Jan Draw off Entry

[shoryukenmaster]

I know I need to fix the castle's mouth arch, but other than that any comments? I'm hoping that I will be able to ink it and (crosses-fingers) color it.

[lawfulwuss]

Orkoooo!!!!

that archway and the fangs are really strong, they make a great border for the picture!

I think Cringer's legs need some work though, try looking at real tigers in photos and you'll see the proper anatomy.

And I don't know if it'll be worth all the work it would take, but maybe Orko should be coming from behind the right wing instead of in front of it?

[gorby]

I like. The only thing that looks weird to me is the tanget that forms between the Sorceress' feet and Cringer's back. She almost looks like she is standing on his back.

[dfbovey]

Not bad! Nice structure and detail on the wings.

That tangent issue definitely needs to be addressed though. Her foot should be overlapping Cringer more to create depth. In fact she could stand to be lowered quite a bit in the composition.

I think in the future you also might want to vary your angles to create more visual interest and movement. Everything in this piece is very straight on. This was also an issue in your Wolverine piece.

For example. have the Sorceress posed at a 3/4 angle with her knee up as if she was about to land on the ground in front of Cringer (if you wanted to get REALLY dynamic, also make it from a worm's eye perspective).

Cringer, also looks more like a Panther than a Tiger, the problem being the head. Tigers, due to their fur, have much rounder looking heads. I would reference that.

[dfbovey]

I've attached a very quick and crude marker thumbnail sketch to give you a visual of what I was talking about.

[shoryukenmaster]

dfbovey - Thanks David! Those are some great tips. I'm going to download that sketch just for future reference.

Yeah I blew the angle again. I should have done something more dramatic. I went back and reviewed my wolverine post after I posted this one and that was one of the things that I realized I should have pushed further. So next the next drawing I'll try to implement a better angle.

As for the tiger I did have reference and the initial sketch wasn't as bad as it is now, but somewhere in my lightboxing iterations I lost it. I'm not sure what "it" is, but my initial sketch had more of a tiger look.

I should have time tonight and tomorrow to at least address the tangent and hopefully cringers head.

Thanks again for all your help!

gorby - I'm glad you like it. Yeah that's a pretty ugly tangent. I'll fix it up. Thanks for the comments.

lawfulwuss - Thanks for the complements and critiques! The picture I used for reference had the tigers feet in grass so I searched for more pictures of a tiger's feet and that was how I was able to place them together. Next time I'll make sure to double check it once I've placed it all together.

I debated Orko's placement for a really long time. I'm not real happy with it, but I wanted to show that yellow streak he's got. Putting him behind the wing wouldn't allow me to show very much of him, but then again it probably would have made a better picture. Good catch.

[shoryukenmaster]

I tried to address all of the issues that everyone pointed out (except the angle, which I didn't have enough time to do) Anyways, here's the final result. Thanks to everyone who commented!