[Ice Blade]

*de-lurks* I never post here because everyone else is soooo amazing. I've been hacking around with Photoshop for a long time, but... I figure I'll never get anywhere if I don't ask for help, I guess.

Anyhow. I've been working on coloring a sketch the last few days, but I've been baffled on how to go about coloring a pesky wing. Any tips on coloring wings would be especially appreciated! But then, so would any comments or criticisms or suggestions on anything else. Like, say, clothes. Or coloring technique.

The in-progress version is here (copy and paste): http://www.geocities.com/sailorlightwind/art/angel2-wip.jpg

Be brutal!
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[Ice Blade]

5 days, 125 page views, and no comments?

Is it really that bad? ...Or just very unremarkable?
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[Drew]

At this point, it's merely unremarkable. It's a nice start, but it's really hard to read because of the extremely dark background blending with his dark clothes and wings. In addition, your light source is very inconsistant. Every body part seems to have a different light hitting it. The anatomy of the toes is off, as well.

The technique you're using for shading seems to be working for you. Reference will be a huge help to you at this point, though you should have been using it already. In order to pull this one off you need to make the pose more readable (I suggest changing the background color), make the lighting consistant (you will probably have to redo or heavily modify most of what you have), and fix the anatomy problems. After that, you should have a decent little piece of work. Keep at it!