A Cavewoman Zombie!? Poor thing...she's been around a LOOOONG time. It's very, very gross seeing her limbs peering out from her chest and arm. And that is what really makes this drawing work. The forearm structure holding the staff feels more like it's melting then foreshortened. For the sake of a Zombie drawing, you might be able to get away with that! You Love the costuming and the tie up the center of the chest. (So disgusting but great) It might have been nice to push the facial expression into more of a grimace or something. Hands and feet could use a wee bit more attention too but overall, nice drawing.
Well I think that your zombie could be much stronger by adding some sort of background element. Right now it has an unfinished feeling to it. Also the rendering of the fabric around the waist and the anatomy of the legs and feet can be tightened up a bit.
If you like, a little blood along the rips and tearing of the skin can push the zombie theme even more. If you really want to gross them out, put blood drips on the ground, the skull on the sheild or on the spear. If you add blood to the spear,add some guts and organs.
I would not want to meet this woman at any point. She frightens me.
I agree with the points that have been mentioned before I got here. The arm holding the staff looks a bit off. Also, the staff seems to have some really intense razor sharp ninja blades on it. I think that stands out because everything else she has is very rustic and "cave-woman-like." Maybe change those to rough hewn stone blades and you would be in business.
Overall, good work. Nice idea. Good colors. I really like the skull accessories, and the lace up chest... (barf!)
This reminds me of my many days just sitting and putting characters designs to a page. Fun times. To make this feel more like a completed illustration, I would add some type of ground...just to establish the fact she's not floating in space. Also perhaps, if you don't wish to deal with a background, when giving a background color or texture, sketch in just some silhouetted shapes blended in to indicate where she's at. Is she in a graveyard? City? Forest? Just don't forget composition! Lead your eye back to the central character. Good character design, regardless!
Amazon zombies? Why hasn't anyone done this yet? That would be an awesome move! I like her stitched up chest cavity, it is a nice touch. She's scary enough as a zombie, a zombie with weapons are even worse! Is she going to attack the other pageant members? Eek! For notes, the hand holding the spear is getting a little lost with with the skin and fabric around the spear. Maybe having a color assigned to skin, different colors assigned to bone and cloth will help. The space between them helps, so just changing their colors will help it read.
Great idea! Reminds me of that movie Jason and the Argonuts for some reason...where he fights an army of stop motion skeletons.
I like the shield, the hair, the staff, and the color combinations work for me too.
People have covered the basic issues here already, but I would have liked to have seen more care taken with the pose and the believability of the fabric, since it is the main focus of the image. I don't know if you had someone pose or not, but it seems a bit stiff and uncomfortable.
Some kind of background, even a minimal one would have added a great deal to this image. Also, adding some texture, perhaps to her outfit would have added some extra interest as well.
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A Cavewoman Zombie!? Poor thing...she's been around a LOOOONG time. It's very, very gross seeing her limbs peering out from her chest and arm. And that is what really makes this drawing work. The forearm structure holding the staff feels more like it's melting then foreshortened. For the sake of a Zombie drawing, you might be able to get away with that! You Love the costuming and the tie up the center of the chest. (So disgusting but great) It might have been nice to push the facial expression into more of a grimace or something. Hands and feet could use a wee bit more attention too but overall, nice drawing.
Hello Crhistina,
Well I think that your zombie could be much stronger by adding some sort of background element. Right now it has an unfinished feeling to it. Also the rendering of the fabric around the waist and the anatomy of the legs and feet can be tightened up a bit.
If you like, a little blood along the rips and tearing of the skin can push the zombie theme even more. If you really want to gross them out, put blood drips on the ground, the skull on the sheild or on the spear. If you add blood to the spear,add some guts and organs.
I would not want to meet this woman at any point. She frightens me.
I agree with the points that have been mentioned before I got here. The arm holding the staff looks a bit off. Also, the staff seems to have some really intense razor sharp ninja blades on it. I think that stands out because everything else she has is very rustic and "cave-woman-like." Maybe change those to rough hewn stone blades and you would be in business.
Overall, good work. Nice idea. Good colors. I really like the skull accessories, and the lace up chest... (barf!)
Very delicate. I like the subtle twist in the body.
-Tracy
This reminds me of my many days just sitting and putting characters designs to a page. Fun times.
To make this feel more like a completed illustration, I would add some type of ground...just to establish the fact she's not floating in space. Also perhaps, if you don't wish to deal with a background, when giving a background color or texture, sketch in just some silhouetted shapes blended in to indicate where she's at. Is she in a graveyard? City? Forest? Just don't forget composition! Lead your eye back to the central character.
Good character design, regardless!
-Kellee
Amazon zombies? Why hasn't anyone done this yet? That would be an awesome move!
I like her stitched up chest cavity, it is a nice touch. She's scary enough as a zombie, a zombie with weapons are even worse! Is she going to attack the other pageant members? Eek!
For notes, the hand holding the spear is getting a little lost with with the skin and fabric around the spear. Maybe having a color assigned to skin, different colors assigned to bone and cloth will help. The space between them helps, so just changing their colors will help it read.
Great idea! Reminds me of that movie Jason and the Argonuts for some reason...where he fights an army of stop motion skeletons.
I like the shield, the hair, the staff, and the color combinations work for me too.
People have covered the basic issues here already, but I would have liked to have seen more care taken with the pose and the believability of the fabric, since it is the main focus of the image. I don't know if you had someone pose or not, but it seems a bit stiff and uncomfortable.
Some kind of background, even a minimal one would have added a great deal to this image. Also, adding some texture, perhaps to her outfit would have added some extra interest as well.
-Jenny
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