FoF Call to Action

Posted Jun 1, 2020, 8:26:02 PM UTC
 
Laika knew that the heroes of old would be no help against the Wraith. They knew of it's threat and did nothing about it, preferring to sit quietly in their nest and caves. No, they needed a new hero. One that had already proved itself against the Wraith's servants. The memory of the giant stryx who had saved her from the Spectre with a strength that defied the natural limits. In her search, she had heard tales of a large stryx who dwelled in cave high in the mountains, and whom had slain a hydra that was lurking among the rocky crags a few days before. In the hopes that this was the stryx she sought, Laika set out to track the mysterious stryx to it's lair.
 
 

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  • Jun 4, 2020, 8:53:20 AM UTC
    Heya, I hope you don't mind if I share my paint-over of your piece here. Just wanted to help since you were looking for critique and I find it easier to show than type down advice.

    You've already got a pretty good story shown with the corpse trail and the river bend, so I decided to emphasize those with my critique. Note that the paint-over mostly focuses on how the composition and layout of your piece can be improved, not so much on color.

    I hope this helps! Smile
    Image attached
  • Jun 1, 2020, 9:02:28 PM UTC
    Nice color choices on your stryx, it creates a very rich effect with those hues. The snow feels natural, it shows lumps, hills, and dips in the earth it covers (or at the very least in its own distribution). The gray of the sky helps with the mood of the piece, but does feel odd. To catch that same feel, clouds are a viable option- they can darken the sky while still letting some light through, and work to eliminate flat expanses of color in the sky.

    The water of the river is done nicely, it glistens and shows a good current. The river bank doesn't quite mesh into the river though. When its an arctic area like such, fast moving water will either expose some dirt from under the snow (in the case that the river hasn't frozen over) or it will continue to move as ice encroaches from the sides (until the point where the surface has completely frozen. For the first option, adding a bit of of dirt and stones along the bank would go far for that effect. For the second, showing a difference in texture to differentiate the ice would be a solid way to go, or show through defining the color and edge of the spreading ice.

    Either way, the setting of this is nice, good piece Smile
    • Jun 1, 2020, 9:22:12 PM UTC
      Thank you for the in-depth constructive criticism! Especially in regard to the river. I'll definitely incorporate some earthy bits along the banks next time I draw a wintery landscape like this. ^^
      • Jun 2, 2020, 5:37:43 PM UTC
        No problem! A good critique can be worth more than a dozen compliments, though both are still nice, haha.