Wilwarin Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 This is the first figure in the diorama I'm painting for my game store's monthly contest. It's Little Red Riding Hood. I did a brown wash over the gray fur, but my photos don't show it off well enough. I also highlighted the fur up to white. His eyes are slits, but they're there! LOL I did all the flowers by hand, they took a good bit of time, and the head has blood dripping off which is hard to see as well >.< Thank you to Awong for the advice about the brown wash too :) I shadowed it with a dark tan though I'm not sure how realistic it looks. I guess her head has just been cut off, I'm too scared to find a reference pic of a dead person :) LOL Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Nice job! The only point I'll make is that Granny is probably a little old for brown hair. I know you probably want it to stand out from the wolf, but put more brown into him, and gray into her hair, and you should be right on. I like the flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Nice job! The only point I'll make is that Granny is probably a little old for brown hair. I know you probably want it to stand out from the wolf, but put more brown into him, and gray into her hair, and you should be right on. I like the flowers! Yeah, the only reason it's not gray is because of the wolf. Red's grandma dyes her hair.. that's what I'm going for so it doesn't look like one big gray blob. I'm not really comfortable adding more brown to the fur as I have gotten right to where I want it to be and like it so I'll hold on to that advice for next time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytflyr Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Nice job! The only point I'll make is that Granny is probably a little old for brown hair. I know you probably want it to stand out from the wolf, but put more brown into him, and gray into her hair, and you should be right on. I like the flowers! Yeah, the only reason it's not gray is because of the wolf. Red's grandma dyes her hair.. that's what I'm going for so it doesn't look like one big gray blob. I'm not really comfortable adding more brown to the fur as I have gotten right to where I want it to be and like it so I'll hold on to that advice for next time. :) make it a more silver gray, and it will stand out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 make it a more silver gray, and it will stand out How does one get it to be more silver-like?? Should I add metallics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Nope. Silvery gray is a very light gray with a lot of contrast. Basically you want really dark shadows and very bright highlights. As if you were painting NMM. Also making sure your gray is more of a blue gray than a brown gray will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Cool figure! I like the flower print on the pj's! If I was going for the "freshly chopped" look on Grandma I might add some wireframe spectacles hanging askew from one ear, but that might be difficult and/or silly . For the hair on grandma, maybe just a few strands of grey? Or light drybrushing of very light grey? Just some ideas, I think he looks great! I'm curious to see the final diorama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Fieldarchy, thanks so much for clarifying! :) Anne, Thank you! I plan on drybrushing some gray onto the hair to make her more old. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 You're welcome Thasia. I don't recommend ever putting metallics into non metallic paints. It just doesn't look right. When you think about colors think about the colors you see when you look at objects in life--not just the idea of the color. We all know what gray looks like. But there are many types of grey. Silvery gray, rainy sky grey, steel grey, blue grey, green grey, etc. When painting or getting into any type of artwork color theory is very difficult for people to completely pin down. We think we understand it but a lot of times there is part of color theory that we don't completely understand. Are you familiar with the color theory basics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Are you familiar with the color theory basics? I'm not sure I recall them. I didn't take art classes, etc. and am not the best of artists. This is all still new to me. I do have a color wheel though.. does that have something to do with it?? I base many of my color schemes off of the relationships between the colors on there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 You do use your color wheel though I don't own one myself. Here are the basics: Primary colors--red, blue and yellow secondary colors--green, orange and purple. Complimentary colors---red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple. You can use complimentary colors for good contrast. Also if mix complimentary colors together it gives you a good shadow color and adds more interest into your work. Triadic colors--colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. So pick one color you like and then find it's partner colors by counting out on the wheel even spaces. Don't be afraid to mix colors together! It's fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 You do use your color wheel though I don't own one myself. Here are the basics: Primary colors--red, blue and yellow secondary colors--green, orange and purple. Complimentary colors---red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple. You can use complimentary colors for good contrast. Also if mix complimentary colors together it gives you a good shadow color and adds more interest into your work. Tertiary colors--colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. So pick one color you like and then find it's partner colors by counting out on the wheel even spaces. Don't be afraid to mix colors together! It's fun! That. Is. Amazing. Thank you so much for this!!! I can't wait to try it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Wizard Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I don't know how you did it, but the PJs actually have a flannel texture to them. This is accentuated by the little flowers. Kewl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captenglish Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I think overall this figure looks great, I think drybrushing gray into granny's hair would make it a bit more believable. The only thing I would suggest would be to try to make granny look a bit lifeless; and no I don't have any suggestons on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks, Mr. Wizard and Captenglish! :) I have drybrushed gray into her hair btw. I'll do my best to take pics of her to put up to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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