Captivity Captive

RexRed

Image title, "Christmas Sleigh" have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Daz people!

Happy Holidays!

 

Fauvist

RexRed said:

Fauvist said:

Great that it's guy/guy art!  Maybe experiment with composing more images where the characters aren't centered in the middle, and the face-to-face images aren't so symmetrical.  

Thanks for the tips Fauvist!

I have been working on more scenes using the rule of thirds to compose/arrange the subjects in my scenes. But, my images I sell on products and they need to be centered or sometimes they get cropped out of the scene.

Consider a bedspread where the subjects are on one side then it does not seem balanced.

I try and offset the subjects whenever possible but usually the center works best when it is going to be placed on many different types of items.. 

What is nice is that I can go back in and shift a few things here and there and rerender the scene.

Thanks for your awesome and helpful comment! :)

Ah, products!  Now I understand why they are centered.  Maybe try keeping them centered, but less symetrical - like bodies intertwining. Also, maybe try emphasizing either the setting, or the characters, instead of giving equal prominence to both.  And try experimenting with compositions that contain diagonals, and odd angles, and using some wider angle lenses on your characters to give them the illusion of depth.  Your style and vision is completely legitimate, and if you are in love with it, don't change anything, and keep it true to you.  
 

One of  the best excercises I was taught in art college was - make every image an explosion. It changes the way you see.  An explosion of composition, of colour, of subject matter, of style. Then, after you experiment - then do your picture.

RexRed

Fauvist said:

RexRed said:

Fauvist said:

Great that it's guy/guy art!  Maybe experiment with composing more images where the characters aren't centered in the middle, and the face-to-face images aren't so symmetrical.  

Thanks for the tips Fauvist!

I have been working on more scenes using the rule of thirds to compose/arrange the subjects in my scenes. But, my images I sell on products and they need to be centered or sometimes they get cropped out of the scene.

Consider a bedspread where the subjects are on one side then it does not seem balanced.

I try and offset the subjects whenever possible but usually the center works best when it is going to be placed on many different types of items.. 

What is nice is that I can go back in and shift a few things here and there and rerender the scene.

Thanks for your awesome and helpful comment! :)

Ah, products!  Now I understand why they are centered.  Maybe try keeping them centered, but less symetrical - like bodies intertwining. Also, maybe try emphasizing either the setting, or the characters, instead of giving equal prominence to both.  And try experimenting with compositions that contain diagonals, and odd angles, and using some wider angle lenses on your characters to give them the illusion of depth.  Your style and vision is completely legitimate, and if you are in love with it, don't change anything, and keep it true to you.  
 

One of  the best excercises I was taught in art college was - make every image an explosion. It changes the way you see.  An explosion of composition, of colour, of subject matter, of style. Then, after you experiment - then do your picture.

Awesome advice! Thanks for all the great ideas and tips Fauvist!