Sketch to Finish

Subject: Sketch to Finish Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:16 pm

Hey people. I have a sketch here, and the finished product after I went through Photoshop with it.

Well, here's the sketch.

http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rhea001gg8.jpg

I named her Rhea. She is a magician of some sort. I tried putting the comments I've gotten from people to work.
I know, I chickened out on the hands...(-.-) I'm sorry.

Anyway, this is the finished product. Took me about two hours and it's not as good as some Photoshopped stuff out there, but I'm happy with it.

http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finrheagu9.jpg
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Subject: Re: Sketch to Finish Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:19 pm

Her head is tiny, just like Sera.

Subject: Re: Sketch to Finish Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:21 pm

Hmm...really? It doesn't look like it...how huge does a head have to be...
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Subject: Re: Sketch to Finish Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:37 pm

It's not so much that her head is small, it's her upper body that's too big. maybe that's why her head looks so small. Otherwise, it's still pretty good.

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I think it might be that her eyes are too big... and slightly unfocused.
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Subject: Re: Sketch to Finish Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:10 pm

I love it! I like the sketch better though.

Everythings awesome except for her Right eye. Paired with her left eye it seems as if she's tarding out, doing a reverse-cross-eyed thingo. Also, the positioning of her hips should be very slightly up more. its seems as though her abdomen is very very stretched out.

You have a real knack for clothing accesories, they sofar seem to be my most favourite part of your drawings. Verily want.

9/10

Subject: Re: Sketch to Finish Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:21 pm

Well, I could pretend I understood what Kahou said and agree with him, but I'm not sure that I want to. Still, it's better than anything I've drawn so far.

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Porportion guide:

1. A person's balled up fist is around 1/3rd the length of their skull.
2. A person's neck is about 1/3rd the size of their skull (unless they work out in which case adjust as necessary)
3. A person's skull is about 1/3rd the width of the total width of their shoulders. Again, unless they really work out then it's slightly under 1/3rd.

The shoulders are what mess up this picture, as the head is clearly 1/4th the width of the shoulders.

Edit: in fact, I bet you dimes to doughnuts that all you need to do is take the selection tool, select the entire body just below the neck, and reduce it by about 90-95%. Then just adjust the neck so it fits porportionally to the neckline and breast/chest.
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Subject: Re: Sketch to Finish Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:49 pm

Hmm...her head is, in fact, 1/3 of her shoulders.

You can check. It may be a very slight bit smaller than 1/3 but I used 2 headlengths for the width of the shoulders and since my heads are basically 3x2 rectangular grids, it should be 1/3 of the head width. The neck is probably a bit too thick, I'll admit that.

Actually, the proportions play out correctly for the most part.

I think you guys are just comparing her to anime girls, which are usually have the approximate head to body ratio of 1:5. That is the proportion for younger girls, around 15-16 years old. At age 18 plus, you finished growing pretty much and then the proportion changes to approximately 1:6. Rhea was meant to be 19 to 20-ish.

Anyway, it's either that or I just need to shrink stuff down.

And I have another drawing which I did just today. It's an updated version of my avatar. I'm going to Photoshop that too and use it.

Edit: Oh, and the eyes are kind of unfocused. Very slightly, which messed things up. Anyway, I'm going to change that.
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