/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4211013
>>4211013
Nice! I think this looks a lot better. I totally understand that you gotta keep it consistent with whatever you previously had.

I'm glad to see that you and others found the feedback helpful. If there's one thing from that feedback that I think is most important, it'd be to really play into the strong light source. I see you did that with the stronger shadows on the ground, but the figure is still a little jarring.

It's a missed opportunity to really capture a 'hero shot', where you feel like you're going to follow the protagonist wherever they go. To achieve this, I think you could darken the back in a way that is much more even and unified, as opposed to having all sorts of value & color variations that it has now. Darkening it all to a more even, singular value helps create a strong shape that helps ground the figure in the scene, where the figure is less defined by all his muscles etc. but rather the rim-light around his (now strong) silhouette. Right now, the figure does not have a very unified value shape - especially since his shoulders seem to fade into the sky.

This is all pretty wordy, and I hope it makes sense. Here's a before/after GIF for comparison. Totally your call with how you want to proceed!