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Work OK?
I'm not entirely sure why I'm asking this here because I deeply suspect that by the time anyone answer, I'll have started the painting anyway. :)
Just a vague "Does this work?" question - I can't pinpoint anything in particular that's wrong. (And this is a basic color guide - it'll be more realistic, hopefully. XD) He should ahve more realistic proportions instead of the superskinnyelongated CLAMP proportions.
Just a vague "Does this work?" question - I can't pinpoint anything in particular that's wrong. (And this is a basic color guide - it'll be more realistic, hopefully. XD) He should ahve more realistic proportions instead of the superskinnyelongated CLAMP proportions.
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(I kinda want to see what it'd look like if he were looking the other way, but then I'd probably wind up saying "Enh, I liked it the first way better.")
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Dramatic poses like that are one of my hot buttons. I just love 'em, especially when it's not a very frequently seen dramatic pose. Anyway.
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Something's bugging me about his left arm. And/or the coat's left sleeve... ah, okay. The way the coat sleeve's hang interacts with the black arm shadow makes his elbow look like it's in one place coming from the shoulder, and another coming from his hand. That distracted me. Maybe you could have the robe swing up a little bit so you don't get that illusion.
I like the expression and the coat together, tho'. It invokes the same sorts of things Cruella de Ville's character design did, without being derivative. Thickening out the proportions will do away with some of that, which may be kind of too bad.
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ETA: And it doens't halp that the character design has the Goawdawful shoulder pads (http://www.magatsu.net/pic/03.jpg) in the outer coat. XD
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(Note that I'm talking about his left, not the viewer's left.)
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If it's just me, don't worry about it. But when I look at it it really does seem that his forearm is just kind of floating out there. When I really think about it, I can the anatomy is right - it's just an illusion created by the loop of the gigantic cuff and the lowest sag of the sleeve. But I have to think about it.
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One, he might be taking the coat off. When I shrug a coat off, my far (free) hand feels natural with my palm closer to the anatomical position (this is the only way I can think of to say this) instead of rolled over as if to be pointing off into the distance. The slight flex in the index finger feels like it would be...straining the whole forearm. Also, IF the coat is coming off, the arm would be in a lower position and slightly posterior/behind instead of raised.
Two, he might be putting the coat on. (This is I think what you were going for.) When I put a coat on, when I'm pulling one the "last" sleeve, my outstretched arm is straighter and my fingers are spread as if my arm has just come through and is "reaching." The wrist won't be "limp" at this point. In the next sequence, I begin to bring my arm around, and my elbow and forearm are more foreshortened and the hand itself is further forward/anterior.
Another little thing I see in the picture that strikes me as odd is how Fai is pulling on his left collar. Shouldn't he be pulling on his right collar, if his right arm is outstretched? The right collar looks awkward as if it's just hanging there, sliding off his shoulder (which would be fine if it was counterbalanced by a low, bent arm).
That's a little hard for me to convey in words, but I tried my best. You seem to be a quite a student of the arts, so I thought I'd try my best with an honest critique. Even if I'm incorrect somewhere in there, posture is something to think about at least. :)
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