Hi! This is my 4th or 5th project ever and it’s also my best one. I would like to know how I could improve on trying to make this little robot shinier. I would also like to know if any of my highlights are misplaced.
Thank you
#first time NMM. anybody got constructive criticism to improve?
surreal crescent
oak plinth
I'm hardly qualified to advise, and doubt I could do better, so feel free to disregard:
Maybe look into wet blending for more smoothness.
Unclear where the light source is. The head implies its to the left, but the stomach dot looks like it's at the front.
Hard to tell in the photos but the darks could be darker in place? The right side of the head is quite dark (despite that it'd probably be lit?) but the rest looks lighter. Depends on the material of course.
The shoulders look good, especially the edges.
And the arm highlights very nice, would just want to make them smoother.
unborn geode
You should up the contrast
The highest highlights that you have should be the tone for your bounce lights/secondary reflections while you go higher with a pure white or close to white
empty bone
Also under-qualified but agree with @oak plinth ‘s points on the light source
I do like the metallic sheen and the overall effect quite a bit. I think to help with your blending… look into Vince Venturella and Zumikito’s NMM work on YouTube. The way they blend could probably help you elevate from where you’re at. Nice work though friend.