Cyclops attempt number two - improvement is made through practice.
After my feedback session last friday, it was safe to say that I was a little bit overwhelmed. Nothing is more fragile than the ego of an artist and I felt a little crushed after hearing that it was best I start all over again. But being melodramatic aside, I asked one of my tutors for some 1 on 1 help before I left on Friday to set me off on the right foot this time around.
This couldn't have been a better decision, every time I ask for help from my tutors I'm always crushingly mortified at how bad I am and then have an epiphany over something they teach me and am excited about how to improve!
So after sitting down with him we ran through how to study anatomy properly and my tutor brought up several images of heavy weight lifters and body builders to show the type of body I was aiming to create, one that was muscular but with that layer of fat over the muscle to add a stocky yet strong appearance.
This is what my PureRef document looked like after the talk and it is night and day in comparison to the way that it looked before, the images in the bottom area were all I had before but he made it a note to tell me that while inspiration images are fine, you need to ahve reference images for all of the materials that you're creating as well.
After this conversation, my to do list was this:
- Spend a few days focusing purely on anatomy
- Lower the arms from a T pose to a more natural pose with the arms out to the side
- Figure out exactly what materials I wanted to use for his clothing
- Remove one shoulder pad to have only one to make more interest
- Potentially photo bash a new concept image to help with putting the vision of the new model in my mind
- Make the crab claw much MUCH bigger to look as menacing as it should.
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