Gnome By Elainiel

[Hemske]

This is a gnome warrior, guess we could call it fan art from wow, but actually it is made for a friend of mine. He has written a short book, and this is supposed to be the front page illustration. (Don't worry, it is no worldwide release, he would have gotten a better artist then me if that was the case D: )

Anyway, I'd love to get some critique on this piece of art.

I would be delighted if anyone know how I can get rid of those ugly black lines within the red circles on the second image. The piece inside the green circle is how I want it, but stupid as i may be sometimes, I forgot to use a different layer inside the red circles for the black lines. (inside the green I've first drawn black lines, to have some origin of the shading, and then lowered the opacity of them). But inside the red lines it is on the same layer as the art itself, so if I lower the opacity, the whole arms dissapear.
Anyone know how I could fix this?

Thanks for your time.

 

[Hemske]

Bumpey.
60 views and no opinion? Come on. I need critique. What can be better, what can be improved, what is bad, what is good.
Be as harsh as you'd like to be.

 

[warhog]

to get rid of the black lines just paint it over with the brown colors on the arms/grey for the hand. simple is good

He looks very cartoony, dont know if it's meant or not but yeah
his right shoulderpad (his view) looks very good but stands out too much from the rest

 

[NFWar]

Why his body armor looks familiar to me?

You need to fix mouth and nose. He is flat, try to give em some valume.

 

[-Berz-]

Looks good so far, but its way to flat if you know what I mean.

 

[naga]

Hmm i think he is good just little improvment will make him GREAT! so i give 4/5 for now

 

[RedClaw]

hmm its awosme but still needs some gnomish staf 4/5

 

[Dr. House]

Looks very nice but i think it would be more cool if you made one in battle stand position

 

[Hemske]

Ahh, lots of comments, lovely. Thanks everyone

@Warhog, yeah he is supposed to look quite cartoony. I could just paint over, but the shadings/color differs a lot in those spots, and in that case I would need to paint it all over again, so if there was any other way it would be good

@NfWar, haha, well, You should find it familiar yeah, I can see that. Thanks.

@Berz, Thanks, means a lot And yeah, I see your point.

@naga, such as?

@Eternalwow, such as?

@Dr.House, thanks a lot Well, I am not so good with poses yet.

 

[naga]

ok here

First the Teeth
Second The Legs

+rep if i helped you

 

[-Berz-]

naga, asking for rep is pathetic and not allowed by rules. *off-topic

 

[Devine]

naga, asking for rep is pathetic and not allowed by rules. *off-topic

Really now?
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I think you used burn and dodge. Don't do that.
The armor looks somewhat better than the rest of the drawing but it really clashes with the cartoony style of the rest.

The hair is wtf, so are the goggles and the face.
Odd lighting. Little to no detail on those parts.

The shading on bigger elements is really lacking. If it even exists, I'm not sure :3

About the lines, I can only suggest you paint over it. Just go over the lines with your base color (on the main layer) with about 60% transperancy and touch it up with a new layer.

+rep if I helped or if you think berzerker is a repwhore himself.

 

[-Berz-]

Reputation "whoring" is strictly forbidden across the entire site.
This includes but is not limited to:

* Asking for reputation in a post, resource description, signature, etc

And yes I'm the biggest/ultra/superb whore now, happy?

 

[Hemske]

Devine, well, thanks for such sincere and honest review. I see more flaws now that you pointed things out.

 

[Devine]

Devine, well, thanks for such sincere and honest review. I see more flaws now that you pointed things out.

Sorry if it was a bit harsh. Your painting would look a lot better by just reworking the hair and the face. Maybe by adding some more shading on the bigger shapes.
It doesn't look bad at all. Should have said that too in my last post.

And yes I'm the biggest/ultra/superb whore now, happy?

I wasn't saying it was against the rules. What I ment was that it was ironic how you told him that.

Also, you didn't rep me, even though you agreed.

 

[Hemske]

Sorry if it was a bit harsh. Your painting would look a lot better by just reworking the hair and the face. Maybe by adding some more shading on the bigger shapes.
It doesn't look bad at all. Should have said that too in my last post.

Oh well, My comment sounded more depressed than it was supposed to, It was positive, not negative actually.

Thanks.

 

[naga]

Hmm elaniel did you saw my suggestions?????