PAINTOVER PALS: Episode 11

Summary by Krater

Sinix critiques and paints over artwork submitted by his Patreon supporters, offering advice on color saturation, hand and facial anatomy, shape design, stroke economy, and lighting to improve their digital paintings and sketches.

From the video

Answers: How can I improve my digital character art through paint-over critiques?

• digital art paintover critique
• color saturation adjustment
• hand anatomy and line weight
• facial anatomy and minimalism
• stroke economy and shape design
• banding and brush stroke transitions
• sequential art panel composition
• underwater lighting and texture rendering

What it concludes

• Pushing the overall color scheme into something more exaggerated at the start makes it easier to dial things back later.
• Banding can be reduced by implementing shape appeal into stroke economy and transitions.
• Extra restraint and minimalism in facial features usually lead to more appealing results.
• Dark hair reflects the environment much more, which can be exaggerated by introducing colors from the sky or background.
• Adding movement and life to an image is always valuable by letting elements like cherry blossoms fall around the character.
• Redefining objects purely by the relationship to light and shadow helps reduce visual clutter in complex scenes.