've received quite a critiques since I've finished these various pieces, and I thought it would be a shame to let them go to waste. And so these are the improved pieces. I'll detail under each one what was changed.


Byron: I added some hair falling over his neck to try and make it look more natural.


Recovering: Completely reworked the background. I think it's a much stronger piece for it, and I feel that it flows together much better. (I used this image as reference)



Nomads: I lengthened Astarel's legs, and re-worked the knees a bit more so that they didn't look so flat and stylised.


Toekis: I reworked the colour on it and lightened it up so you can actually see the detail that I had painted in.

Aimee Costumes

Byron

This is the finalised portrait of Byron, a character in the game who would become the players ally. He is a sarcastic character, quick to tease others with a very dry wit. He is very conscious about his image, and makes an effort to keep his beard and hair in pristine condition.

Byron;

1. I realised that I haven't done any pieces focused on a male character yet. I know they're my weakness, and I think that's why I forget to draw them. I've really got to force myself to do it, as I find them so difficult to draw.

So I decided to do a couple of pieces on Byron, my male character who would feature as a companion and a good allie in the game.
First up is a detailed portrait that I have planned, so you can start to get a feel of his nature and what his life has been like so far.



I used this fantastic image as reference.

2. Rough base colours are down. Not sure about the necklaces- I think they cut the image in half and are too harsh.


3. Starting to refine the basics, and merging the line art in with the colouring. Ended up removing the necklaces.


4. Just continuing the refining process, and changed the angle of the nose to fit in with the overall angle of the face.


5. Continuing with the rendering of the face.


6. Skin and beard is now finished (without pore details or scars).


7. Beginning to render the hair. Byron is quite vain in appearance, hence why his hair and beard are immaculate.


8. The bulk amount of the hair is done, but it still needs more tonal value to make it look fuller.


9. Added more depth to the hair, and added some stray strands for effect.


The finished piece is in the next post.

Recovering

I'm leaving this as it is for now because no matter what I do, I'm just really not feeling the background. I'm taking a couple of days off from it, and will come back to it and probably re-work the whole background. I also want to experiment with a background I painted earlier this year, (this one here), and see if I can move her into it, but I do have very big doubts that it will work properly.

Aimee continued 2

Here's the process that I've gone through so far over many, many hours. Although I'm happy with Aimee, the background really feels odd to me. It looks very odd, very distracting and generally very badly painted. I'm going to have to push this further and see what I can improve.

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Aimee continued

1.Steadily working my way through this, and I have to say, I'm really enjoying it. It's also nice to know that I've improved; I originally drew this last term, and barely got anywhere with the colouring because I was still struggling with digital painting so much. Painting in Photoshop is becoming much more easier and natural to me now, as is knowing where lighting should be placed; I think it's safe to say that I have somewhat improved since last semester.
I'm ridiculously glad that I've finally been able to sort out a technique that works and allows me to paint much quicker than previously.
Rather than spam my blogger continueously, I'm going to update all the newest images on this thread.



2. Worked quite a bit into this since my last update. Had a lot of fun with the fur/fleece that lines her jacket. Hair is now finished, and I'm moving onto the sleeves. I'm determined to get this all painted out today.


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