This is unlikely I suppose, but are you able to upload larger versions of your widescreen images? The detail in them feels lost in the 1680x1050 image size. Also, I noticed that I can request prints, do you sell printed images? What size are they?
The artwork is absolutely fantastic, the way you capture the reflection of light off her armour and the detail around the horse's head is simply amazing.
some of them i can make it available as print, the ones that are fanart i cant for copyright reasons (the characters are not mine, so i cant make any money of them) ...
usually i upload at 1680x1050 due to its wallpaper size (most people have 22" or less monitors ... its not THAT common for people to have much higher monitors than 22") ... the original file is up to 6k sometimes 7k pixels width, and i dont save the jpg in higher resolutions simply because it wont fit on most monitors, so people wont see the entire image.
In 9/10 of my drawings i make them for the final version to be 25% of the original size. This one in particular i made a mistake of making it 50% to be the original version ... that's why theres soooooooo much tiny little details and i had to upload this version to give a better view of it (which is not even 50% .. its abou 30-40%).
Prints i guess its up to Deviant art ... this one, being ~7k width is around 60-100 cm with high quality. I need to print my personal versions of them to see how well they look
i made her body before anything ... saw several images of womans riding horses to have a reference on how they stand on it, their back and torso position. THEN i started to cover with armor. Remember that things have volume, her shoulder is not an "¬" shaped metal, so it naturally goes up a bit for the her to be able to wear it. Also she has an armor on her belly, which makes prevents most of the turning or bending from her hips/torso ... riders ARE stiff when wearing armors. It's not like those comic books where womans bend their backs on impossible ways while wearing 20kg of armor, just for the sake of being awesome in motion. Believe me, i did my homework. I even asked friends that ride if the position was fine, and they said it was.
You might not like the way it is (since its a matter of opinion) ... but it doesnt need some work .
no, you got me all wrong. the position itself is perfect. i mean the motion, the 'connection' between the elements (shoulder and head-cape for instance) doesn't feel very good.
i mean, maybe the headcape could be somewhat more wrinkled at the part where it touches the metal-shoulder..
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