SOMA II: Despair (draped) by kobaltkween
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hello, and thanks for viewing. i appreciate any and all comments. thanks to helpful comments so far, i changed the curves on the past two images. while they're not lighter overall, they're higher contrast and lighter in the light areas. i would post them, but i don't seem to be able to upload the changes.
i'm posting this for purely educational purposes. after the relative success of the painted drapery on the first in the SOMA series, i thought i could keep doing it. well, someone else could, but not me. i really have a hard time making a nude, working on skin, pose and lighting, and imagining the figure clothed instead of nude or vice versa.
i've posted a lot of critiques on other's works, so here's a one on my own. please feel free to comment and critique on this yourself; i'll definitely appreciate it.
so my first critique is that it's pointless. it doesn't compliment her pose, her shape, the scene, nada. it looks about like what it is, something to keep her from being nude.
how did i get in that predicament? i liked the light on her skin. i didn't want to lose her back, belly, or knees. but i also wanted to keep it simple. i didn't want the fantasy bikini. i have nothing against that look, it just wasn't what i wanted here.
i tried lots of different options, no shapes worked for me. i should have sacrificed more of the skin, and put the composition first. i probably should have tried something hanging from the arm. i never got a great image in my head, though, so i'm not sure if anything would have worked. i went with what i thought might be OK and was wrong.
the second biggie is not matching the light. i tried darker and lighter, but never matched the scene well enough. i should have spent more time looking at light on cloth. and i should have spent more time shading it so it actually seemed to wrap her body instead of laying on top of the image.
the third is that it detracts from the figure. this is different than above, because the other is just awkward. the cloth is the highest contrast item, and the most eye-catching. any clothing should have shared more hues and values with the background. right now it's the primary actor, and its performance is terrible.
so the synopsis is that i should have thought clothing through _before_ i started rendering. trying to let go of what i've already made is often a losing battle.
Comments (23)
dphoadley
Man, you are truly a virtuoso with Poser!! You go from strength to strength! This is fantastic! Frankly, I see nothing that needs a critique, and so will end my fulsome praise by saying: DO keep it coming! DPH
bantha
Hard to add something to your critique. The image works well with a nude figure, finding some clothes which keeps the strong expression is difficult at best. The lighting in your scene is very dark, which makes finding the right color for the clothing challenging too. The expression on the nude image is great, this looks more like a wrapped present. The nude image shows what you want to express.
sim3344
Excellent artwork!!!
marcopolinski
a powerful piece ... love the lighting and pose!
Chippsyann
"Well now; I don't have anything else to add" Aside from the wrap the image looks fine. Your own critique was very thorough. (Maybe you should take a break from this image; and let your head clear out) "You may be pushing yourself to hard for this one"
bogart137
My first impression was that of thinking it was a painting. And, have you wanted or not, it looks great. Now, I do had a problem trying to determine what was her expression; took me some time to realize that she was hiding her face with her left arm. And I think it´s because of the lighting scheme you´ve chosen here. This leads me to think that what you have here is a problem with your own point of view. Or the lack of it. I mean, is this image related to clothing, or skin textures, or about being nude or not? Or is it about a human feeling on a very particular situation? Once you´ve clarified yourself regarding this, you´d be in the position of setting the right elements to guide viewers in the direction that is needed. I´m sure that finally you´ll feel more comfortable with this extraordinary and powerful image.
lyron
Very cool work!!!
ledwolorz
Wonderful artwork.
timtripp
marvelous image!! IMHO the clothing helps
lwperkins
A couple of things that might help is first, I think you have to rename files to replace ones currently up..so imagespiffy would have to be replaced by imagespiffy1, or the server gets confused. It helps me keep track of updated versions, too;-) Second, if you are painting drapery on a second layer, try making the drapery transparent..it doesn't help with the nudity tag, but it can look awesome and keep the underlying shapes of the body intact. Third, she doesn't need clothes;-) Perfection needs no ornament, and prudity needs no catering;-)) And thank you for sharing your art!
loligagger
Great work,but I like the nude much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
delaorden_ojeda
Really superb, excelent piece of artwork ! , great skins tones, atmosphere and lighting, looks great, bravo !
gizmee
This looks interesting, but nude one was maybe better...excellent work anyway!! :)
Igolochka
Great, great work, I like the pose, very impressive and the lightning is fantastic!
ragouc
Very good pose and render. Great postwork.
drifterlee
Fantastic cloth work!
alltheoriginalnames
Nice work with the pose and lighting, pretty good painting skills as well
SIGMAWORLD
Good work.
e-brink
Excellent lighting! A nicely presented image.
calum5
Thats absolutley beautifully lit,really makes the gaze much more deep.Marvelous work,a pleasure to look at:)bye cal
Kimberly.3D
Wow gorgeous...even with the dark lighting. I wish I could see more of the facial expression. With the drapery layer, you could always make it slightly transparent too which makes it seem real. It's a lovely and emotional scene.
Deane
Nice work on the pose and lighting. Another well presented figure study!
louly
I don't know which one I prefer but the cloth works for me, maybe because I can't paint cloth... yet ;) I really like the light and her body :)