I'd watch the physics of the cloth if you're going to leave it on the shoulder, that bunched cloth on the seat behind her would be affecting the drape and the line of the front of the cloak, and it wouldn't be falling as straight as it is drawn. I think there would definitely be some kind of curve to it as you have it drawn, probably the cloth pointing out a bit to reveal that slight amount of back curve that you mentioned in conjunction with a not-so horizontal line at the bottom of the cloak.
...unless it's got a creative cut on it, then please disregard what I have said! But right now, the front looks like she's standing and the bunch at the back looks like she's sitting, if you get what I mean.
While the drape off the chair is confusing looking as it is (because I went 'bah, play with folds and drapery later') a large cloak wouldn't really be affected by the bunch at the back, since she's sitting on it. That's why you can't see the chair behind her knees. If you wrap a blanket around your shoulders and sit down, what's in front is going to fall straight from your shoulders, since your own weight anchors it. It's really just getting the sat-upon part to bunch up naturally. It definitely wouldn't scallop out to the back the way it is, and probably shouldn't hang down so far, but I hadn't moved that far down the page yet in my fixing of things.
So, leave the front straight or show the curve of the back? I was asking because I'm undecided as to which has better compositional impact.
Ack, sorry, I thought you meant the cloth falling right off her shoulders (which SHOULD be straight), not the cloth father down. I had tested this with a blanket in front of my mirror, and it generally hangs straight until about hip-level and then pooched out before coming back in under my butt. You are correct about that bit! I just had those lower lines in to sorta indicate to myself how far down and back I wanted the cloak to go (although my previous response helped me realize that it's too long).
Everything below the waist was thrown in before I scanned it so people got a general idea of the composition. The last time I left out a chair and legs, I got all kinds of confused comments and nothing really addressing the problem at hand -.-
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...unless it's got a creative cut on it, then please disregard what I have said! But right now, the front looks like she's standing and the bunch at the back looks like she's sitting, if you get what I mean.
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So, leave the front straight or show the curve of the back? I was asking because I'm undecided as to which has better compositional impact.
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Everything below the waist was thrown in before I scanned it so people got a general idea of the composition. The last time I left out a chair and legs, I got all kinds of confused comments and nothing really addressing the problem at hand -.-
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