Gorgeous Laurie! It has so much going for it! The color selection and saturation is so good along with the texture! Also the main highlight and the reflected highlight are wonderful!
@doug-milne Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback, Doug. Do you have any thoughts on the stem? Does it need more work? I‘m thinking I should add a shadow? Thank you! Laurie
Laurie- the stem looks good! You have toning on it to convey it’s cylindrical shape. Being picky, it could be more nuanced. Soften some of the dark line. Right now the stem is divided into a light side and a dark side. It is a challenge on such a narrow object! I thought you had a stem shadow, but I see now that it is a dimple line. There definitely should be a stem shadow. The angle would be slightly different than the dimple line, but it is going to be very close to the dimple line and similar in width so it may look confusing. You will have to make a decision – possibly eliminate the dimple line or make one of them noticeably darker(the stem shadow).
Gorgeous Laurie! It has so much going for it! The color selection and saturation is so good along with the texture! Also the main highlight and the reflected highlight are wonderful!
@doug-milne Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback, Doug. Do you have any thoughts on the stem? Does it need more work? I‘m thinking I should add a shadow? Thank you! Laurie
Laurie- the stem looks good! You have toning on it to convey it’s cylindrical shape. Being picky, it could be more nuanced. Soften some of the dark line. Right now the stem is divided into a light side and a dark side. It is a challenge on such a narrow object! I thought you had a stem shadow, but I see now that it is a dimple line. There definitely should be a stem shadow. The angle would be slightly different than the dimple line, but it is going to be very close to the dimple line and similar in width so it may look confusing. You will have to make a decision – possibly eliminate the dimple line or make one of them noticeably darker(the stem shadow).