Illustration for Middle-earth Fan Fiction

[The Dude]

An Illustration for a story project me and several others are working on.

Butterfly-blade

Feel free to give any opinions.

[The Dude]

Well it must be really good and not a thing wrong or really bad and you're sparing my feelings. LOL!

Seriously... being more specific: What makes this picture look fake in terms of lighting or anything else?

[CathyH]

Howdy,
There are a several things that bother me, 1st and 2nd, the lighting effect takes away from the detail in the handle, also the dark corners gives it a warped feeling. Maybe paint on a glint.
3. there is nothing that is the centeral focus.
4. the spacing of the blade and saber are to even, maybe over lap them or put then at different angles.
5. the heading should have less leading space.
6. the body copy is hard to read, maybe give that more leading. and also maybe you can have it follow the curve of the sword.

My teenages are into this kind of stuff.
I hope this helps.