Here Is the new head to Avatar. Although I like how he came out, I think this is a small test for something much bigger. I have been thinking about what makes a good illustration. I have been going back to color, Light\shadow, form, and texture, the basic concepts in art and I think revisiting these atributes have made this piece allot more believable. The last vew of my illustrations I have been playing with the texture features in corel. I think the textures are helping my illustrations. I am going to keep playing around with textures to see what else I can come up with.
Colors Have become a problem for me in corel. Even with the pantone color palate all the colors seem kind of flat. I think I am going to do some more research into color as well. The shading I am happy with over all. I need to take not in my illustrations where the shading and lighting should come in and how it should look.
Enjoy
Jake