Avengia opened this issue on Jan 11, 2004 ยท 28 posts
randym77 posted Sun, 11 January 2004 at 3:46 PM
First, don't put too much stock in what other people think. Some of the best artists here, IMO, don't get a lot of comments. Your postwork is lovely. I'm very jealous of the way you do hair. And I don't think you have to buy expensive textures or clothing to make good art. One thing you might want to work on is your composition. Principles of composition haven't changed in centuries, so you can pick up an old art book for really cheap, or borrow one from the library, and it will still be current. You've got a good eye, but I think many of your images would be more compelling if they were slightly less symmetrical. Composition theory will go on and on about the "golden ratio" and Fibonacci series and whatnot, but what it boils down to is that pictures frequently look more interesting if the subject is roughly one-third from the edge rather than right in the middle. Often, just the way you crop the image can make a big difference. Also, keep "negative space" in mind. Don't be afraid to leave empty space around your subject. Experiment! That's one thing I love about Poser. We can try angles that would be very difficult for painters or even photographers. And our models never complain. :-)