My "Masterpiece" Orc Portrait

Well i think this is maybe the best work/sketch i've done so far... I will go on workin on it.



I'm not good at PS, but getting there, and this was the speed-coloring, even for me, i just wanted to see some color on it... anyways here the sketch:



and another portrait, which I think it came out well...



comments and crits welcome!!!

Pretty nice I'd say. Keep em coming!

Yaaay! Keep up the good work. Ummm.... for your orc portrait, are you thinking of keeping it mono chromatic? Or do you plan on shading with complementary colors and such?

ah..yes..the best youv done..but..it seems like a goblin or a baby orc...thats unless your were aiming for those.

ps, what did u use to colour it?

thx for the kind words...

Update.... not sure if im done...


@shadow_strike: Im not sure about what you mean by saying "monochromatic"?

This looks rather like a scamp from the TES series.

mh, no, im not inspired by TES, have never played it and never seen those creatures there, but yeah i think its somewhere betwee goblin and orc...
so i just did a few changes, nothin great but i'll end it here...

Add some brown, orange, yellow, lime green and dark green into the mix.

Get some reference from good artists you like or would like to emulate (to a certain point).

It's actually working better in the first version. That blue background is too saturated and throws us off. Saturation pulls things into the foreground, and you're confusing that relationship here.

Also, let's get more values on the body, darker darks and lighter lights. The sclera isn't often lighter than the lightest point on the skin. The veins in the eye don't do anything, and the orange forms a strange relationship with the blue and green. I'd have to agree with candy that browns and other warmer colors will harmonize the color scheme more.

The cast shadow on the ear is welcome, and I should say I like the hard edges and choppy shading on the first; adds more confidence than the softened shadows and highlights in the final.

Keep at it, and good work.

/blowshitoutmymouth

Ogre Crossing?! Holy Crap!