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Guitar Hero II Fan Art
DMAC
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Looks a little bent, like one of those Euler puzzles.
Nice character though, nice expression. Good, clean colors. I like it
Also, there aren't enough frets (unless of course you squished a bunch in on the part his hand is covering.)
On top of that, the headstock is too flat. Headstocks are typically thicker than the neck of the guitar.
Lastly, his right hand doesn't make sense (It looks cool, it just doesn't make sense.) The reason I say this is because Rock n' Roll guitarists usually don't use a fingerpicking style. He should be holding a pick. And even if he was a fingerpicker, his fingers would not be in the right positions to really do so.
But like I said, it's still pretty badass. I always like your stuff, but I'm very nitpicky about these things (I draw and I'm a guitarist, so yeah haha.) Most people won't give a crap about this stuff tho, so don't feel like you have to change anything. :^:
Looove the character, though.
e: and there's no cable coming out of the guitar!
Wow, really? Why?
Anyway, I'm really digging the colors, but I hate how his torso just frays into nothingness like that. Why not finish it off to the border of the format?
Oh! That was your point. I understand now.
That might be part of the problem.
If I HAD to nitpick something, I would say the background isn't really adding anything to the pic, but thats just me.
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The curve in the neck isn't that big of a deal. It's barely noticeable.
Hot shit DMAC. I agree with Toji about the waist though.
Other then that, and the neck twist, I like it.
I dunno. I just think that if you're going to detail something to that extent (i.e. not just do a simple "sketch"), people are, yes, going to expect it to be pretty accurate. God forbid if they mention that.
It's like:
"Woah there! A lot of you guys are totally all saying the same thing about the neck of the guitar. And some of you even went into detail about the style the guitarist is using to play! Time to CALM DOWN! That is totally out of line!"
:? What?
Then again, maybe I'm just being a bitch. I've been easily irritated over the past few days, so ignore this if it comes off as being mean. I just really don't understand why people are tweaking out.
No, but strappy guy was and I thought that I'd point out the cable bit while I was pointing out the strap bit. Don't worry, Jim. I'm not going to kill you...yet.
I don't get it. Who is tweaking out?
Still gonna add my desire i posted ages ago, i want to see some sketchy stuff from you dmac, i like your cleanly rendered stuff but i can't get any handle on you as an artist without some dirty sketchy stuff. Ignore me if you will. Also i have never played guitar hero 1 or 2 and i feel i am missing out on ahuge part of what is good about life!
Straightened out the neck of the guitar and made a few other minor changes. It's back to being unplugged again in keeping with the game.
People have a tendency to obsess over minutia in my threads. I don't know if it's just that overall there isn't much to criticize, but they tend to latch onto something and keep pointing it out even once I've acknowledged it.
"Hey, the neck is crooked."
"Yeah, I see."
"The neck is crooked."
"Yep."
"Hey, the neck."
"..."
My rough work tends to be quick pen and ink doodles in my notebook, sometimes with marker color to help figure things out.
Once I have an idea, the actual sketches tend to be reworked and erased on the page as I work. I recently found out about a local studio that's offering drop-in figure drawing classes so I'm hoping to get back into doing more actual sketches instead of just sketching as a stage in the production of a "finished" piece.
It's pretty fucking solid otherwise, though.
It's like the uncanny valley. Almost everything is spot on, in a very smooth and clean style, so any irregularities really stand out. If your style was dirtier or more sketchy no one would notice a lot of the little things.
Also I've rarely seen you actually make any changes after crits, which is why people may persist in pointing them out. I don't see how pointing something out again after three people have already said it is really constructive, but there it is.
Also, one of his eyes is 0.043 millimetres larger than the other, even accounting for perspective. It's totally obvious. Totally. It's all I can see.
I make changes after crits all the time. I usually just make the changes without announcing them and update the image.
How often do other people go back and change their work after crits?
Also, I resent that "crits" has become synonymous with "faults". A useful critique of someone's work isn't just playing "spot the errors".
I disagree with your use of italics.
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You're not balancing this out with enough bold or underline. Really, I expect more from you, Darren.