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Tyran's Roar

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This is a concept character I came up with. Some kind of lizard man. The background looks tacked on, I might rework it eventually. Critique welcomed.

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:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

I think the thing that stands out most in this picture is the background. The leaves and grass and stuff is well done and I also love the trunks (I believe?) that the character is standing on. The volcano isn't too bad either, although the lava could use a bit of work with some highlights and perhaps a bit more fiery activity going on. In a sense the volcano kind of looks like it's only metres behind the character, making it look very small. A bit of perspective analysis could fix this.

The character has an interesting design, although I think there was more emphasis on the texture (which looks more like ice) than there was on shading. It's kind of like that texturing style that's used in some cartoons you might see these days such as that Delta show that I don't quite remember the name of. I don't particularly like that way of texturing. If you haven't already, if you're using textures be sure to use the Warp tool in Photoshop to help give the texture a bit of a 3D look, so you can wrap it around the tail and the rest of the body and make it really stand out. To see what I mean, reference the first Acid picture in my gallery and take a look at her suit and see how I wrapped it around her body.

The other thing that could be worked on with the character is the arms/hands and the armour. The shading looks completely lacklustre compared to the rest of the picture. The design is good, but some more emphasis should be placed on these parts. Give it more of a shine, since it looks like shiny material, as it currently looks like flat plastic or possibly a more unrelated type of material.

So basically, shading and perspective. That's what needs to be worked on in this picture. And the texture, if you want to take that into consideration. The rest of it is well done.

(On another note though maybe pop in a few clouds or something in the sky so it doesn't look as basic, but it's still nice.)