The Journey Begins Challenge (2D) Entry: Mona Eriksson

[monsitj]

nice concept and charactor is very cute too! good work Mona!

[ppook]

Your little travellers very very cute....e :scream: :applause:

[Lemog]

Morning Mona... the progression is very good... you're working very precisely... I really like... continuen like that :thumbsup:

[madshooter]

Hey Mona Little travellers are cute:) Nice progress:thumbsup:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142421795_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142421795_large.jpg)

let´s call this one line art...

[makaron]

hallo the_fgdf... thanks... I´m not sure they are a couple, but sure of the guinea pigs always travells in pairs... :scream:

rattlesnake: thanks to you for thinking they are adorable :)

a nose in the air means hungry... shakes... you right on the spot there ;)

a bunch of thanks to, monsitj, ppook and madshooter... :bounce:
they are cute arn´t they? maybe too cute?.. :blush: thanks boy´s
and Lemog: thanks... I scirbbling along here... and haven´t merge any layers... yet... :thumbsup:

CYA :wavey:

[Zapan]

Ahahaha and the cuteness continues !!

Awwww again !! Just I would have seen the flying GP ninja (I love that sentence) more to the left ... nah ?

Go Mon' go ...

cheers ,

-Zapan

[Squibbit]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142421795_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142421795_large.jpg)



aww, haha


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[makaron]

Zapan... ops I see I forgot the basket the GPs gonna sit in... The Ninja Airlines don´t have any seats... :eek: Nyark!
and maybe, Ninja will do a left turn later on... not sure yet...

Squibbit a hips of awwww it´s.... :bounce:

[Squibbit]

boo


HAMPSTER (http://www.kossan.se/hamster_i_hjul.htm)



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[asbassie]

It's just so cute my teeth hurts...Good progress. Great concept and exceptional composition. Would really love to see the end result...Hat's off to all fuzzy things.:D

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Heeheh..that is so sweet...:bounce:

[makaron]

Squibbit: poor little hampster in a wheel... haha... what a cutie...:bounce:
I had one just like that one before. She was a nutcase... when she got spagetti, she sneak up on it and then attac.. jump at it, really shake it around, she killed it before eating it :p like it would be a worm... :eek:

hallo asbassie, thanks you very much... and hope your teeth will survive this journey... :thumbsup:

DimitrisLiatsos aka Dimi... look what I learned.. Dimi.. with an I... :scream: and thanks for the sweet words...

CYA :wavey:

[Squibbit]

Squibbit: poor little hampster in a wheel... haha... what a cutie...:bounce:
I had one just like that one before. She was a nutcase... when she got spagetti, she sneak up on it and then attac.. jump at it, really shake it around, she killed it before eating it :p like it would be a worm... :eek:


yea crazy clip, i been watching that and laughing for what , twelve times now.

haha, sounds like a fun hampster u had


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[daWinky]

Hey Mona,

I'm finally here again for some cheering:bounce: ...but I see you don't really need it...as always a good mood here in your thread:) !
I like the new concept with the GPs sitting on the window sill:thumbsup: , you'll go with this one?
I see you changed the coulor of the former black GP, good decision!
Let me see more furry updates soon! They are sooo cute!
Have a nice evening!

-sabrina

[jevinart]

love the guinnea pigs, and the overall setting! makes me wish i was a little critter in this back yard.... great sense of space and perspective, too. very nice work so far.

[shakes]

yeehar..a big picture! looks really great Mona- just a few composition points:

I think the position of the gate directly behind is distracting from the GP'S..do you need it at all? I'd lower the fence/hedge a bit so his GP nose isn't directly in line with the top of it.
also, I agree with zapan about moving birdie the the left (it looks like he's flying past them), and I'd even think about getting rid of the lamposts or making them smaller.

I LOVE the position of the GP's, curtains, flowerpot and cute bird in box-looks brilliant!

hope that's helpful!

[soapy]

Great to see you moving along to the final setup. I tend to agree with Shakes that the composition might use some work. I am not too fond of how the GP's poses frame the gate it is a bit visually distracting. Plus the whole thing is a bit too symetrical for my liking. Maybe some new positions for the gate and city? You could move the gate left along the hedge? City could spread out?

