Originally Posted by
Dark Holy
Ha ha, man, you're still here? You've gotta be what. . . 30 by now? You've definitely improved since I last saw, so props on that. As for critiques (as for critiques that won't help you more realistically portray the female anatomy, ha ha): the water is too cookie cutter, especially on that line dividing it from the ledge she's leaning on. Try giving those ripples some depth on that line. I guess the rest of the background is too cookie cutter as well. The single, solid gradient used on the ledge makes it look like a flat wall, it doesn't show perspective. If it weren't for the line indicating the drop off into the water and her left hand turned back on that radioactive briefcase (best aspect of this pic, btw), I wouldn't have been able to figure out she was leaning on anything. So just work on the shading of the ledge, make the persective more apparent, even if you have to force it, 'cause it looks funny right now.
One more thing. It's time you started working on your lighting. Her catsuit should reflect her skin and the water in addition to the ambient light, her skin should reflect the suit and water, etc. The way you have it now, her suit looks like it's from a different picture than her skin, which is in a totally different place than the rest of the picture, and so on. Basically, everything has to exhibit reflected light in order to look real. So there.
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