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Looking for some opinions before I start working on post...

dakkuuandakkuuan Posts: 305
edited December 1969 in New Users

Just thought I would share with you guys the most recent version of my cover. Any opinions or suggestions I should take to heart before I start doing post work? I'm considering using the same leather shader that I did on the corset and the skirt, but I'm not sure. Also, what post work should be done? I know the sword will be set a flame and I'll try to add some detail to the bad guy's mask and maybe more sharply define the hand and knee blades. Anything else I should look at? Thanks in advance, James.

Cover_Semi_Final_1.jpg
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Comments

  • ShelLuserShelLuser Posts: 749
    edited December 1969

    First of all I'm a newbie around here (when it comes to both the forum as well as Daz Studio) so I simply can't comment on the techniques behind the image. Even so there's one thing which caught my attention when I went over this one fully zoomed in (to check for details) and that's the letters on the two doors.

    It could have been your intention of course, but I couldn't help notice that those words somewhat "spring out" even though the rest of the image is still pretty dark. In my impression it almost seems as if the text is somewhat brighter than it's surrounding.

    Apart from that I can only say that I think this is a pretty impressive picture, really like your style here.

  • dakkuuandakkuuan Posts: 305
    edited December 1969

    Thanks alot! I'll put that on my list of things to fix in post. Shouldn't be too hard to dim down those signs.

  • keshkesh Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    my 2 cents: the girl's pose is weird... seems like she's peeing ^^ - better move her left hand and make it visible. A blade even in her left hand would make the pose more symmetric and strong. Try to use lighting to focus the attention on the main subjects: some point light or spot aimed at the two figures would make em stand out better, because currently the most eye catching thing in your picture is the stairs and railings. You could paint those dark as well. I like the movement the stairs give to the whole scene, but they really should stand out much less imo. Finally the jumping figure: the pose is a bit a cliché... Matrix, ninjas... i'd try to change it a bit to make it more original.
    Then you might add some details (not too blatant, mainly in the dark or semi-visible) to describe the ambient as well... a cat (mystery) or a rat (filth) in a corner... pouring rain could also add drama... don't just stop at the bare subject, add material that create questions... if it's going to be a book cover, it should create interest and curiosity to discover what's inside, not just be a nice picture ;)

  • ariocharioch Posts: 172
    edited August 2013

    Just my two coppers worth...

    As a sword aficionado, I'm not liking her pinky grip on the hilt. It looks like she's dropping the sword (perhaps she was startled by the figure jumping down on her?), instead of tightening her grip on it. Move her hand lower on the hilt and tighten her middle and index fingers some.

    A cardinal rule of sword wielding is to keep your hand and fingers below the crosspiece :)

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  • dakkuuandakkuuan Posts: 305
    edited December 1969

    I'm with you arioch, that was on my to do list and got forgotten, thanks for the reminder. Kesh, the scene does need some contrast which I will be doing in post but as badly as I would love to, making it rain isn't a possibility cause that would force me to buy a wet hair prop (I have the files for the skin, if it would even work with G2F). Might toss a few millennium kitties I got for free in the background. The girl's pose could use some tweaking as well. As for giving her a second sword, it wouldn't be cannon and I have major pet peeve when the artistic liberties like that with a cover. Thanks for all the opinions guys, I'll keep them in mind as I make the final product.

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