I put this up a week or so ago, but with the vote fluctuating so much (from mid 8 at the 50 vote average to a 9 for a few days, then tanked back to the present 8.6 within about 20 votes while hitting the top week for a few hours in between) and with little in the way of feedback, it\'s been difficult in figuring out what\'s bringing up and dropping the scores again.
While I know score isn\'t everything, I consider it a reasonable indicator of technical proficiency and colour selection, the large differences have been puzzling developments.
I drew a lot of inspiration from Mrika\'s lovely version here, and tried to get a similar result in the flesh and face specifically, since it was an area of my technique I badly needed work on, so that was basically my benchmark/goalpost. I\'m really just trying to figure out if it\'s a technical issue that\'s creating the vast difference in scores, or something else.
The backpack could have done with more definition on the wings (horrible GW part, but that\'s not really any excuse), which is something I hadn\'t realised before mailing it off to it\'s recipient, but beyond that I\'m having trouble identifying the major differences (apart from the obvious colour scheme ones).
Is the base letting it down, or more the overall colour selection? This was the first time I took pics on a black background, and the close-up photo of the face is a bit too blurry for my liking, but still gives a good view of the detail, if not the blending on the cheeks, so either or both of those points could be letting it down perhaps?
I guess I\'m just trying to figure out what I need to step up for the future, and what\'s working out reasonably well for me at the minute, since I tend to try and advance my overall technique at a similar rate, and then work on specific areas to bring them up to par and beyond, rather than perfecting (for the sake of argument) metallics, at the cost of quality on cloth or flesh or whatever else.
While I know score isn\'t everything, I consider it a reasonable indicator of technical proficiency and colour selection, the large differences have been puzzling developments.
I drew a lot of inspiration from Mrika\'s lovely version here, and tried to get a similar result in the flesh and face specifically, since it was an area of my technique I badly needed work on, so that was basically my benchmark/goalpost. I\'m really just trying to figure out if it\'s a technical issue that\'s creating the vast difference in scores, or something else.
The backpack could have done with more definition on the wings (horrible GW part, but that\'s not really any excuse), which is something I hadn\'t realised before mailing it off to it\'s recipient, but beyond that I\'m having trouble identifying the major differences (apart from the obvious colour scheme ones).
Is the base letting it down, or more the overall colour selection? This was the first time I took pics on a black background, and the close-up photo of the face is a bit too blurry for my liking, but still gives a good view of the detail, if not the blending on the cheeks, so either or both of those points could be letting it down perhaps?
I guess I\'m just trying to figure out what I need to step up for the future, and what\'s working out reasonably well for me at the minute, since I tend to try and advance my overall technique at a similar rate, and then work on specific areas to bring them up to par and beyond, rather than perfecting (for the sake of argument) metallics, at the cost of quality on cloth or flesh or whatever else.
