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Ben R Sloan

"Hunter and His Dog" by Ben R Sloan

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Yep, it's an elven hunter and his...uh...'dog.' This was my first attempt at an outside background, so any [kind] criticism/advice would be great!


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26 Sep 200545 Laff Masta
Barely noticed the 'dog', make study posture and in general the human body.

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "Thank you once again! I certainly will. "
26 Sep 200545 Laff Masta
Advice on background : Make sure your central image is bolder than your backgrund. The background should distinctly fade to less detail the further it is. Your image is lost amoung the background. Study some bark for the trees?

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "Thank you very much for this post! I'll remember it and use it in the furure.As for the bark, it is modeled off of some random bark I found on google."
26 Sep 2005:-) Sashikala Falcon Weast
ooooo Archery! I love archery!
Nice shading! I like the trees' bark. Very cool.

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "Thanks!"
27 Sep 2005:-) Wendy Bittnerová
Well...this time the "Laff Masta" actually offered some good constructive crits...exactly what I was going to say. I guess he/she isn't such an idiot after all. *grins*

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "Indeed! Thanks for looking, Wendy! You rock."
28 Sep 2005:-) Jessica Warner
Interesting...I don't know if I've ever seen a bald elf before. It suits him! And I like his dog, I can just imagine it panting and fetching sticks, hee hee!

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "Oh yes I meant to mention in the description...i wanted to break away from the stereotypical long haired elf. The long-blonde-hair generalization is rascist! RASCIST I TELL YOU!"
2 Oct 2005:-) Genevieve D. Franco
I LOVE the grass...It must have taken a loooooonnng time to sketch all that...Love the trees...You've got the whole stiff poses thing practically under control...bald elf...now, THAT'S original!!!^_^ ^_^ ^_^

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "Thank you, thank you. I was all stressed out about the grass because its hard as...well its hard to do. I went through a couple grass tutorials for this, but I'm still not good enough to make it realistic."
9 Oct 2005:-) Emyln23
Ello! I really loveeeeee this. I think its the trees i love so much. They look really good, i love the scratchy look to them. Great Job! I'm gonna look around you're gallery some more!

:-) Ben R Sloan replies: "I'm glad you like it! By all means, come back and take another look. My new ticket just got up, and a colored version of this picture is now here! Thanks!"
21 May 200645 Dina Stolstein
Alrighty. Get ready xD:
First off, I think this picture is a good beginning, since you've only recently began drawing. But I think you should've shaded the trees in curving patters, to show that they are round.
Also, you should make the characters a bit darker, because at first glance, it seems as if there are only the trees and the hunter. The 'dog' ((dude, that's one cool dog xD)) is very light and unnoticeable =/
And lastlyyyyy:
Maybe you should make the hunter focusing on his aim? A stretched out bow and no focus= disaster o.o
Hope I didn't annoy you too much..=P
Keep drawing!
28 May 2006:-) Nelleke Pieters
I have to disagree with the commenter above about the trees, I think this looks good as well... I love the technique you used 2
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About 'Hunter and His Dog':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Ben R Sloan
 • Copyright: ©Ben R Sloan. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Hunter, Dog, Alligator, Lion, Creature, Elf, Bow, Arrow, Forest, Trees
 • Categories: Elf / Elves, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Weapons, Bows, Swords, Blades, Rapiers...
 • Techniques: Other
 • Submitted: 2005-09-21 04:26:41
 • Views: 145
 • Resolution: 877x634


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