[WIP] Wooden skull

[Wuuhuu]

Yes! I have returned from.. wherever I came from.
So I thought of this idea of a wooden skull and this is what I have so far:


I am really stuck on highlights as well as the teeth.
C&C appriciated.

EDIT:
Added very little things. Touched up the teeth, attempting some highlights and AA aswell as adding a twig sort of.

[Porque]

Yo.! I think I can help you out a bit with the teeth:

if you look at those green lines you see that the upper row begins with a straight line. and a few pixels beneath the straight line there is a curved line. this line's length and distance from the upper line depends on the size of your skull ofc. then again a few pixels under the curved line is another line, this time with even more a curve.

the example is done in a few secs so the one with ''shading'' looks dumb, i know

little tip if you begin with the teeth.: do not give the teeth a real outline, that will make the teeth look like licorice if you know what i mean

Anyway, the skull so far looks pretty cool. Tho' i think you should pick other colors

[Wuuhuu]

Thanks a bunch.

And about the colors; I am going to give it more colors, aswell as nice little details to touch it up and make it more "woodish".

[sengir]

you need to use browns that came from wood, yours are little too green, maybe you can use warmer browns....and then you can also add a lighter brown for highlights. Also if you want to give the idea of wood you must add some wood grain. I hope my comments will be useful...nice drawing as well!!

[Wuuhuu]

Maybe your right about to greenish browns. I cannot tell cause Im colorblind. So green and brown looks basicly the same to me 

[Wuuhuu]

Excuse my double post. Please.


Okay, so I added a few things, but it just looks very strange to me.
I would like to add some leaves to the twig but I am not sure about how to do the leaf.
Thanks in advance.

[twodayslate]

finish the actual skull before you add accessories.

everything seems pretty crammed right now. make the skull smaller so you can expand on it or make the canvas bigger.

[Jorund]

Here's an edit I made (Note: I'm no pro, not even close). But you need to look more to your reference, and if you don't have one, google it. Here's is the one I used: link.

And here is the incomplete edit.

- The shape of the one you made looks very weird.
- The skull you made (something I didn't edit) has three central incisors.
- The skull is looking to the right, but we can see the skull's left cheek/jaw looking frontwards.
- The eye sockets are too triangular.
- The highlight is very strong and seems unnatural. (Mine isn't perfect, I know, is pretty awful  , but maybe you'll get the idea)

And finally as twodayslate said, finish the skull, then start adding details/accessories.

[Jeremy]

The skull is very squat and skewed. Are you using a reference?
The teeth are very flat on top and perfectly outlines, try blocking out the different shades to create depth and a more natural look.
Here's a rough idea of what I mean, perhaps use a woodgrain texture in addition to the little branch so it's clear that the skull is wooden

[Wuuhuu]

Necro-bumping-update-time!

Okay, so I finally updated this... after alot of time.
Iam seriously stuck on highlighting the top of the skull, I cant seem to do it without making it look awkward.
Help greatly appriciated.

reference is there, aswell as all the other stuff.

Thanks in advance.