story sketch: tin man [update: 05-15-2011]

[meeks]

This scene is from the first chapter of Tin Man. Necromancer Robling Tremare considers hiring mercenary archer Liane Sharpshaft as a bodyguard to compensate for the deficiencies of his current travel companion, the plate mail golem, as he continues on his quest to avenge the vanished Tremare Guild.

cleaned-up sketch:


rough sketch:

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Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I love the golem. He is perfect. Robling looks sweet too.

The background may be a bit too dark, though. The heavy outlines help the characters stand out, but there's little contrast. How much lighting is supposed to be in this scene? If it's not explicitly dim, lightening the background slightly would pop out the characters more.

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[meeks]

I think it was described as the darkest corner in the room, but I'll play with the values a bit if there's enough interest.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

If it's supposed to be dark, I wouldn't want to undercut that. Sometimes lighting in a picture is just challenging. Maybe you can figure something out, though. I have faith in your artistic ability.

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[robling_t]

It is described as the darkest corner -- I wonder if maybe darkening the background would address the contrast issue?