Reply With Quotesubscribed! Diggin' the initial sketch, especially the broken gravel on the ground!
Just a little something I'm doing for fun to cool down before I go to bed after working on a different project.
A little bit about this: Megapower is a character that I created and a character who I am intending to submit to publishers. You can view him here in my DA gallery. It's my dream to have him published.
In this illustration, I have him squaring off against Superman, having already taken a shot from Superman:
Please forgive the roughs, it's still very early in the drawing, which is why messy and it won't be cleaned up until I digitally ink it:
I'll post more when I make more progress!
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subscribed! Diggin' the initial sketch, especially the broken gravel on the ground!
Are you planning to show Superman at all here; is that really the angle and viewpoint you intend to use? Other than the color of his costume, I'm not sure how you're going to convey to your viewer that it is Superman going toe-to-toe with your Megapower character. You've cut his head off, and you have him at an angle that will obscure the main things most artists use to show that the character is Superman.
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@ Popninja: Just out of curiosity, did you read the part that I wrote at the top? If so, you'll note that this piece is just something that I'm doing for fun just for myself, and on top of that, it was just a cool-down piece that I decided to work after I was working on something else. This isn't an exercise in storytelling or an exercise in conveyance to the viewer.
But on the subject of recognizing that the character is Superman, yes, that is the angle that I intend to use. Also, this piece is still only in the very early stages of the illustration, which means that it's messy and unclear at this point, so of course it's hard to tell that it's Superman. But when it is finished, you'll see that he'll be wearing his traditional red underwear, his belt, his cape (flowing an upward angle because he's landing), and that should this ever get colored, he'll be in his ever-iconic blue tights. I seriously doubt that anyone will have a hard time recognizing that it's Superman in the foreground.
That said, had this been a panel in a comic book, that likely would not have been the camera angle that I chose, or if I did, I would have probably had his cape flowing downward, so that I could show off the yellow "S" shield in his traditional costume, letting the reader easily recognize the the person in the foreground is none other than Superman.
Edit: Thinking on it further, when it's finished, if you're so inclined, I can post it for your critique. (Though, do keep in mind that it's just a piece for myself and that it was just for fun.)
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Last edited by Carl_Shinyama; 06-21-2012 at 09:27 PM.
honestly, I think popninja is a troll of sorts. I really don't even think he draws. I would ignore anything he says at this point. I like this idea, the only suggestion is to really think about where the arm of supes is. right now it cuts the mega dude's body in half, and ends at his crotch area. the supes pose is a bit stiff to at this point. maybe drop or raise the camera angle depending on who is going to be in charge of this soon to be battle.
I just checked your dA gallery, and I saw that Megapower has a costume that is not dissimilar from Green Lantern's, in that he wears a mask and has green in his costume. I think you should pick a non-green color scheme or ditch the mask, one or the other. You should try to avoid any similarity to Green Lantern.
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That is a pretty good suggestion.
When I was drawing Superman, I felt like showing him landing gently after knocking Megapower from the sky, so I had his arm placed there (and it is also why - if you can tell - his cape is flowing upward, like a person who is descending in flight). But I do see what you're saying. If I keep the pose, I can raise his arm and still accomplish the same thing, and show all of Megapower.
I might play around with the camera angle a bit. But then, I might just keep it as it is. After all, it's just me doing this for fun
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Popninja isn't a troll. He's been part of the community for a long time - and posts work frequently.
To suggest otherwise just highlights your ignorance.
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The comments Popninja made regarding this particular sketch are entirely justified and make perfect sense to me.
To reply that 'this is just for fun - don't you get it?' - is strange in the extreme. You're posting artwork on an art critique website, dismissing the critiques when they start rolling in - and then suggesting that if work is 'just for fun' then there's no need for it to be 'right' or 'improved' (even if people point out things that need attention at a really early stage in the picture's production).
I would suggest that - if you're not interested in improving your work because its 'only for fun' - asking for critiques on this site might be an error.
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My intent was simply to share it with this community, and I do like to share. Is that so extreme and strange? Perhaps it's just me, but I'm having trouble with the idea of why anyone would critique a cool-down illustration and was and still is very early in the process - not that there's anything wrong with critiquing under those circumstances - when if anything, the finished illustration is what would really warrant critiques and judgement. It is confusing and illogical to me. However, if there were anatomy/proportion errors in the drawing or this were comic book panels at this point in the stage (which is what the artist conveys to the viewer/reader as important) then I'd completely understand it.Originally Posted by Beastie
That said, I don't mind the critiques. In fact, I like it; it's definitely useful to keep in mind when I do work on a serious illustration. That, and I'm not dismissing them; you'll see that I invited PopNinja's critiques for the illustration when I complete it. However, I do see why the "it's just for fun" statement can make me appear unwelcoming of critiques.
To say that I'm not interested in improving my work is an error. The Tiger Lawyer thread is proof of that.
On a slightly related topic, and maybe it's because I'm new here to PencilJack, but I'm seeing a lot of people calling this site a critique forum. While that is probably true, I've looked and looked, and there's nothing on the PencilJack site that says explicitly this forum is a critique forum. If so, please point that out to me. That way, I'll just keep the fun stuff to myself and I'll post the more serious stuff here.
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