I'm Not Good At Art, But....

[ConzyFTW]

Does this look any good? I'm terrible at everything art-ish and really need some advice....

http://imgur.com/q10t0yW

[mihoiru]

 

all looks good exept that stone

and you can make this planets more rounded

Edited June 12, 2015 by Lustmore

[(PSN)Matsypie]

Looks okay. But, try to fix the stone and maybe smooth out the outline on excalibro.

[5h1n0k4m1]

i wish people use tags, unless DE implement a better array of editing tools

[img]http://imgur.com/q10t0yW[/img]

[counterflux]

I'll try to give some advise, (sorry if I appear a bit rude, english is not my native language and advising quickly sounds a bit harsh)

 

You got to keep in mind that it's best to divide the canvas in 3 pieces, with stuff on the intersection lines.

To improve this drawing I would:

1: Try to move the tree a bit to the left. 

2: Mirror and make the tree a bit smaller in Y scale only. (The bigger darker part to the middle so that the viewer is more drawn towards the center)

3: Make the rock bigger in X-scale and remove that gap? (Can I ask why there is a gap?)

4: move the planets a bit to the right. Just a mm is sufficient but placing it straight in the middle is almost never good.

5:Move excalibur to the right (just so that his knee touches the 2/3 intersection of the image)

 

Another thing that would make this a lot better is consistent shading.

As you can see now the rock, the tree and excalibur all have light coming from different places. You might need to put some shades and highlights to overcome this. This is not really easy to do, but it can make it look a lot better if done right.

Edited June 12, 2015 by counterflux

[HatchetHaro]

Artist and Photoshop enthusiast here.

To answer your question: nope.

Learn how to use layers. That would solve at least 50% of your problems.

[Burnthesteak87]

 

• Light sources are messed up.
  Why would the tree be totally black as it would be in a dark ambient with no ambient light, while the warframe has a totally different lightset? This discrepancy is what gets noticed as soon as you look.
  Same for the rock. No shadows, different light setup.
• Also there is no rim light coming from the dawn/eclipse on the back.
• Multiple objects have no blurred borders, they're sharp, raw and grainy so they don't merge with the background. Thus giving the feel "copy/paste" and bad editing.
• There is no starfield, the sky feels empty and unnatural. Either put low opacity clouds or a starfield.
• There is plenty of clouds in the background, but there is totally absence of fog on the close-up. You can get a smoky brush and add some low opacity layer over it.
• Planets on the background are ovoidal. Again the light source on planets isn't working.​

Also, if you mean to "rip off" planets and other ComputerGraphic-developed images from internet (also Textures and Backgrounds), check if the image is free or if its owner is allowing for free editing.
It's not professional taking images from public Portfolios or protected by Copyright. (It's just a note)


 

Edited June 12, 2015 by Burnthesteak87

[PapaFragolino]

If you're just starting to learn I suggest you to start with smaller and simplier pics, so that you can learn the basics without feeling too much frustrated.

 

The most important thing is that you have fun doing it; if you have fun, you won't even notice the hours passing by.