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[Hazardus_Havard]

This was a project I originally did for school but it was in marker. I uploaded it in Illustrator and went about cleaning it up and seeing what I could do with it. Any critiques would be nice.

[Aero The Fox!]

Dang, son. Psychedelical.

Seriously dude, that's freakin' great. I can't really see any problems at all, but it may or may not be because I'm tired.

Still nice, though. :3

[PonyEcho]

ok lets see if i can find a issue with it ( 15minutes later ) well the hand look kinda small, like child zombies, other then that it looks rely good

[Hazardus_Havard]

Dang, son. Psychedelical.

Seriously dude, that's freakin' great. I can't really see any problems at all, but it may or may not be because I'm tired.

Still nice, though. :3

Well glad you like it all the same.

ok lets see if i can find a issue with it ( 15minutes later ) well the hand look kinda small, like child zombies, other then that it looks rely good

I was thinking of making the hands bigger but realized most peoples hands are not the same size and are rarely huge unless you're a lumberjack. I tried to make them smaller in an attempt to show off the rigimortist, like they are rigid and close to themselves.

[PonyEcho]

I was thinking of making the hands bigger but realized most peoples hands are not the same size and are rarely huge unless you're a lumberjack. I tried to make them smaller in an attempt to show off the rigimortist, like they are rigid and close to themselves.

yeah i can see what you wanted to do but if you give it a quick glance it looks like Justin Beiber being grabbed by his fans just saying, maybe they might look better if they were decomposed a little for that zombie feel to it.

[Hazardus_Havard]

yeah i can see what you wanted to do but if you give it a quick glance it looks like Justin Beiber being grabbed by his fans just saying, maybe they might look better if they were decomposed a little for that zombie feel to it.

I'm actually laughing a bit from that description, fairly hilarious.

I wanted to keep the image in a fairly clean look though I can see how that would help the image. I'll have to think about certain details next time I do stuff like this next time.

[Mubbins]

I like the look and concept of this! The green outlines say zombie to me because that color is synonymous with dead, rotting flesh. As someone who has drawn way too many hands in her days, I have a couple critiques in the way of anatomy.

1. I understand that the whole piece is somewhat stylized, but a few of the hands, namely in the thumb region, look strange. Some are fleshy where they shouldn't be or are too rounded like the one grabbing his shoulder. Where the index finger meets the thumb is usually more angular.
2. The lack of fingernails makes it a little difficult to see the perspective and angle of the fingers. Then again, maybe zombies have lost their nails. It's just a detail you should consider if you're looking to add more detail.
3. Also, maybe more expression on the man's face would make the piece more powerful. That's more my opinion than a critique, though.

All in all this is a good piece. Hands are really hard to draw especially because of all the variations from person to person. Despite a couple minor things, you did a great job on them. The fold lines and wrinkles are very well done. If you really wanted you could ask to take picture of a couple peoples' hands in different poses as reference.

[Hazardus_Havard]

I like the look and concept of this! The green outlines say zombie to me because that color is synonymous with dead, rotting flesh. As someone who has drawn way too many hands in her days, I have a couple critiques in the way of anatomy.

1. I understand that the whole piece is somewhat stylized, but a few of the hands, namely in the thumb region, look strange. Some are fleshy where they shouldn't be or are too rounded like the one grabbing his shoulder. Where the index finger meets the thumb is usually more angular.
2. The lack of fingernails makes it a little difficult to see the perspective and angle of the fingers. Then again, maybe zombies have lost their nails. It's just a detail you should consider if you're looking to add more detail.
3. Also, maybe more expression on the man's face would make the piece more powerful. That's more my opinion than a critique, though.

All in all this is a good piece. Hands are really hard to draw especially because of all the variations from person to person. Despite a couple minor things, you did a great job on them. The fold lines and wrinkles are very well done. If you really wanted you could ask to take picture of a couple peoples' hands in different poses as reference.

I can agree to your assessment on the thumbs. It was a fairly old image I decided to digitize and make anew but should've realized that the hands might not be correctly shaped. Thanks for pointing that out.

As for more expression or fingernails, well I decided I wanted it to be a bit minimalistic in the artwork in regards to those areas; I tried fingernails but it turned out awful with the colors used and extra facial expression made it look to awkward in the end. Maybe if I had bared the teeth more and upturned the lips it could've worked there though.

And yeah, I used my own hands, but just for the posing. Wish I owned a camera, maybe I'll purchase one soon. Thanks for the critique.