[makaron]

Squibbit: I´m still watching that hampster... :p haha

hallo daWinky, thanks :) and I´m staying with this one... with just a few small changes... and you know never a dull moment with GPs around... haha.. CYA

thanks a bunch jevinart... I´m happy to hear that :thumbsup:

shakes: hallo sir... funny I just did the GPs just a bit bigger so his nose is above the hedge, and about the airline bird, it´s already moved to the left... just before I read your comment... :eek: and for the gate... it suppose to be darker. and maybe more open.. or I get rid of as you mention... lets see what happnes.... and the lampposts are a bit to sharp for now... a lot of things to do still... but thanks a lot of your words it helps :)

Soapy: you have a good idea about the gates there.. thank you...

CYA :wavey:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142466394_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142466394_large.jpg)

again, but with the city a bit bigger, the bird has moved to the left... and the gate is gone...

[Rebeccak]

Heya, Mona, I love this last update! :thumbsup:

Keep wheeping and squikking! :bounce:

Cheers, :)

~"Beckie"

[makaron]

thanks Beckie... :bounce:

I´ll try to squiiik in some color next...

[MVDB]

I didn't think these little fella's would walk all the way.
Great transportation.. Good lineArt!
Keepin' an eye on this.. ;)

[Gunilla]

Jippi! Yes - new comp much better! I think you could maybe move the bird even more to the right for better balance.
This is getting incredibly sweet :love:

[ThierryS]

G'morning to ya Mona! Very nice work and progress, it's such a funny picture!

Now for some suggestion ( sorry can't escape it haha!:scream: )
I think you could have the bird and Ninja still a bit bigger, you got room for it and you'll be able to work more detail on the couple.
The city buildings are a bit regular too, you could add some more variation in size and proportions, and to increase the sense of depth you can have even more difference in the contrasts between the foreground and the background and scale it from front to back-e.g. the fence could be lighter than the border of the window, at the moment they seem to have the same value.
Hope this helps!
Can't wait to see you start colours on it. DA man says great stuff, yo!:thumbsup: :bounce:

[Poonks]

SSwwwwweeeeettttttttt!!!

I really like your idea..
We want colors now :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[daWinky]

Hey Mona:wavey: !

This composition works even better for me, very nice! :thumbsup:
Can't wait to see all the feather and fur work starting!

Have a nice day!

-sabrina

[makaron]

MichaelMotion: hallo and thanks... and every little guinea pig has to have a ride in to town, those little legs arn´t going longdistance... :scream:

Gunilla: the bird is still flying... that layer is not merged, yet... haha :eek:

and thierry2005: Da man... I can´t see all that you wrote... :cool: to many dreads in front my eyes... haha... and gonna try with a bigger bird/plane... and all those other things you said...
thanks... but it´s a hedge... not a fence! :banghead: maybe try with a fence and see what that looks like... could work so the middle of the image gets more intresting...

thanks Poonks... and I getting the crayons out of the box now... :thumbsup: do you wanna borrow some?

Sabrina... nice to see you and glad you like... and feathers... and fur... and feathers... and fur...:cry: bahhh.. gotta be alot of those... haha..

back to the drawingboard... changes and coloring and...

CYA :wavey:

[ThierryS]

Oups, hehe sorry Mona, I meant HEDGE of course, my bad english, it's very clear it's a hedge have no fear:rolleyes: . Keep it that way, it's very nice!

[makaron]

hedge or fence... Thierry... that´s the big Q:n of the day... :bounce: I going to make it lighter... as you wrote... and let´s see then what it looks like :p

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142510684_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142510684_large.jpg)

a bigger bird...

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142531450_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142531450_large.jpg)

little value changes

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142531519_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142531519_large.jpg)

and some color

[Sneakybunny]

wow, Holy Torlettos Batman!("spoken in winey robin voice") I love hamsters, ask any work! My Avatar has been a hamster wearing a fez hat for like all of last year.

Also the that fact you can draw a really cool picture:arteest:with cute hamsters has got my attention.
will be following.

From the Huffer

[shakes]

haha! you nailed it! to my eye the composition looks perfect Mona- well done. looks sooo cute.

[makaron]

glad to have your attention mr hamsterlover no1gashuffer :bounce:

and I thank you for the help Shakes :wip:

[rattlesnake]

oohh..wow this is really nice , the line art came really good..the scene is beautiful..i love it!

good luck with your next steps, i really enjoy your work:bounce:

[ahbeejieh]

Hi makaron. Cute piece you got here. Just wanted to bring some stuff up to your attention. What drove me to view your entry up close is I thought someone's doing a piece with 2 hamsters mating in it. And it still looks like that up close. Plus I think the hamsters are a little too centered in the composition and the flower pot on the bottom right of the pic is pulling the eyes out of focus from the main characters. I think the flower pot's unnecessary since you got the tree where the birds live in the background on that area already. Just some thoughts...

