Howl's Moving Castle - Book Cover, Nicolas Bouvier (2D)

[pkok]

wow, like the art ! Did u study traditional painting b4 moving in to digital? It looks lovely simple but yet, very interesting! i particular like the color scheme u choosed. Do u usually start with small color tumb first or straight work on it?

pkok

[peach4at]

wow, i like the style:thumbsup: ! but the birds must have a hard time in that area :)

[Garma]

well what can I say.. almost just as cool as that other one. I really like this feeling of the city operating as a machine.

[blackofwork]

I like it! wonderful painting. 3star to me.

[High Theban]

Absolutely awesome! My only complaint would be that the castle itself doesn't have any 'feet'. But the style easily makes up for that. Bravo! And I'm looking forward to seeing the Studio Ghibili version. It looks equally amazing, only a bit more cartoony, obviously.

[CAAB]

Nice! The burst of orange into the sky to the left of the castle really reminds me of a Turner painting.

Feet? What are you talking about? Maybe I just need to know the story. For me, the only redeeming aspect of the idea of a moving castle is that one wonders how it moves and that it must be with some force beyond the banality of "walking."

[Ollarin]

Amazing! ...What more can i say? Just love it!

[CodeNothing]

VERY NICE PIECE. My only crit is that i cant tell if its floating or on solid ground between those hills. There is no shadow either way.

realy nice though, :thumbsup:

[sergeriley]

Félicitations !!!

Je viens de voir quelques unes de tes autres oeuvres et puis je me disait que ca serait bien en grand sur le mur d'un édifice du centre-ville.

Sérieusement c'est excellent.

Serge R.

[Artbot]

I have a weakness for floating cities...:-)

But I agree it isn't quickly apparent whether the city is resting on the ground or floating above it. It would have a soft shadow around the base if it were on the ground, but the way the bottom of the city follows the valley contours makes it read as though it were sitting in that valley. Still, really nice work.

[Joebount]

Ah, at least ;)

:)

[Terkonn]

I agree with the shadow critique, but a very nice piece overall.- :thumbsup:

[sliving]

good work !i like it !
is like a game place:)
i hope to see more of yours!:)
4 stars !go on !

[infinitipo]

Awesome, looks great! Howl's Moving Castle is one of my favorite books, and I think your idea is really interesting.


(Also can't wait to see Miyazaki's interpretation)

[mmhnemo]

Yeah - i'm also eager to see the new Ghibli - was over in JP when it got into cinemas but didnt have a chance to see it yet.

The picture is nice and well executed :thumbsup:

[loocas]

Simply :thumbsup: andhttp://www.cgtalk.com/images/rating/rating_4.gif from me :thumbsup:

[olijosman]

I love it... color, accomplishment, design...and the brush touch :applause:

[tinitus]

really really nice...love your style!

[tlggungor]

oooooo wonderful piece I Love your buildings.more detail pls.sorry my terrible eng
You must see my 2d challenge city and write critic. :bounce:

[Nuro]

it is my favourite because it makes me travel , good job :thumbsup:
the new version of your website is fantastic and easy to see your last Cg :bounce:


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[Velinov]

The power of the Painter in God's fand :thumbsup: Isn't it great. Bravo

[zenigeva]

great design!

[Raa]

Incredible, It has so many details... Every time I look at the picture, I see something new...

[Lordgobbo]

Bravo. Vraiment une belle illustration, j'ai vu au premier coup d'oeil qu'il volait. Il a vraiment l'air massif et énorme en comparaison avec les petits batiments en bas j'aime ça. En tout cas belle peinture continue.

[Isurus]

it's awesome but seems inconsistently scaled.

you have very tiny windows, making it look huge in some places. but overall you have larger windows, doors/awnings that make it look like a super-sized castle that is 1000x bigger than normal.

get what im saying?

[DANKA]

Amazing ! as always! :bounce:

[Tranchefeux]

Very good idea and realization, congratulation.

[infinitipo]

About the window comment posted by Isurus. If you read the book, the interior of the entire castle is actually just one small room; the exterior really isn't even connected to what "Howl's Moving Castle" is. So I guess you could have it appear however you want, since really none of the windows even exist on the inside.

Then again, maybe you're right. Still great though.

[chainjane]

Cool man!

this great painting!

[niva]

Great work, my overall impression (because of the little houses on the ground) is that the castle is immense and the perspective of the birds makes them even bigger since some of the birds in the upper part of the image appear to be behind the castle what kind of birds are they?

My main critique is actually in the perspective on the bottom part of the castle, something there doesn't seem quite right. This would've been more effective as a 3d model I think and I'd love to see one done... of course there's the shadow issue too that others pointed out earlier.

[shehrevar]

very inspiring. I love it!

[Luke Mrozek]

Superb...love the texturing here.

[ZombieFrog]

AMazing. Its very detailed, and I love the style!

[Freestyler_56]

My only crit is that i cant tell if its floating or on solid ground between those hills. There is no shadow either way.

realy nice though, :thumbsup:
CodeNothing's RIGHT!
3 from me ;0)

[Mindgem]

Nice, I think it would be even more obious that it is acctualy a hovering or floating castel is you add shadows underneath.

[*crazycat*]

Very complicated brush stroke in painting , like it

[*crazycat*]

Very complicated brush stroke in painting ......................wonderful

[AlyFell]

Far be it for me to speak up for Sparth, but I think the castle is closer to us in perspective than the BG, so the shadow would be out of shot. I like the depth in this, with the subdued BG. My only crit, and it's a little one, is the flags are blowing in the wind, but the smoke isn't! Fantastic though!:)

[q163p]

Hi
Oil painting master
Should be"当之无愧 Beautiful

[made]

Impressive artwork ! as susual....

Just the separation of the castle / background that isn't really clear...other choices are just perfect to me. Keep Up !

[Concept-Mutt]

a brilliant piece of work, i hope that I will be able to see any others that you put out. great job.

[Folashade]

Gorgeous work!!! :eek:

[armocelu]

For me the floating castle it's floating, like Poshspice say the shadow must be off the frame, but there are another ways to separate the planes on a picture, one is the saturation of the colors, the castle have saturated colors and the hills and the small houses have less saturated colors. i like almost all, but the lake and the waterfall, seems to me like melted caramel, particularly on the waterfall where the water has to be more transparent and we must see some rocks or at least shadows of it beneath the water. :argh: Maybe i'm exaggerating in the critic. :p
The piece is unique and beautifull. :)

[ca95f]

Has anyone of you ever seen Jacek Yerka's work, especially a painting called "The Cloudbreaker" ?

It has a close resemblence to this work.

You can check it out at
http://yerka_obrazy.webpark.pl/chmurolamacz.htm

[jordancheng]

Light performance of arrive very much!Like!

[nymbis]

Awesome! Great detail

[asdomg]

HEHE buddy, good job. I like this story very much

[jbo]

i really like the style, but i think there are some scale issues. the buildings in front of the castle suggest that the birds and stairs on the castle are HUGE.

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