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Submitted: December 9, 2010
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Amalgam submissionby ~JOEYDES

Digital Art / Mixed Media / People

Amalgam contest submission for

Mixed media being pencils on paper to digital.
Marvel's Dr. Strange meets DC's Firestorm.

Critique by ~rek0 Dec 9, 2010, 1:13:06 PM

well the drawing is done really well and so is the character. It looks like its all vector which is great too. My biggest problem with this image is the logo in the bottom left. Its very distracting from the character. It is typical of artists and people to be good at one thing more than another and though I commend your attempt at making a logo for him I dont think it is helping sell the quality of the overall image. I think logos are valuable especially as a freelance product so keep practicing making them.

Character wise there are just a few things I think you may want to consider; I think the body and lighting are great. It seems to me that the flames may look better if the orange and red parts didnt go down his back so far. The idea being that the yellow may contrast better against his skin. I think you should add some yellow lighting on his skin from the fire. It feels unnatural otherwise.

The pattern on the cape is not needed and actually over-details the image when its strong suit is simplicity. You want people looking at the face and upper body instead of the bottom cape. Detail draws the eye one way or the other. The only other comment is that his right leg gets lost in the cape a bit. Im not sure how you can distinguish the two more, maybe add more shade to the cape. Oh, one last thing, consider changing part of the black outlines to another color. The bottom works I think but the top where the lighting is doesnt. You could have it be a dark skin tone rather than black on his skin. On red make it a dark red. This adds more life to it.

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!NiniriAZ Mar 2, 2011

Great mix of two very different heroes. I like the cohesive design you created to blend the two into one new being. Kudos! It came out great!

~JOEYDES Mar 2, 2011 General Artist

Thanks. The piece didn't place in the competition, but I was/am proud of the design.

!Dizko-Stu Dec 13, 2010

Excellent re-design. The only criticism I would make is the name. Amalgam names tend to be pretty lame, though, and I have no good suggestions.

*Pauris Dec 11, 2010 Student Digital Artist

soo much detail

*Hyborian222 Dec 10, 2010

Awesome Work!

~baldgoat68 Dec 10, 2010

Energy and colour!

~TyndallsQuest Dec 9, 2010

This looks awesome, nice idea combining the two characters..................................

Rick

~JOEYDES Dec 9, 2010 General Artist

Thanks!

~NonieR Dec 9, 2010

Myself, I don't happen agree with rek0 about the cape trim. To me, it's a vital part of the pic for two reasons:

It's Doctor Strange's most distinctive look, and therefore tells us this is not just a Firestorm redesign.

And it's visually perfect as a contrast to the nicely flat reds of the cape; both the different color and the doodlepatterns that keep it from being a flat color as well.

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Myself, I have a few minor suggestions that are basically one thing: Enlarge the fine details--the doodlepatterns, the beading on the Eye of Agamotto he's wearing, and the atomic symbols on his arms. Yes, they show up well if we look closely at the enlarged version, but even so, I only found the Eye of Agamotto after looking several times to see if he was wearing it at all.

And one of the things that makes a good super costume is that it's immediately identifiable and distinctive even at a distance. The details should be readable from a rooftop, from a casual glance at the smaller picture, from a printed comic-book panel that isn't a full splash page.

I'd also suggest moving the atomic patterns further back on his arms to help make this great pic balance even better. Right now, he's got this whole area of exposed arm and torso on the left, interrupted only by muscle and shadow, while on our right there's the face-and-hand-and-symbols-and-hair-and-mantle cluster. So having larger atomic symbols further back on his arm would pull the visuals together well.

But those are all details. This pic rocks just the way it is.

~JOEYDES Dec 9, 2010 General Artist

Thank you! The trim was the one thing I didn't agree with, too. Had to have it. The re-work will e posted tonight...look for it.

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