Oh wow, this will turn out beautifully!

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Thank you very much, it's a project for the Bring Your Vision to life contest organized by Wacom, and I am really twisting my head for ideas.

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I'm sure that you've got a great chance of winning that contest, good luck on it!

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Wow, Sainasan that looks like it's going to be a very powerful piece. One thing I noticed is the background is kinda too sudden. The change that is.

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Yes, I am working on it, didn't figure out what to fill the gap with, but I'll think of something. I think it would be a bit brutal if I just made the transition from heaven to hell directly.
To my opinion drawing some flames would be too typical, since one of the criteria on which the prize is given is originality.

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Thank you very much, but there are about 8000 contestants and I don't really know if somebody else didn't come up with a better idea.

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its looking good ^^

am not all that good with color, sorry that i cant really help you with anything

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my best tips on the skintones which you suggested is, as always, reference. mai ales those typical tutorials for forming your eye, dar chiar si just picking up PHOTOS and looking at the colors on them. make a pallete set of the various skintones, in different lighting situations, look at em, compare, contrast, analyze... I never got the colors right without looking at how colors worked together in other pictures... besides, you can also edit variations on the image when you feel that it's not working out - make it redder or yellower or more contrasted, etc However, my issue with this drawing is rather that that intense light should affect the skin like really intense light. check some values in black and white pictures taken under a powerful lamp-illumination. the contrast is heavier, and more of the shadows are dampened.

*shrug* I hope this helps on the bright side, your anatomy kicks my anatomy's butt anyday, and I am IN LOVE with the pose and the general sense of the image... it'll be amazing when it's done I wish I could handle poses like these so nicely

Thanks very much, I'll try to use ref photos for some colors.
I know the lighting is not the best, ca nu l-am terminat inca, pe mine ma calca pe nervi culoarea aia inchisa pe care am trantit-o asa de neinspirat in umbre.
O sa adaug si luminile dar m-am blocat pe umbra deocamdata. Vreau sa il fac sa nu para chiar asa de parca ar fi fost desprins din plansele de anatomie, he was supposed to be an angel after all, not some built up macho si i-am subliniat prea mult muschii (greseala pe care o fac de obicei) cu culoarea aia asa inchisa, as vrea sa o mai deschid la culoare dar nu ma ajuta deloc color replacement si nici contrast/hue/saturation stuff.
Dar cred ca am niste imagini a la Rembrandt care au niste culori mai umane in ele.
Mersi pentru incurajari, sper sa iasa exact cum mi-l imaginez eu, pana acum mi-au iesit norii. *sigh* nu cred ca o sa castig ceva and I'm only getting my hopes up.

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