Criticism? Yes please! Proportions are NOT my strong suit. I TRY hard, but there's things I miss. Therefore I appreciate this sort of feedback, especially when it's something that can be corrected.
The arm issue - yeah, it's more of a problem precisely because I moved Terr's pants lines up in an earlier iteration of the sketch, after it was pointed out he was almost flying the flag at half-mast.
Solutions? There are some - I can shorten the arm on the ink layer; simply slice the ink layer lines and move them upwards at a few points (mainly, I'd do above and below the elbow separately), then erase any troublesome overlap.
That refit should let me shift at least the ball joint of his heavy grasper in line with his underbelly turret mounting. That would still be a long armature, but more acceptable. Within 'normal' bounds.
(now you understand why I get really loopy with metaphor when describing anatomy; if I had to describe things in relation to crotch and hand placement...)
Anyway. Easy to do at this stage; photoshop the ink layer, as I said, then erase and redo the colours beneath.
Better that this was caught now rather than before shading/highlighting; if it'd proceeded that far I'd probably say 'to hell with it', because redoing shades/highlights would be a much bigger pain in the ass. But I can address this now.
The width of the arm is intentional, however; it is supposed to appear massive. I make no apologies for that...the length ratio is a different thing. I'll see what can be done, it should be a relatively easy fix.
EDIT: DarkSeraph, if you're using a Wacom and not achieving good results yet - don't worry, it takes some getting used to if you're new to tablets. My first attempts were pretty poor - the second image is better, but you can tell that the lines are very rough and uneven. I ended up overcompensating with very very thick lines, and ruined my first nib with way too much pressure before I really got the hang of things. You need to find the right touch on the tablet for you, and the ideal brush setting that works for your style.
-- Acyl
The arm issue - yeah, it's more of a problem precisely because I moved Terr's pants lines up in an earlier iteration of the sketch, after it was pointed out he was almost flying the flag at half-mast.
Solutions? There are some - I can shorten the arm on the ink layer; simply slice the ink layer lines and move them upwards at a few points (mainly, I'd do above and below the elbow separately), then erase any troublesome overlap.
That refit should let me shift at least the ball joint of his heavy grasper in line with his underbelly turret mounting. That would still be a long armature, but more acceptable. Within 'normal' bounds.
(now you understand why I get really loopy with metaphor when describing anatomy; if I had to describe things in relation to crotch and hand placement...)
Anyway. Easy to do at this stage; photoshop the ink layer, as I said, then erase and redo the colours beneath.
Better that this was caught now rather than before shading/highlighting; if it'd proceeded that far I'd probably say 'to hell with it', because redoing shades/highlights would be a much bigger pain in the ass. But I can address this now.
The width of the arm is intentional, however; it is supposed to appear massive. I make no apologies for that...the length ratio is a different thing. I'll see what can be done, it should be a relatively easy fix.
EDIT: DarkSeraph, if you're using a Wacom and not achieving good results yet - don't worry, it takes some getting used to if you're new to tablets. My first attempts were pretty poor - the second image is better, but you can tell that the lines are very rough and uneven. I ended up overcompensating with very very thick lines, and ruined my first nib with way too much pressure before I really got the hang of things. You need to find the right touch on the tablet for you, and the ideal brush setting that works for your style.
-- Acyl