and another wizzy sig

It looks like you put a bevel / emobss on the layer of the toon. I'm not feelin' it too much. Its too wide. maybe its an inner shadow...either case something about it doesnt quite look right. I know its just the way the toon is, but on the arm that's sticking out, can you brush that a little? His arm looks real thin and where the cuff is it looks too squared. Maybe soften that up and add a little thickness to his arm. Might want to change the color of the inner shadow (if that's what it is and you want to keep it) to more of a yellow/orange color to reflect the sun as the light source. EDIT: I like the hair work, but can you add a little more shadows on the shadow side?

The colors in this piece are very nice. I do like the background. Your work on the text is fantastic. I really like what you did there!! :)

The lettering and background look really good and his hair came out good too I think. BUT (there's always a but) his skin looks a bit green...especially given the orange glow that it should have in that light. His robe seems to have some very pointy edges...it doesn't flow like fabric would. The pages in the book look sharp too. I see you tried to make the light look like it was on his back but I think it needs a bit more and not so evenly all the way around...as it is right now it initially looked like you had try to make his body 3D. Last but not least, some kind of particle effect might add some zing since he's all wizzy and what not :)

I agree with Gilae here. :)

Thanks for the tips. I will go back in later today and make some changes.

In addition to the robe comments, you might want to try and drape the sleeve a little. Would take some repainting and I've had the same problem before. I just left it as is because...hehe I can't draw. EQ does some funky stuff to emotes and poses - so unnatural. I'd almost forgo the book and make him bigger to show more details of his face and chest.

:thumbsup for the text and placement, that's looking good. That background is spectacular.

Yeah, I can't draw worth a damn with a pencil let alone a mouse! hehe

I'm thinking of cutting the books out and coving his hand in some type of effect (fire maybe, humm), because I'd still really like to see him casting. I looked at the tuts posted under Jinheims latest rendor...maybe one of those will work out for me.

You can have some lightning coming up from his left hand, up to his right?

humm...that could be cool. Will definately be opening this back up later tonight!

You don't have to draw the sleeve drooping down. You could copy and paste, rotate and blend to make look right, add highlights and shadows where necessary. But, yeah it's bugging me its flinging out there in the open =P

His mother starched his robe before he went out to nuke? :P hehe j/k I'm going to open it back up in a sec lol.

his skin tone is rather green... all i can c/c atm, too ucky to really look.

^ i feel ucky, not the sig is ucky.

updated! may need to refresh to see changes.

I couldn't do anything creative with that annoying sleeve, so I did my best to cover it up hehe.

This is better. :) However the skin is still kind of blue/green. I'll post a way to fix that using color balance. :)

EDIT:
Select the toons face (quick mask works pretty good here)


Next go to IMAGE>>ADJUST>>COLOR BALANCE. Move the sliders around...it will help remove some of the blue/green tint. :)


I did this really quick. I hope that helps a little. :)

Nice, thanks for showing that, Rikr. I think the new focus on his face looks great. Fix the color tone of his skin and shoot, you could erase his arm (but that's more preference). A signature doesn't have to be uber fancy with tons of spell effects. I like this clean look and it put the focus back on him. His sleeve and book was pulling the eye away from whatever focus you were going for. I think it looks better this way, but again purely up to you and your client =D

:thumbsup

good tip Rikr, thanks a bunch! Will try that later on today, thanks!

Updated again! Thanks for the tips!

Looks nice! Good job with the updates/changes :) Love the background and font!!

Wow his skin looks the sexy! Looks great with the updates! :thumbsup

Fixed the ear so the skin tone matches that of the rest of the face (over looked it last night), Sent it to him and he loves it! Thanks for all the suggestions!