Artist's Block

[Abraxas77]

I'm stuck.

I working on three differnet pieces, and I'm stuck on all of them. :( I'm hoping by posting them in here, you can direct me to idea central. Maybe then, I could show some finished work. :D

Okay, this first one is of Elayne & Aviendha--the scene where they become first sisters. I used Poser to get the two figures (no, i'm not a proportions god) Then I went in and added skin color, hair, changed their facial expressions, and fixed some of the shading. I think I've been put off by this one because of all the skin coloring and shading I had to do (I've repainted most of it, all the time I spent in poser, trying to them in the right position almost seems a waste of time--but I suppose having models helps)

First off, I would your opinion on using poser to create characters. Do you think this is 'cheating'? Poser is not an easy program, it takes time and skill to position the characters. . .but is art?

I'm also looking for background suggestions. The book says they are on a tile floor. I believe it's white and rather plain looking tiles, which seems rather dull to me. I had though of maybe visualizing the flows of the OP around them. Any thoughts?

Also, I'm very open to criticism. Tell me what you think, and that goes for all three of the following pieces.

[Abraxas77]

Okay, well, I lied. There are only 2. I decided that the third one was total garbage, and not worth continuing (I got some practice with it, but I was using a watered down version of Corel Painter and it has a limited undo and no layers. . .I messed it up and now I can't get it back)

But the second one is of an angel. Started it purely by accident. I was playing around with different brushes and color modes when an angel just popped out at me. :) So I took it and started adding detail. I drew the body, and legs, and made a blank face.

I can't decide how I want to position the arms or what kind of expression to give her.

[Arawis]

in the elayne/aviendha pic, they look like dolls. its kinda funny :)

hmm......i think the angel would look good if her arms were just hanging at her sides like she was going up and her arms were being dragged, ya know what i mean? well anyways, then she should be looking up, but only a little, not straining her neck.

just my opinion

[Elin]

Hmm... maybe change the angel's dress a little bit? When I just looked quickly, she looked a bit like she was wearing a swimming suit...

[Mithrandir]

make both elayne and aviendha a bit less skinny they need some fat you can grab on to ;) and they are lookin not happy or crying of joy and they don't really look eatchother in the eye

[Arawis]

hmm....it DOES look like shes wearing a swimsuit

[Abraxas77]

okay, I decided how i want her arms, and I re-drew her. I'm going to have a sphere of light above her head that beams down to where she is looking (symbolizing angelic inspiration). I still need to work on her arms, legs and head, and a few minor changes to the dress (like the top).

[Arawis]

AHHHHHHH!!!!! :eek:

scary!

if she is going to be bathed in light why do you hae so much shadow?

[Abraxas77]

you'll see

[Arawis]

and why isnt her head attatched to her neck? :)

[Abraxas77]

because i'm not finished yet!

sheesh

wanna know something cool.....if hide the "clothes" layer her dress disappears. :eek:

[Arawis]

why must you have an answer for everything!!? :mad:

[nightfairy]

I think its coming along beautifully, 77.

[wendy]

come on 77 we're waiting for the finished products!!! :)

[Abraxas77]

finished products? ....... what are those? .....LOL.....products......hehe

Well, thanks to Mike *cheer4mike* (and Jacob too) for setting me up with a 'members gallery' the other day. Motivation freshly restored, I plan to work on my art and photography every day. I had a good start today. Hopefully, some finished pieces will dazzel you in the near future.

**notice how I abstain from refering to my art as 'product'. This capitalist society that surrounds me severly sours anything with product label**

*****For my fans. . .here's a list of projects in progress. . .and some I will begin soon*****

"First Sisters"
"Fighting the dark with fireballs"
"Healing Eyes"
"Silly Ogier"
"The Daughter of then Nine Moons, My Wife"
"Taint be Gone"

I just now came up with these titles, so they may change (especially the last one because ppl may expect an infomercial)

[Travis]

seriously.....with all the talkRJ does about breasts, i think he would be a little disappointed at what u have put on the table...lol ;)
But good tho, but yeah, i think Mithrandir said it, make the eyes meet!