I have only just started using photoshop for mine and this is my first proper render I am fine with others seeing and reviewing do you guys think this is a good first attempt???
I am only really looking for constructive criticism with this post!
Cool render you have there. What I think can immediately be improved is the lighting; it is decent, but also is a little flat. It looks like you’re just using lamps around the front of the character. Perhaps you can try using a HDRI to get a nice looking environmental lighting, but if you’re more comfortable with lamps, try using 3 point lighting.
The blue aura that’s in the character’s right hand seems a little odd to me. It should most likely have some sort of glow to it; it looks too 2D.
And just a tip for positioning the character overall: what you have looks fine, but I’d advise you to mess around with the limbs, and have the character in a more interesting, engaged pose. Perhaps a fighting stance with the character’s head rotated slightly could suffice.
Otherwise, I think the sword aura looks great for a first attempt. Play around with Photoshop, there’s lots of nice tools you can use there.
Decent. But all i’m seeing that you did was draw some shapes and use smudge tool to make it look a bit better. Maybe add some more color variety to the sword, add some sense of 3D to the little water sphere or whatever that is down there. Biggest problem is definitely the lighting. Ctrl + click on your render’s layer preview and get a 5% (or so) opacity brush with a pretty decently big size. get the color you want and keep drawing over the render until you find the lighting you are comfortable with. Hope this helped!