[MichaelZHsee]

nice going with the hammy~haha,lets make it really furry :scream:,keep it coming makaroni

[Rebeccak]

Moring Mona! :wavey:

Your piece always makes me smile...can't wait to see the fur fly! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :)

~"Beckie"

[soapy]

Nice work Mona, the composition is way better! The colour is really bringing it to life. Cheers.

[TheFirstAngel]

looking good Mona, and you're making nice progress with your photoshop handling, let em fly girl, let em fly :)

[Zapan]

Yay !!

Great to see the little fellows on colors in their environement !! :bounce:
Ninja buddy is perfectly weel placed now me think !

chop chop Mon' !

cheers ,

-Zapan

[Mu]

Hi,


just wanted to say that you perfectly nailed the feeling of the title of this challenge. The look through the window has that longing feeling for going outside and... hmya...just letting the journey begin.



:thumbsup:

[makaron]

thanks rattlesnake... and I need all the luck I can get :thumbsup:

ahbeejieh thanks for your thoughts... :) and for the thumbnail I can agree about the look like the guinea-pigs are up to naughty stuff, but not on the big picture... and still a lot of fur and shadows gonna be done so,later they gonna look more apart too...

sh@ke thanks more fur is coming up... and some birdfeathers too :bounce:

well Rebeccak.. that´s my goal... :deal:to keep you smiling

thanks you very mucho sir soapy :buttrock:

the1st_angel: yeah they gonna fly around in photoshop all weekend... :p

Zapan: you really are found of flying Ninjas arn´t you... ;)

thanks Mr. Mu... :beer: so nice of you...
and it must be some epic journey if you are a indoor guinea-pig to go on a flight in to town...

CYA :wavey:

[yAdam]

hehe, this is great! I agree with what other people have been saying about the hamsters though. Also At the moment they are both side on, maybe you could change the position of one to look more like its turned to look out the window...

[makaron]

hallo yAdam great you find the image great... :bounce: and gonna look at some solution to "keep them" apart... and BTW your piggie avatar is so sweet...

perhaps just shadows and light will do the trick, or I move them.. or turn them or put something in between them... they might need a suitcase, the flyer, the flowerpot... or a bag of food for the trip in to town... you never know... let´s see what the future beholds... :)

CYA :wavey:

[Elsie]

Woohoo :bounce: loving it as usual! Those eyes on the GP's are looking very real, you got the shine spot on. There's already a really nice atmosphere developing, and the pigs are incredible cute :)

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142611611_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142611611_large.jpg)

just a quick change of fur... may solve the problem that they are to "close"

[shakes]

nice and hairy! I like!

[makaron]

if you like it Shakes... furry it is... :thumbsup:

I think I gonna be living in fur and feathers for some time now... :surprised I really don´t wanna turn the guinea-pig that holds the ticket, so longer fur is the way to do it then... *sigh* more fur... :p

[Zapan]

:bounce:

looks like a hairy GP now , i like those :)

...,... .. .., .. .!!!
.. ..... .. .., .. ... !! :scream:

Wheek !!

cheers ,

-Zapan

[makaron]

nyark Zapan!... the longer fur, the cutier the are ;)


..., .... ....... .... ....!
and have a peanut, it´s friday.... :bounce:

[brazz]

Hi. your concept looks great, reminds me of stuart little, keep on it. and let´s see some fur hehe

[Climax]

It is looking so cute! I just can't imagine how will the poor little bird carry the two new passengers, they seem a bit overweighted :scream:

[makaron]

hallo brazz and thanks :) happy you like it... and today is fur day... and I haven´t seen little Stewart movie, yet... :blush: but I know its about a mouse...

climax: thanks... nice to see you here on the right side of the challenge :p and a big parrot should be able to carry about 3 kg guinea-pigs don´t you think... or? you maybe right... poor bird... :rolleyes:


today is paint curtin and fur day...
but first... I will have the morning coffee...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/690000/images/_694618_teacup300.jpg

CYA... :wavey:

[shakes]

that photo is priceless!!! one of the cutest GP's ever!!

[Eve76]

Your picture is sooo cute! I love it, its very memorable.

