this is a very confusing image to look at. The scene is obviously meant to have depth but none of that is portrayed. The lighting seems like its all over the place. And the composition is questionable in general, for a 3d image everything sure feels flat.
yeah it's pretty hard to tell what's going on in the image. you've got some nice details though. I suggest pushing the objects in the background by lightening them up a bit. also play around with the lighting a bit.
the actual elements you have going on in the background don't seem to be too bad. I think the problem at the moment is more a sense of distance, it currently looks like all the background elements are along a single place of distance, like a wall behind the barbarian (apart from the very top right of the image were you actually havesome nice distance effects going). have a play with a few different ways of laying out those background elements, and you can also have a look at some different lighting sset ups, and maybe depth of field techniques etc in post to give a sense of depth and scale
good luck
Thanks for the critiques, here are some quick shots of everything in my scene. I plan on relighting everything and playing with the camera angles some more.
I don't want to sound like a jerk, but your presentation skills need some serious work. I've seen black backgrounds work when the lighting is phenomenal, but I'd suggest doing a 3 point setup and an off-black background. Don't try to hide details in your prop sheets.
I'm not sure what your focus is as an artist, but you sculpting is really rough on that bust. The creases in his skin really stand out as being overly deep. The proportions aren't too bad, but I'd spend some more time getting nice clean edges and such.
The background isn't reading well at all. It looks as though there is a waterfall attacking that tower. Where are your light sources?? If there were only a few small holes seeping lighting into this cave (presumably), then it'd be too dark in to discern anything. The fact that you just have one noisy rock texture isn't really helping either.
As far as the composition, it looks like the barbarian stopped to get a quick snapshot from a local demon. He is just occluding the background, without logical purpose for being there.
Keep slugging at this. You are doing some things well, but your weaknesses are really holding this down.
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good luck
I'm not sure what your focus is as an artist, but you sculpting is really rough on that bust. The creases in his skin really stand out as being overly deep. The proportions aren't too bad, but I'd spend some more time getting nice clean edges and such.
The background isn't reading well at all. It looks as though there is a waterfall attacking that tower. Where are your light sources?? If there were only a few small holes seeping lighting into this cave (presumably), then it'd be too dark in to discern anything. The fact that you just have one noisy rock texture isn't really helping either.
As far as the composition, it looks like the barbarian stopped to get a quick snapshot from a local demon. He is just occluding the background, without logical purpose for being there.
Keep slugging at this. You are doing some things well, but your weaknesses are really holding this down.