IoA - Newest Portrait: Matt and Tom

[Girgistian]

The knife looks great now. Thumbs up.

[Ranger M]

The knife looks great now. Thumbs up.

thanks

The lighting and three-dimensionality work quite well, and the clothing design is nice, but I must agree with what Turuk said earlier about her expression being vacant, even to the extent that it makes her look more like a mannequin than alive.

Teresa, now with something to smile about

[Girgistian]

Err... she's in a slightly crouched position, holds a dagger in her hand and smiles? What is she, some sort of a psychopath?

More seriously, though, as far as I can tell, she'd fit her posing much better if the lips curved down instead of up. I don't think the original face would need much more than that, since the stance expresses a certain level of alertness, which means a somewhat neutral face (maybe with slightly widened eyes)

[Ranger M]

Err... she's in a slightly crouched position, holds a dagger in her hand and smiles? What is she, some sort of a psychopath?

More seriously, though, as far as I can tell, she'd fit her posing much better if the lips curved down instead of up. I don't think the original face would need much more than that, since the stance expresses a certain level of alertness, which means a somewhat neutral face (maybe with slightly widened eyes)

broadly speaking, yes, she's just full of contradictions. Fine but ruined armour, clulessly applied, but competent with a dagger and does alot of damage with it, and smiles whilst she kills. There is a reason for this, but that would ruin the story for you.

[Ranger M]

Aaaah , this got to the second page, must post to put it back on the first

On a more serious not, I just realised that I hadn't submitted these guys for C and C yet and it would be better to catch any issues early, so here they are.

I've drawn Matt and Tom in the same picture just for eases sake, in the campaign they'll have separate portraits.

[turin]

1) Actual ropes or mystic ropes? They look real, which makes little sense. They need to be dematerialized.

2) The guy on the left has some serious anatomy issues; the visible elbow is way too big, and the arm gripping the sword looks squished horizontally. And his torso makes little sense (it's too flat!).

3) The guy on the left is awesome, and I see little wrong with it anatomically.

[Skizzaltix]

left...left

...And only one of those is right!

As turin said, the one on the left is good anatomically--I don't see anything wrong with him, except possibly that his eyebrows are a little high (If those are his eyebrows, and not tattoos)...
I love the texturing on the the chest there! Though, the shape itself is a little stiff; I would think that such a garment would be uncomfortable were it rigid, and would crease if it could
Also, his left sleeve bothers me (Again!)--It almost looks like it's hanging over a tube; shouldn't it be shaped a little more by his arm? Unfortunately, I really can't say anything more specific than that; probably a good place to look for reference...
Aside from that, his hood sticks up a little high--Does he have a ponytail under there?
Anyway, great job, as always!

[Ranger M]

1) Actual ropes or mystic ropes? They look real, which makes little sense. They need to be dematerialized.

Easy enough to do, they're on a seperate layer

2) The guy on the left has some serious anatomy issues; the visible elbow is way too big, and the arm gripping the sword looks squished horizontally. And his torso makes little sense (it's too flat!).

yeah, the flat torso was bothering me too, but I wasn't sure if it was just a case of me having spent so long looking at it that things that were right seemed wrong, or if it was actually wrong. Conversely I hadn't really noticed the elbow problem before, although it's kind of obvious now I know it's there. By the sword arm seeming squished I assume that your talking about the hand seeing as that's pretty much the only visible bit.

3) The guy on the left is awesome, and I see little wrong with it anatomically.

That would be because I actually traced over a photo of myself for this, so it would be kind of hard to get it wrong

[Corvvs]

Dayum. Sweet mages. The hood on the one on our right though seems to jut back to far. I'd think it would curve down sooner, maybe with some wrinkles.