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hey guys,
here's an illustration I did for Connla, a celtic story written by Tommaso DeStefanis, amazing writer and great friend of mine.
This is the second scene, where Scathach and Aife - two sisters - fight against each other.
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Critique by ~EJSCreations Oct 13, 2009, 7:52:21 AM
First off, I'd like to say how awesome the lines are on this. The figures have so much form, and the tattoos add a lot to the image (without them, it would just be another picture of two naked chicks fighting). That being said, I think the poses need a little more work. Both figures have their right legs in the same position, with the left legs back and in darkness, making it look a little awkward. It might be beneficial to play with their poses, or have the figure in the background turned slightly to differentiate them from each other. Another problem with the pose on the foreground figure is that her right arm isn't visible, but her hand is, making it look like the hand is sprouting from... ahem... a place a hand should not be coming from. This is an easy fix, though. Simply show a hint of the right shoulder below her chin, and have her arm bent at her side, as if to block the figure behind her. Another pose problem is involving the background figure, who looks like she's stabbing herself in the leg, but that's an easy fix too. Either overlap the sword in front of her leg, or angle the sword back more. Varying the line weight on the foreground figure may help separate the two as well. Aside from those nitpicky (albeit important) problems, I think this piece is extremely strong. The foreground shapes help add depth to the environment, as well as the simple linear elements in the background. It was a wise decision to add some white and grey elements into the black foreground shape so that it has depth and texture of its own. Great work with amazing action!
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*Tashy497 Oct 14, 2009
Love it!
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*MatteoScalera Oct 14, 2009  Professional General Artist
;)
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~leodark Oct 13, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Great composition man!!!
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*MatteoScalera Oct 14, 2009  Professional General Artist
thx!
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*RedWingsDragon Oct 13, 2009
Fight! Awsome work here
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~Seeso2D Oct 13, 2009
awesome! love the composition and the poses and the ink a..a.a every thing :D
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*MatteoScalera Oct 14, 2009  Professional General Artist
:D thx
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*Chadwick-J-Coleman Oct 13, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
I kind of disagree with the part about the foreground figure's hidden arm in :icontsubasa-mine:
*Tsubasa 's crit. If you've ever actually seen anyone in this type of position in reality, often times you can't see the other shoulder when the figure is twisting like this..and I think it adds to the dynamism of the piece to have the arm and hand reveal in a location we are not used to seeing all of the time (I like that you take chances,that usually pay off). The tattoos are a plus, and I love both body positions in relation to each other.

I do agree that the background figure's hand position could be turned slightly so that the sword is either foreshortened to appear as if receding into the background, or the entire forearm moved out slightly so we can see the end of the sword (as mentioned, so it doesn't appear as if she is stabbing herself in the leg).

I've come to really dig the energy in your pieces Matteo, and it's something for which I still strive in my own work.
Cheers bro,
~Chad C.
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*MatteoScalera Oct 14, 2009  Professional General Artist
thanx for commenting, dude!
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Mood: Wow! ~uncutgraphics Oct 13, 2009
I've been following you for a bit now, and I'm sucha big fan. Everything just seems so effortless, your illustration carry great dynamics and fluidity!
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