HeroMachine Character Portrait Creator

Going on two months since the last post (mine!)….

Is it safe to assume that this thread is dead? {Sigh…}

I actually did find the time to make this. KING is back and while slightly more lean, he is no less mean. It’s not an exact copy of the original, I’m afraid, but I don’t think you were asking for that either. The pose is also highly experimental and I’m not sure if it works, but, here he is.

“I thought I was pretty thorough about this pose since I originally had the wrong leg up and the arrow on the near side of the bow. Glad I at least caught those ones. xD”

Me too about the thorough… Except for the bow bend…I didn’t notice those things.  However… I did notice the arrow… A lot of people shoot with the arrow on the outs. It’s  a more efficient style of shooting.  I cant do it! I have to do it like you have depicted, but either way would have been cool.

Combining the loose straps/buckles with the cloth boots is brilliant. Totally using (stealing) that in the future. Beautiful shading on that scarf too.

He looks amazing! Love the facial expression you captured. Plus the “indestructible speedo” look is always a good route to go for this guy. Nice detail on the black nails, too.

I took a quick stab at one of your earlier entries on this thread, the Outlander. I love the cosmic feel and the color scheme (though I think I went a little lighter than your original). As a bonus I tried to give it a patented AMS cropped background. Hope you like it:

@ams I totally appreciate the time you took to critique this, thanks. Your points are all completely valid and you’re pretty much an authority on this kind of stuff. 😀

I thought I was pretty thorough about this pose since I originally had the wrong leg up and the arrow on the near side of the bow. Glad I at least caught those ones. xD

WOW!  Very dynamic posing!  Your colors and highlighting are excellent.  Love the splash of orange as your third color option.  It really draws the eye to the action.

Some things that are a little off.  Sorry. Since you have now justified yourself as a world class ‘machiner, I will be uping my critiquing and expect the same if you were looking at anything of mine.

First the bow.  The arrow and bowstring are perfect, but there is no flex in the bow.  With the string drawn back, there would be more arch to the bow from the pressure.

The bent knee.  You are missing the outline at the bend.  Try using a black insignia shape and tuck behind the knee to ad outline.

The right hand is smaller than the left.  Should be the opposite since the right hand is closer to the viewer.

And last but not least, please try and use a snipping tool to get the whole image and not have the bow cut off.

I know with the amount of time you have spent on this, that your first response at me would be to flip me the bird.  But I can see you like to push the envelope with your ‘machining and the tips might be helpful with some of your future outstanding concepts.

Cheers!