JDexter opened this issue on Feb 20, 2002 ยท 14 posts
Strangechilde posted Wed, 20 February 2002 at 7:37 PM
I like this image a lot, and I love the colourationthe grey-blue eyes with the pale skin and brown hair, against the rust of the cage and the rustish floora very nice composition. One thing is bothering me the angle of the arm holding the bars. It seems too 'up'. The man is emaciated, obviously weak, yet the grip seems assertively powerful. I guess what I'm imagining is a raising of the shoulder up-down (brings the collarbone up) and a lowering of the elbow, might have to tweak the trunk a bit to the side subtly, as if he were leaning on his grip on the bar, as if half his weight were hanging by that hand, rather than just that hand gripping the bar so firmly. It would lend a bit of heaviness. But that's just what I might do; If that's not what you would please ignore my phantom gibberings. For they keyperhaps in postwork, you might do a very small lens flare effect in a separate layer, and turn the opacity down to about 12%? Might be enough to bring attention to the key as it was in your first posting, without compomising the wonderful shadow work you've done since then. Great work! I hope to see more!