Art for Legend of Wesmere: Legmir

[thespaceinvader]

I like the mask look, but i'm not quite sure about the colour of the bark, particularly below the face - the bluish shade makes it look more like rock to me than wood.

[doofus-01]

I mean his right shoulder, our left. It might be the color of the lower bark combined with the white shades that do it. Thespaceinvader and I are possibly talking about a similar thing.

[thespaceinvader]

No, i'm talking about the side on the right of frame. But now that you mention it, the whole thing looks a little rock-like, particularly below the face - i think the hard division between the light and shade at the bottom left of frame, coupled with the above-mentioned blue colouration might be the cause.

[kitty]

thank you for the compliments and spaceinvader and doofus for the explanations. - now i understand what you are talking about. but i believe bark is craggy enough to legitimate the hard division. perhaps i overdid with the blue but i think it is very important for the athmosphere of the portrait which i very much want to preserve...

[Shadow]

This time I don't like the result so much.
Personal taste though.
The branches of a tree spread out and barely rejuvenate at the top instead spreading out.

[kitty]

here is a half finished snobbish elf - santi can use him wether as uripur or legmir... he has a talking only role (if i remember correctly) and i took the oppurtunity to do a an elf sans armour with a civil noble outfit.

any comments?



@ shadow: sorry you don't like him - perhaps next time again...

[thespaceinvader]

His cranium doesn't seem deep enough to me. And i think the hands aren't quite right - they both seem a little small, and the back fo the one nearer camera seems not to be long enough.

That aside, I like the costume design and concept. I remain very impressed at the amount of differentiation in character and appearance that your elves are getting.

Great work =)

[kitty]

one can really rely on your quick responses! thank you!

you're right - there is a problem with the proportions. but what you describe are only the results of it, i believe. i tried to emphasize his masculinity and snobbiness by exaggerating his mandible... and went overboard with that. his hands are right in relation to his body - only his jaw is gigantic. stupid but should be an easy fix...

[thespaceinvader]

Yeah, looking back, that would about fix it =)

Strange how one thing can make everything else look off enough that you notice the everything else and not the one thing... Hmm...

[Sgt. Groovy]

Looks good otherwise, but I'd like to see more variation in the elven male hairstyles, that shaggy rockstar-just-got-out-of-bed look is getting repetitive. I mean, the elves are supposed to be the pinnacle of Wesnoth civilisation, one would think they'd know what a comb is for.

[kitty]

next version of uripur/legmir. everything is shaded and i redrew the head...



@ groovy: yep - you're right: the hairstyle does get repetive... it's just that i don't feel like putting much effort in elves right now. i've developed a deep resentment against those pointy eared show-offs over the time. but luckily he is the last on my list for now! yay!

[Kestenvarn]

I like his outfit a lot.

[Guidrion]

Great, as usual.

I like his outfit a lot.

+1

[santi]

Looks very good. If he were human, he'd either look too young or too well-preserved to be a lord,
but elves do not age that fast, so he can LOOK young and still be a senior figure.
So, I am quite happy with this.

[Shadow]

Nice as always. Nothing to add.