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That's all I can think of for now
Feel free to blast some criticism on my pieces too...I would appreciate it
I would be happy to give crits, do you have a particular painting in mind?
As far as crits for me... it's up to you really. I always appreciate a good crit. Perhaps on one of my last 6 or 7 pieces that aren't studies? Any of them would do. Your choice.
The only sort of movement is in the Mercenary pulling the chain. He dominates the picture because he has the only colors that stand out from the off-white of the rest of the picture.
The Giant unfortunately is so close in color to the floor of the forest that he blends in, even though his form extends from the top to the bottom of the page. The only way I can see this being brought to its full potential is to bring the Giant forward in focus so it looks like the Mercenary is actually kneeling on something. This could be done with a combination of:
-giving the Giant some more color, such as tinted purple.
-Perhaps give the Giant another wound, on the head or along the back, and the blood can better help to outline his figure.
-Another way could be to darken and/or color the forest floor to make it different from the Giant so he stands out better.
What you have done well in this picture is the composition, capturing the Mercenary's and Giant's figure; the texture of the leaves on the ground and the figures feels very gritty and realistic. I just love the giants hand's.
I urge you to try and rectify the problems. It's already good, but it could be GREAT.
Since you asked for critiques:
...The giant's skin color (and texture) is too close to the color of the ground. The overall effect is as if the entire image is actually in stone relief (with the exception of the figures, which seem in strange perspective).
There appears to be a hard light coming from the right, but there is little ore no evidence of deep cast shadows on the left of forms. Consider his right foot, for example. We see the form shadow in the cup of his foot, and it's quite dark! ...But where's the cast shadow of the foot? The ground to the left of the foot is slightly darkened... but only a few levels. It's inconsistent with the form shadow.
The giant's expression is... okay (I would prefer the eyes be more squinted), but isn't looking anywhere significant. ...We get the sense he's "thinking about" the man on his back, but can't see him, and isn't straining quite hard enough to see him, so his attention seems a little lost. The spear in the upper-right seems a decent focal point: could he be staring down that particular mercenary?
There also seems to be a lack of muscular tension, which I think the scene could really use. I like the main merc's left hand: it's tense. But that's the only *real* tension I see in the image: his face is slightly squinted, but I'd like to see that exaggerated, his neck stretching, his back arched, the giants hands pulling away from his back from the force. ...The giant's right foot could be on his toes, fighting against being pinned. The giant's neck could be thrown back and twisted more. The hand on the spear in the upper-right seems down-right relaxed: it should be tense and white-knuckled with fear...
Again, though, amazing details in the image, and I love the overall color scheme and the rim-lighting, as well as the contrast between areas you've developed and those you've left more blurred.