Some feedback please :) (Illustrator)

Hey guys, newish to the boards. Years ago a fooled around with photoshop a lot, but always found illustrator a next-level thing. Now I feel like getting back in the game, attempting to master the art of the pen tool, vectoring, and creating that slick illustrator-style.

For one of my first pieces I decided to trace a die, and trying to add a bit of my own style too it. Don't get me wrong though, I have used the pentool before, and traced some images to render em out and stuff.

I find the gradients absolutely amazing. Couldn't find myself not using them, wich made shading and such quite difficult. But it turned out quite nice, though only the beginning of a long, long line of possibilities.

If anyone has anything to add, tips on shades, or maybe you have a nice idea to add to it?

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3...aceddiezm8.jpg


regards,

Nath

Howsabout showing 3 sides instead of two? And the indentions look more convex than they do concave, imo. I think you got the light reversed off them.

Ah I see what you mean. Took me a while. Once I try the 3 sided one, I'll try to do less gradient, and more solid. To see if that can make it a bit easier for me.

Hmm after the lack of a few years of practise, this is pretty good, i bet you can do very good when you get the program under your nails ;D the shadow though i would blur it out so it would look a bit more realistic right now its very very hard.