Mountain Landscape

[puddlefish]

You've got the basic shapes in place, and the composition works well. I'd advise using some masks on your layers, so that you can work freely but retain some sharp edges. Also, from a personal point of view, I always like to start with the thing furthest from the viewpoint (the sky usually) and work up to the foreground. This helps me gradually build up a sense of depth. It's kind of hard to tell if the effect you're looking for is working when the sky and furthest details aren't in place.

Hope this helps

[VShane]

I agree, your colors and comp are all laid out nice, If you have never worked traditionaly, this is very similiar to what is called an "underpainting" where the colors are blocked in for oil just before blending them together with a pallette knife.

Other than that, I would just add more of the cool spectrum to the base of the mountain (lavendars, purlpes, cool greens).



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[Sleepless]

Not too scribbley. Looking good. Check this thread near the bottom of the page, I can't wait to give this a try myself. It's right up your ally for the mountain painting.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27&start=0

[wildsheepchase]

Thanks for all the feedback...it's a huge help:thumbsup:

Puddlefish: Thanks for the masking suggestion....I'll try that out.

Wacom Knight: I do have an art background, but unfortunately, it didn't include much painting....I don't think I've created anything that's made it past the "underpainting" stage. Thanks for the color suggestion:p

Sleepless: That link is perfect!! It relates exactly to my problems...lol Thanks alot:thumbsup:

Thanks again! I'll try to update soon:D

[wildsheepchase]

Here's an update. It's far from finished...
I don't know if the sky is going to stay how it is.
Any comments appreciated, as always:D

[puddlefish]

Looking good. Be carefull of making elements in the background too dark, as it screws around with your depth perception. Also, it's details that bring this type of thing to life. Does anyone live in the mountains? If so, maybe some lights? A river or suggestion of a road or small forest could also make a difference.

Remember, if a background is just a background, it's not worth putting in at all. It should say something and give more information about the piece, otherwise it's redundant.

[wildsheepchase]

Here's another update.
Thanks puddlefish..I intend to incorporate the background with the foreground, I just haven't gotten that far yet;) I'll work on adjusting the darks in the background soon...I think they should look a bit hazier as well.

[wildsheepchase]

Ick! It looks better in photoshop!:rolleyes:

[Sleepless]

You're blowing me away here.....this is going real good. New to PS, I don't see that at all. We should all do so well so soon. Glad that thread helped. Very impressed.:)

Yeh, I could see some little structure as an accent to the composition but you've learned a lot about painting mountains. I gotta try this some time, it looks like fun.

[wildsheepchase]

Thanks a whole lot, Sleepless! That mountain thread at concept art has really helped a lot! I'm not really completely new to photoshop, but I had never used it for painting before. Actually, I hadn't used it for anything except laying out text...so, I did learn alot making this. Hopefully, I can make the foreground as good as the background. I guess we'll see:rolleyes:
Thanks again for the compliment:D

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