Great job Nathan! This conceptual portrait is very successful at evoking a sense of malevolence. The drawing is solid and the Pope/Nazi integration is well done.
I do have a couple suggestions to push this further. First, bounce your colors around a bit more. Example, his shirt collar is a pretty saturated red...so it would make sense to see it reflected on his chin/neck area. Remember light bounces around like crazy, so things don't necessarily live in isolation, objects tend to relate and affect each other. Also, the curtain in the back is bothering me a bit, mostly as the way it is designed into the composition. It appears to be an afterthought. Try to think of a way that the design and flow of the curtain could evoke even more power out of the image. How interesting is the negative space between the curtain and the figure? Does it lead your eye or activate the space well?
Great job Nathan! This conceptual portrait is very successful at evoking a sense of malevolence. The drawing is solid and the Pope/Nazi integration is well done.
ReplyDeleteI do have a couple suggestions to push this further. First, bounce your colors around a bit more. Example, his shirt collar is a pretty saturated red...so it would make sense to see it reflected on his chin/neck area. Remember light bounces around like crazy, so things don't necessarily live in isolation, objects tend to relate and affect each other. Also, the curtain in the back is bothering me a bit, mostly as the way it is designed into the composition. It appears to be an afterthought. Try to think of a way that the design and flow of the curtain could evoke even more power out of the image. How interesting is the negative space between the curtain and the figure? Does it lead your eye or activate the space well?