Ancient Lich Portrait WIP (Will be redrawn at a later date)
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[Edit] That's a bit messy actally, if this is the preferred i will clean it up [/edit]
[Edit] That's a bit messy actally, if this is the preferred i will clean it up [/edit]
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It is an excellent drawing. It does suffer from being stuck in the box, ie. The skull is facing straight on the viewer. Note that most(all?) of the portraits in game are at some angle. It is more difficult to draw at an angle, but it gives the picture less of a staged look (compare a picture of someone who is posing for the camera versus a candid shot. The candid will almost never be straight on, or exactly to the side, whereas posed shots will often be exactly that.
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IMHO I would of figured the undead did not express human emotion, and that the only actions they would perform would be entirely necessary ones; I tried to express their inhuman attributes through a pose as dead as they were but maybe I haven’t done it very well.
Do other people think he's a bit boring? I don't much fancy starting again from the line art
Do other people think he's a bit boring? I don't much fancy starting again from the line art
I think that you should get rid of the lighter section on the back of the inside of the skull, it doesn't make sense, mainly because it doesn't look much like what it is supposed to be (and if it isn't what I think it is, but is a part of the front of the skull, then it is way too big or shouldn't be there)
I think you have a winner in here somewhere. Play some Wesnoth for inspiration (I would recommend TROW Temple of the Deep, but the lich has his own portrait), go back and pick a drawing, and stick with it. Input is useful and probably helpful so far, but after a certain point, we the committee of critiquers just get in the way of the artist being the artist. If Jetryl wants you to do something to it, he'll tell you.
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