[makaron]

Shakes: cutest ever.... naaaa... arn´t mine GPs that?... :p
Eve76: thanks... :bounce: makes me happy to hear that...

[ThierryS]

Haha, great photo Mona, and yeah the shadows between them is creating a bit of distance now, avoiding missinterpretations (chop chop!).

I didn't notice Ninja's hairdo, it's so funny on the bigger view:scream: . Hilarious stuff, well done!!
Keep going like this!
Hurray for the most popular GPs on the forum!- maybe in the whole world too.
Ninja and Sunny superstars, hehe.:beer:

[ahbeejieh]

Yep. Looks better. Man, hamsters are cute arent they? :P Love the details on those tickets they're carrying :)

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142708982_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142708982_large.jpg)

starting the longer fur on the front guinea pig... this is the true res. it´s made in. 300ppi

[makaron]

da man: Thierry... http://hem.bredband.net/makaron/smile/064D5F%7E14.GIF
well... Ninja looks like that in real when she runs... her bangs is like that... I used her as ref you see... :D and they better not know that they are popular... shhh.. they could start act like superstars then.. haha...


thanks... and I´m so pleased to see you like this better ahbeejieh... :bounce: and the ticket tells the story so to speak...

and as you all can see, I´m back in the furfactory...

CYA :wavey:

[beelow]

:p You caught up yet? hehe, Nice update mona!;)

[makaron]

beelow... but I´m still behind... wait for me... all tangeled up in fur here... :wip:

[shakes]

hey really nice closeup, and lovely fur Mona-you're very good at it! still love that little eye.

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142717982_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142717982_large.jpg)

the guinea pig has all the fur on, next step... more fur :) and the details... like ear, nose, toes and claws...

[mdavid]

What a handsome guinea pig, and one very impressive thread you've got running here too. I've been busy with other stuff all week and haven't had the chance to see the progress. The fur up close is looking excellent. I'm wondering about the spelling of 'cheew' or should it be 'chew' on the ticket? Is that some G.P. spelling? Keep up the great work. It's coming along really well

[makaron]

I'm wondering about the spelling of 'cheew' or should it be 'chew' on the ticket? Is that some G.P. spelling?

ops! got to be a GP spelling... :eek: I make a note about that, thanks mdavid
and I´m happy you like all the fur... and this thread... :)

[shakes]

and I´m happy you like all the fur... and this thread... :)

I, and I'm sure WE, LOOOVE this thread!! go GP go!! looks nice all ready for tavel Mona!

[Gunilla]

Beautiful fur for the Golden one!
Looks like he's ready to go now :)

Love that eye too :thumbsup:

[madshooter]

The fur looks cool:thumbsup:

[Zapan]

Fur Queen !! Fur Queen !! :bounce:

-NYARK

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142776716_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142776716_large.jpg)

Ninja the Pilot under fur treatment...

[makaron]

Shakes... thanks for the go´s... :bounce:
Gunilla... the golden is almost there...a bit bored of golden so brown and white today... :scream:
madshooter: cool of you to say that.. thanks :cool:
Zapan: here she is... Ninja is ready to takeoff... :buttrock:

CYa :wavey:

[shakes]

yeehah! punk parrot GP!! Way cute!

[Selina42]

Great fur! I hope you will block in the entire image first to a similar level before really going for the detail though - as sometimes (from my own experience!) if you thouroughly finish one area before another the overall image can end up feeling a little bit disparate. But I definately think youre heading in the right direction and am looking forward to more!

[DimitrisLiatsos]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142776716_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142776716_large.jpg)

Ninja the Pilot under fur treatment...

U don't wanna mess with that guy..trust me...he is bad a$$ :D

awesome hair/fur styling :bounce: .http://members.accesstoledo.com/allnatural/gifs375/gifs%5Cninja%20warriors_avatar2.gif

[daWinky]

Hey Mona!

You're working with high speed here, Mona...and we see the Fur-Queen at work:) !
The fur style of your Ninja is just:thumbsup: ...and I love the golden one too!

Have a nice start in the week!:wavey:

-sabrina

[ThierryS]

Hallo Mona, "god Mornin!" :D how do you say in Swedish? I remember seing something like this on my crisprolls bag at breakfast, haha! Such a nice update, congrats! Ninja is taking shape. MAybe my dwarf could have some help from him to avoid going to war:scream: .

