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Published: 2013-01-06 02:57:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 748; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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Three things about thisOne: I've been putting off my art work and since I'm on a sick day and need to relax and take my mind off things this seemed to work.
Two: First time doing any real paint techniques, do love the background and jet streams. What do you guys think?
Three: Seems like a good place to start for looking at con work maybe. So honestly would you buy a print like this for $5?
edit: most people express for a brighter or cleaner version, which is good :3
ANYWAY HEROES OF OLYMPUS, Jason Grace enjoying a fly.
Jason Grace (c) Rick Riordan
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i hate jason SO much >.< but this drawing is really good! enjoy the fly, Jason XD
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that's a fair call XD I also gotta get my Leo animation done and do the Percy version of this pic.
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I think it's really cool! I'd buy it for $5 ... I think, If I had any money that is... or dollars. I' not sure how much $5 is it terms of pounds ...
I agree with you on the background. It's simplicity makes Jason stand out, and you've really captured how the clothes would be blown back and creased. To see it with more colour contrast would be good, but it's amazing anyway.
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Yeah I need to try and work in brighter colours to make him pop more.
AU$5 is about 3 pounds.
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Well, now I'm imagining Jason Grace actually popping.
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Since I've been at a table before, here's some pointers:
- Your anatomy is quite good, so that's fine.
- In terms of selling artwork, I think something like this would just need to be a bit cleaner, like you said, with a bit more polished line work [you can still keep some of the sketchiness, since that gives it energy, but something bit more seamless and neat]
- I think what this work is asking for is some shading love. Making good use of contrast and a definitive lighting source would really boost the appeal. A few more details on the clothes [i.e. more relevant folds, maybe a seam line or two] would also give it a lift.
- The same goes for a background - just a bit more detail/texture, even if it is just sky - maybe clouds with motion blur?
So basically, it's just technique and skill that needs refining in some areas. Areas like anatomy and the 'life' behind drawings you seem pretty confident in, so that's great! For $5, you don't have to go insanely detailed, but give them something that'll be nice and eye-catching and seem like a good pick-up for $5. I sold my A4 prints for $8, and they went okay, but they were very detailed - even at that skill I didn't have raging sales, but I did do decently for my first time.
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so to save yourself all the information I already knew could of said.... cleaner version? Like I have in the artist comment? lol
I hope my anatomy is "quite fine", I animate a lot 
Enlarge for shading. I keep it extremely subtle at the best of times (I did have trouble seeing the shading on the shirt while shading changing hues over darker version of colour may of made it harder to see), to me a lot of your art overkills on the shadow.
I don't go overboard with backgrounds cause I don't really like doing them. Simplistic backgrounds don't take undue focus from the main picture, being the action post of said character. It also helps gauge to avoid colour drown out (for example my beauty and beast wild west one character colour blends too much into my backgrounds). Next time I may for more texture of some kind but I was more focused on making the jet streams visible.
as for technique and skill
line art and proper colour: [link]
sketchy line art: [link]
thanks for the input
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