Yep, definitely a little off-center in the original, just not quite this off-center, but also yes, at some point you say ENOUGH and call it a day. (especially when the *rest* of it works)
(this is one of the advantages of digital art, though. You could just move his head and neck to one side a smidge, no worries. Canvas is presumably not that forgiving with cut-and-paste...)
... now wondering if you could move just the top parts of the shoulders/arms on both sides by a teeny bit when painting... or whether that'd mess up the beautifully-foreshortened forearms. Sigh.
Head and neck now off-centered in shirt front/shoulders, but otherwise looking great!
Posted by: KC | July 06, 2023 at 10:33 AM
KC - I spotted that too, but by then I had made 17 revisions so I stopped.
Posted by: theQueen | July 06, 2023 at 06:54 PM
KC - If you go back a week in the original he's a little off-center. Not as much as I have here though.
Posted by: theQueen | July 06, 2023 at 06:56 PM
Yep, definitely a little off-center in the original, just not quite this off-center, but also yes, at some point you say ENOUGH and call it a day. (especially when the *rest* of it works)
Posted by: KC | July 06, 2023 at 07:30 PM
(this is one of the advantages of digital art, though. You could just move his head and neck to one side a smidge, no worries. Canvas is presumably not that forgiving with cut-and-paste...)
Posted by: KC | July 06, 2023 at 07:31 PM
... now wondering if you could move just the top parts of the shoulders/arms on both sides by a teeny bit when painting... or whether that'd mess up the beautifully-foreshortened forearms. Sigh.
Posted by: KC | July 06, 2023 at 07:33 PM
KC - it was hard enough to get that smile, so his shoulders are scooting. He might look like the famous photo of Lee Harvey Oswald holding the rifle.
Posted by: TheQueen | July 06, 2023 at 08:55 PM
I bet the shoulders will agree to shift a bit. And also YES save the face.
I'll have to look up that photo... that's quite something.
Posted by: KC | July 07, 2023 at 08:00 PM
KC - here you go - https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/lee-harvey-oswald-standing-outside-his-home-holding-a-rifle-dallas
Posted by: theQueen | July 08, 2023 at 04:52 AM
I think he will end up significantly less off-center than that, if you just nudge both shoulders a bit (it really should be only a tiny bit).
But yes. Apparently defying gravity is not ideal...
Posted by: KC | July 08, 2023 at 10:01 AM