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December 28th, 2006 |
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a plausible weapon if you can find a way to project electicity. It also implements my cold fusion theory. |
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December 29th, 2006 |
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Hope you don't mind, but I resized the image so I could see it.
Looks like a good design! Looking at where the hand grip is, this thing is a lot bigger than I first thought. This thing would be fun to use.
I also really like the fact that you added value to certain parts of the weapon. If you haven't been keeping up on my comments to other people, I've mentioned that there are two types of value. There's "local value", which is what you used here, and is when the object's surface itself has a change in value. And there's "luminance value" which is lighting information. Always draw the local value first, and add luminance information second.
My policy is to focus on the one thing that I think would make a picture better. In this case, I think it would be a short lesson on sawblading or "twinning."
The good: Rather than aggrevate over what "proper lightning" looks like, you took a common conceptualization of lightning and ran with it. This often works, and is MUCH easier than trying to figure out how something like lightning would actually behave. Special effects are one of the hardest things to draw.
The suggestion: Something we've been told to avoid is "twinning." That is, for anything in art (an explosion, character design, etc) don't have one side be a mirror copy of the other. It doesn't look as good. This applies for normal pictures, too.
In your lightning, the large flat section at the bottom of the lightning blade itself contains a bit of twinning. I'd recommend staggering and having the blades jut in and out further in a more random manner. Avoiding twinning engages the mind more because the picture isn't just a repetition of itself, and it makes it a lot more interesting to look at. |
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December 29th, 2006 |
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| Yes I seem to have a problem when it comes to drawing natural disaster type things like lightning, explosions, wind ect. but I just try my best and usually it comes out alright (this being an exeption). |
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December 29th, 2006 |
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No, no. I said it DID come out good, except for the twinning issue. Don't be so hard on yourself.
If you don't have anything good to say about something you've done, don't say anything at all. Let other people find fault with it if they want to. You'll be happier, other people will think better of your work because you won't point out the bad things they wouldn't otherwise see, and they'll also think better of you because you won't always be talking badly about yourself.
That's how I try to handle it, at least. |
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January 1st, 2007 |
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| no, I meant it was something I need to improve on, I wasn't beating myself down, I think I'll have to practice it though. |
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