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Published: 2017-11-19 01:13:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1408; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 0
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Okay, so I've finally gotten around to reading some of the Stephanie Brown Batgirl stories and I have to say that I completely understand why she has such a dedicated fanbase.Accordingly, after seeing a photo of this pose and deciding I wanted to draw it, Stephanie struck me as the perfect subject for it. This is my first time drawing someone who is lit from below, so I'm not 100 percent certain I nailed it, but, overall, I'm happy with this one. I also gave overlays a try for adding color, rather than using the multiply feature. It definitely allowed for some brighter and darker tones.
And I have to say, after finally returning to digital after spending October with pens and paper, this was almost stressful to do. I let myself just go with the flow much, much more when working traditionally. I'm not sure exactly where the curse of digital begins and the blessing ends, but it probably happens somewhere between having to draw all of the windows on the buildings behind Stephanie and being able to add a blur effect so easily.
As always, any comments, tips, or critiques are very welcome and really appreciated.
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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. I’m unable to ‘cool’ shadows by adding blue or anything like that. I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.
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Hi I am here from Project Comment . First of all I have to warn you that English is not my mother language, so I can't guarantee that what I'll write will be perfect. However I'll try to be enough clear to help you. To be honest you have done a good work. It has some imperfections, but the result is certainly satisfying. The best thing you made is the background. The prospective seems correct and the skyscrapers are realistic, like the comics of batman. Also the sky is good, in particular the clouds and how you colored them. Strangely the character and the construction where she is are less good. For me the character is the most important thing in the drawing, what who will observe a picture will watch mainly. So for me is better make an imperfection on the background instead of the character. However, the proportion of the girl are mostly correct. There are some imperfections, for example the left wrist, for me too narrow. The shadows on the construction are ok, in other parts of the drawing, for example the left arm, they are not completely correct. You said that che lights come form bottom. If that so her glove should be lighter in the part on front of us, because the lights arrive here, as happen ad the other glove. For some parts of her bodies the light seems to arrive from bottom, from others it seems form left. However, I have appreciated that you make the clothes of the girl reflect the light differently based on the tipe of material.
I hope my comment has been helpful.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to comment -- your English is fine!
I'm glad the background worked so well for you, but I see what you mean about the issues with the main figure. I'll have to work on that stuff in the future. I know I wasn't as spot on as I could have been with the placement of some of the shadows.
Thank you again for taking the time!
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Hello! Here from ProjectComment
For starters, it's a pretty neat pose and you executed it well. Nice cityscape background and clouds.
If I could point out two things that are your main points for improvement, it's lighting and colour.
You mention that she is being lit from below but if I didn't read the description, this wouldn't be clear to me at all. The windows on either side of her seem pretty bright so I automatically assumed they would be the sources of light.
If she is lit from the bottom by a source cropped out of the picture, you can make this more obvious with more drastic shadows and highlights. If you're afraid to add bold lighting because you don't want to ruin the picture, I suggest making a copy of the piece and allowing yourself to go crazy with experimentation. This is the best way to figure out which lighting looks best/realistic. Specifically, her face wouldn't look so bright. Instead there would be a shadow covering her eyes and the top parts of her hair.
In your disclaimer you say you're unable to 'cool' shadows by adding blue. Sorry if I sound ignorant but does this mean you're unable to distinguish blue shadows from, say, black shadows? I'm asking because my next suggestion was to tint all objects in the piece blue as it's a night-time scene. Naturally, the brick wall wouldn't appear to be such a highly saturated brown but rather, blue/grey. A bluer wall would instantly allow this picture to look more realistic and simultaneously create a more unified look overall.
Otherwise, it's a great piece. Feel free to ask questions if I was unclear on anything
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Thank you very much for taking the time to comment. I had a feeling I didn't go dramatic enough with the lights and shadows. I'll have to keep that in mind next time I try a night scene.
As for color, you are correct -- at a certain point, I can no longer tell black and blue apart (or red and brown, or bright green and yellow, and so on). I avoid adding blue to hues to create shadows because I wouldn't be able to tell if I accidentally made it purple or not... It'd just wind up a terrible mess (I confuse anything remotely close, even light pink and grey), so I avoid it at all cost (yet still punsh myself by trying to play with color...).
Thank you again for taking the time to comment -- I really appreciate it!
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Ahh I see, that's fair enough. Kudos to you for not letting that stop you from creating awesome work
Keep it up!
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This is a hugely successful composition. You've massively outdone your previous attempts with this background, man. The perspective is perfect, the whole 'silhouette-sans-windows' are on-par with her comic book origins and the slight blur effect really adds to the focus of the artwork, which is of course Steph and her Ben&Jerry's. Her anatomy is perfect, her facial expression is natural and full of character and the anatomy is spot-on.
I can't find a single note for improvement in this one. Sometimes all I can do is stand back and enjoy the moment you've created.
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Thank you! Talk about getting a day off to a good start here... The background was equal parts annoying and worth it, and I can't believe it took me so long to figure out how to get the blur effect going. I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do color-wise with yet this newer-to-me technique.
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