Handpainted demon character, Critique welcome/needed

KiwiHead

Made this character some time ago, just finished texturing
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[kaz]

Your black is a bit too dark for hand-painted work, you'll want to pull that up a few shades and possibly tint it with a hint of purple or blue (think: split compliments). That red cape is a bit too saturated, if you desaturate that a little and add some of that purple or blue into your shadows it's going to help a lot. Would also recommend adding a gradient up from the end of the cape, will make the movement more readable. Finally, I'd add some darker oranges (and possibly a bit of gradient) into the feet to help ground the character.

I hope that helps!

KiwiHead

Thanks for the suggestions @kaz yea the body was a bit tricky since the concept was pitch-black.. I will tweak it some more then, thanks for the tips

KiwiHead

Just updated the textures, I am still not 100% happy with how the body looks but at least now the forms read a bit better.. thanks for the help

Odow

You should post screenshot, texture map etc. sketchfab is awesome but let's be honest 75% of us are lazy hippopotamus we want to scroll down, also note sure sketchfab works on phone. Also don't just update the first post, can't see the difference between now and before.

I have trouble understanding why grey on yellow.

KiwiHead

Ok so I made thing beforeandafter thingy and fixed the greys on the skull

lotet

you should probably get a gradient map in there. a very important part of hand painted characters is to do "focus painting" (thats not a technical term, just what I call it).

Did a paintover to show you what I mean.
First I lowered the contrast on everything, then I added it back in places of detail, leaving the feet with low contract and the face with more contrast for example.
I also added a dark to light gradient from the feet to the head, and lowered the saturation in places where you dont want focus.

If you look at the black n white version its a lot clearer, you want to guide the viewer with detail and color. hand painted stuff usually has a lot less contrast then you think.
you have a lot of great detail in there, but dont forget the big shapes

pigart

Your darks are very black. Make your dark areas more blueish/purpleish. Pay attention to what lotet said. Doing something as simple as making your characters limbs darker and chest/face area brighter can help a lot.

3dshay

I think the red part need higher resolution texture , it looks a bit blurry . keep it up!

KiwiHead

@lotet you are awesome dude, thanks for the paintover-explanation! tweaked him a bit more

lotet

Looks a lot better now!
I feel the feet are still a bit distracting, being one of the biggest brightest part of the character, I tried to solve it by desaturate and darken them in my PO, you dont have to do it that way, but I would definitely take some time in figuring it out.
maybe change the color?

KiwiHead

I will leave it for now as I need to rework lots of other assets (building my first portfolio is a lengthy process...) Lit him up a bit more for the presentation sheet, liked how it looked it reminds me of some old Yu-Gi-Oh! card look idk I like it

crits and tips still welcome! thanks again for the help