Britomart Portrait

Hey dude I apologize first of all for the serious delay on this I have been inactive quite a while. What i'm gonna do here is split the critiques between this piece and Sebastian's portrait and talk about how they're set up. For this one I'll talk about how this and Sebastian's portrait work as standalone pieces separate from eachother. On Sebastian's I'll talk about how they work as a set.

So when you have these two in a set side by side it would make more of a full image that works in tandem. Since they are set apart they have to each hold on their own. I think with this one, Britomart, he holds his own better than Sebastian's. The reason is because the focal area here flows more towards the glow of the eyes and the red outline of the tiger in the background. The lines lead up more towards his face which is good because that really is the area of most importance here. However, Sebastian's focal area is forced to to glow of the hand. While that may be fine when the two are combined, as a separate piece it loses it's umph. Weather they are separated or combined a major t hing you'll want to keep in mind is composition and framing. Let's take Britomart for example. While he does have a stronger focal area I feel that area is becoming too cramped to one edge of the piece and leaving the rest to almost seem unnecessary. This is partially due in part to the tiger's lines being directly on the edge of the page which creates a distraction. Also though it becomes a bit too top heavy whereas Sebastian's is too bottom heavy. Like I had mentioned before, as one entity this works, but as two it does not. Don't be afraid to crop off small sections to better fit a frame to focus on the most important areas and create a better overall composition.