Hi all. 

hi karolina, this is a really nice design, i like the clothing, i think there are a few issues with her anatomy though as you say. Her legs look much too long, her thigh to knee length looks wrong, and they also look too bulky, if you look at her head and shoulders they are quite wide compared to them.

also have a look at her hand, i think you are trying to portray her gauntlet closer, but it its just looking bigger.

you can easily fix these though, a little lassoing & scaling will be fine.

looking forward to the update.  

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hi Kaz, this is update. I have followed your advice. Looks much correct now:) thank you:) 

oh, I have planned to do gauntlet bigger:)

much more in proportion Karolina! and so quick! great work. I think the gauntlet will work bigger too, are you planning a background? I love her sword! 

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The sword cost me a lot of work... :):) but is ready now. I am planning a background. something simple. I have few ideas. You will see when it will be ready. 

her hips may need to be wider.  it looks very vertically elongated. you can try drawing a triangle in the crotch area to see where her hip starts and her thighs begin.  her chest is also vertically elongated.  you can try drawing a rib cage as a guideline.  Nice work with the face, though.

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basill:

I try work hard to create more realistic look. You know my work, is it any progress?

definitely progressing, it's much more refined, as d-art has said the face is lovely, i think a close up portrait would really help you too Karolina, it definitely helped me, you can get much more detailed with the bone structure & skin tones. The more you do the more you'll learn from each painting. Coming on really well.  

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Hmmm....I think you probably realize this already, but you definately need to work on your anatomy. Both of her legs have the calf muscle extending well beyond the knee. While her arms seem more in proportion I think if you were to bend her right arm down it would in fact be too long though it is a bit difficult to say for certain due to the shirt fabric billowing out.
 
I think it would benefit from a much stronger light source with corresponding shadows.

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so, like d-art said, a bit more hips and butt, the torso itself is a bit to long, and well, you'll need to take in consideration her left leg's muscle according to it's angle, since it's not the same as her other leg.

now about that neck, muscles and tendons really don't show unless you're doing some freak disembodiment yoga posture really, so aside from the clavicules, you really should see that much detail there or it will make her look under nourished or heavily muscled....but of the neck only xD

 and let's demistefy something about cleavage shall we, the boobie line thing? It takes some C and up to do with a good pushup bras or b and under with plenty of cushioning, either way, her colar would need to go down a bit for it to show to. I personnally thing she looks nicer with out, it brings out the warrior side of her rather then the sexy beast.

 and hair volume now! she seems to have plenty of it, so if you want it to look good, have some curve in the hair line, so that the hair look like it's pushing up rather then it's floating above the hair line.

 

anyway, a picture is worth a thousand word right? ^^

I think it's going to end up looking really nice, you've got a nice character design there, I like her looks. Keep it up :)

 

edit; I forgot! Sword hilts (is that what it's called) are accually perplexely long, her's look like a two hand...so you want to make sure there's enough room for two hands.

 

edit edit: and I'm sorry if I ever let slipped some french words or words that don't exist, I don't know my anatomy and body parts very well in english.

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thank you for all your help. It is difficult for me to see my mistakes when I am looking  on my paintings all the time. I need someone with fresh and more experienced look:) someone like you.

I will try to fix all this as soon as possible.

Thanks for advice and kind words:) 

Hi Basill!

I know what you mean - looking at your own work for such a long time makes it harder for you to point out your own mistakes. I don't know if you've tried this or not - but try mirroring your image to get a fresh perspective every once in a while. :)

The others have pointed out fairly obvious points - but I think someone missed two critical pointers that may help you out.

1. Shoulders are always two heads wide. I think the elongation comes from the head and neck being in perspective, but the shoulders are narrow. This would bring out the hips a little, as a woman's hips are fairly wide - they should be shoulder width apart or a hair wider. :) Also, you might want to bring her shoulders down - she seems exceptinally tense in her body language. I don't know if that is what you wanted to come across or not.

2. The hand's length is the length of the face from chin to hairline, generally speaking. She may be a swordsman but she still has femininity - so try to express that in her hands. I think that you over exaggerated the "closer" perspective of the gloved hand and I think you used the other hand (which seems to be a little large to begin with) for your guideline. Am I right?

Of course there are exceptions to every rule, it's a good thing to look at when trying to size up your anatomy.

Try those, see how it goes - and as always - post often! :)

 

~VonO

Thank you all for help. It took a lot of time but I think I have finished. I was trying to follow yours instructions and she looks better now.