Comment 67550

Comment ID 67550

[Art] Elven Girl
ArkillianDragon
Mar 15, 2008, 8:31:42 PM UTC on [Art] Elven Girl
Attached a visual critique just in case ^^ Her head tilting is ok, but her head is unbalanced. If you move it sideways then her head balances over her body. At the moment, she looks like she has a bad neck. Her body doesn't suggest a pose that looks comfortable with her head being so far forward. It's all about where the spine attaches. If the body is equally supporting itself with the connection to the head being centralised, she'll look balanced- I hope that makes sense ^^;
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  • Raihonna
    Mar 16, 2008, 1:56:58 PM UTC
    Thank you so much Ark! I really needed that. I have a lot of trouble with placing. I don't want to redraw her head though lol and I don't have photoshop or real editing tools but I could try using a select, copy and paste thing on paint I guess. I'll see what I can do for that, and thank you!
    • ArkillianDragon
      Mar 16, 2008, 2:57:00 PM UTC
      NP ^^ I hope my explanation why was clear enough ^^; It's all to do with the foranum magnum- that hole at the base of your skull. Your body fights to keep that above your feet. You *can* break this rule with extra forces opposing it, putting the balancing weight on something etc... but in the end, if you have the body leaning foreward some, it much lean backwards in another way to compensate (The human body is surprisingly smart). The body also compensates if you move your shoulder, hips etc... I figured it'd help... I didn't think you'd redraw it... I guess you could trace her head through to another piece of paper, but that's up to you (You can hold it up to the light- its a handy technique Smile)

      Even if it only helps for future pics though, I'm glad I could help ^^