Things Critique ⇒ Kitchen knife

[LindaShorey]

Does this make you feel like going out to buy one of these?

Oh wow, now that is a showstopper! Super cool.

[St3v3M]

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I have to say that your studio is absolutely terrifying to me.
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Isn't it odd that we're both comfortable in the big open but are both lost in a studio? S-

[Duck]

The disproportionate sizes of the two make you keep looking at this again, which is the purpose of all that we do, is it not?

Believe it or not, that's the smaller of the two knives. I should probably get a larger avocado.

I have to say that your studio is absolutely terrifying to me.

Nah, once I introduce you to the equipment you'd want to play.

Love the new avatar, ultra creative.

Thanks, I was feeling spontaneous and in a good mood. I'm glad you like it. A little more personal than my drawing.

[Duck]

Oh wow, now that is a showstopper! Super cool.

I'm digging it too. Obviously it would present better in portrait but as it's for my landscape oriented online portfolio, I opted to go this route.

Isn't it odd that we're both comfortable in the big open but are both lost in a studio? S-

And I feel so much happier in my man cave. Though I should get out more often than I do.

[Bobby Deal]

I really like the last image of the two knives on the black slate, my only thought for improvement would be to use a large strip box rather than a round light behind a scrim to create the lateral highlight.

The way it stands you have a definitive circle over the blades but the dimension of the handles is lost in the shift of the highlight when the handles exit the main circumference of the light. The other thing I might have considered was rotating the knives so that the lines on the handles lined up with the texture of the slate which would also require rotating the lighting a but to compensate

[Duck]

I really like the last image of the two knives on the black slate, my only thought for improvement would be to use a large strip box rather than a round light behind a scrim to create the lateral highlight. The way it stands you have a definitive circle over the blades but the dimension of the handles is lost in the shift of the highlight when the handles exit the main circumference of the light.

My original thought was to draw attention to the blades, not the handles. Now that you've mentioned it, though, I can see how that would enhance the entire product. I'll have to keep that tip in mind.

The other thing I might have considered was rotating the knives so that the lines on the handles lined up with the texture of the slate which would also require rotating the lighting a bit to compensate

I hadn't put too much thought into that. I was mostly concerned with keeping the knives on a rather small piece of stone. Nothing that some cloning couldn't have fixed, but I wasn't thinking along those lines. As it is, they kinda-sorta line up.

Thanks for the comments. They're definitely appreciated.

[Bobby Deal]

My original thought was to draw attention to the blades, not the handles. Now that you've mentioned it, though, I can see how that would enhance the entire product. I'll have to keep that tip in mind.

If you strafe the light across the lateral line just skimming it with the edge of the light the natural fall off of the light should produce the desired effect while still maintaining the focus on the blades