The Assassin

[bfowler]

I just finished this yesterday and was able to finally get some pictures. It's all oil. I'm really trying to push towards this style and technique. I'm trying to put together a portfolio for fantasy type stuff, ie. Wizards of the Coast, etc. Comments and crits are very welcome.

Thanks for looking.

[Wo-Nellie]

No crits.
Just wanted to comment that I sometimes hold my pens like that when I'm pretending to be Wolverine.

[blamito]

The most noticable thing is his jaw looks kind of wide. Besides that I like it. Nice background too

[jaketerlecki]

The concept and colors are obviously done well. I am just having a problem with two things. (1) The assassin and the background do not seem to be cohesive. That is; the BG is at a certain angle, whereas the assassin does lean a little, he is still standing straight up and down. (2)
The knife could be a little more noticeable, I didn't see it until later. So maybe have just a hair stronger of a moon light source to really pop him out.

Hope that helps.

[chia]

Very, very cool. I like it a lot. The only thing I think could improve it would be some stronger highlights to bring the subject up a little. Maybe on the metal bits, like the knife and needles?

[HunterGreen]

No crits.
Just wanted to comment that I sometimes hold my pens like that when I'm pretending to be Wolverine.

Hahaha. That's funny, Wo-Nellie.

The finished assassin looks good, I remember you
posting the original pencils way back...lotta work twixt
here and there...very nice...


-hg

[krikkit13]

Nice work man. The best oils I've seen you do. I'll second the comment about the jaw being wide, and I think you could fix that by adding some shadow to reduce it. I also agree that some gleam on the darts and dagger would help them to pop.

Nice to see some traditional stuff from you!

[Caimano]

First of all it's really good...i didn't know about your painting skill was so good!

I agree about adding (I mena I know it's finished, but I'm talking as you could apply some changes) more shadowing to the pic for adding mistery and drama (we're talking about a leal killer here). According to my taste the background in tilted too much, but as I said it's my taste.

[rancez]

Hi! I think it's amazing. It reminds me of "Royal Assessian" from Magic the Gathering!! I think this job would look awesome in a card game. I agree with some of the crits though.
Excellent job!

[The_Standard]

I like the paiting on the background but also think maybe a shine on the darts would read better.

[LymanFunk]

Love the palette, for sure. I agree that the knife in his right hand could pop a bit more, but what strikes me is the perspective issues...the pillars behind him are on different perspectives from each other, and both are a little off the far background.

[bfowler]

I'll respond to everyone soon. I slammed my pointer finger in a car door this morning and that makes it a pain to type. You've given me tons of great feedback so far and I'm going to do some more work on this piece.

[Wo-Nellie]

I slammed my pointer finger in a car door this morning ...

Ohhh, don't do that.