[makaron]

Punk GP... haha.. Shakes... and maybe the parrot should have long feathers then :p could be Ninja Airlines trademark...long fur and feathers make is safer, softer to land if it´s crashes...

thanks Selina42 :) and I´m try to keep the things in same colors and shades.. try it out often to see if it fits...

DimitrisLiatsos: you better be nice, Ninja can bite hard and fast... haha.. the truth is... the real Ninja is a chicken, you just have to say, bo. :eek: .. and she run and hide...
but this look like me tho... http://members.accesstoledo.com/allnatural/gifs375/gifs%5Cninja%20warriors_avatar2.gif same hairdo and same colors as Ninja has on her outfit.. better get me a red ninjasuit now...

hallo Sabrina :D yup the fur is all over PS and soon Ninja get here airplane too... I got Ninja to run across the floors this weekend a few times... to see if the fur really is looking like this when she runs... and it does... haha

Thierry: god morgon... or if you are in a a hurry.. morn :) and of course Ninja could help the dwarf.. haha.. just gonna figure out how to paint the sward so it looks like sharp and shiny... so she looks even more evil... :twisted:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142849091_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142849091_large.jpg)

I do each caracter by them self and put them into the big picture. my ol´computer is a bit to tired to work with big pictures... I use B/W as background and layers with colormode... gives a pretty good result how it looks together...

this is why my updates are just small parts of the big image.

[mdavid]

The fur looks brilliant. I like that painterly style a lot. Interesting way of working too.

[Zapan]

Ahahaha , fluffy GP !! me fan !

Great logo btw ... ninja airlines ... ahahah :scream:
Oh and you're really busy with this ! go Mona !! :bounce:

Lot of Nyark and peanuts for you !

cheers ,

-Zapan

[shakes]

... and maybe the parrot should have long feathers then :p could be Ninja Airlines trademark...long fur and feathers make is safer, softer to land if it´s crashes...

lets hope it never crashes, but if it does I'm sure those big feathers will help lots!!
I love the logo too!

[jevinart]

really like your latest update, with color & de-sat composite, and lg character work-ups. great process, and wonderful texturing of the critters. nice job!

[fgdf]

This is becoming crazy!! keep it up I love your ninja pilot!

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142883926_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1142883926_large.jpg)

fur and feathers...

[Climax]

Hi Mona! fur & feathers are looking good Tough I may sugest some shadows of fur and feather layers, just to give a more tridimencional deph in their skins :thumbsup:

[makaron]

thanks mdavid... :bounce:
Zapan fluffy and furry and now featherly... :scream: nyark...
Shakes... let´s pray they can keep the altityd.. or how to spell that word... haha
the logo is going on the basket later...
thanks a lot jevinart :thumbsup:
the_fgdf: crazy work from a crazy person... :blush: haha...
and climax. thanks :) and the shadows and lights comes later... when i put all these little creaturs in the same image...

for the feathers... not sure if this is the way to do them... but let´s see where this "flight" goes with that...

CYA :wavey:

[shakes]

hey, just beautiful mona- I really love the colours for this.the parrot is fabulous!

[GonzaloGolpe]

hihihihihi.......:bounce: :bounce:

[rattlesnake]

hello...youre very creative !, love the characters acting like persons, and all the adaptations u are creating for their world are really nice...you also add some great coloring to your drawing that will provide a very rich final image..great work !

[ppook]

Brilliant.........t!! How did you do it? :)

[Gunilla]

Ahahaha! I love it! The flying Ninja in his little red suit on that parrot ... it's just great!

And what a speed you're up to now - fjädrar och päls ryker :D

[Agamemnwn]

hej mona , Ninja looks awesome on the parot . sorry for taking so long to post on your thread and indeed on many challenge threads :D keep it up min lilla makaron it looks awesome :D

[Lemog]

Very good work Mona... I'm speechless front of your progress... impressive :thumbsup:

[Chupacabra]

Hi there,

Very nice! Just be sure to make the backhead of the Arakanga a bit wider, it's i tiny little bit squezed. Can't wait to see more...

Best regards and big respect

Khan alias Chupacabra

My Journey Begins (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=323929&page=1&pp=15)

CG Portfolio (http://chupacabra.cgsociety.org/gallery/)

[makaron]

shakes: thank you and I want a lot of colors now... could be for that fact that it´s been white to long around here now.... all this snow is so white and boring... haha

hahaha.. right back at you Gonzalo Golpe... happy you having fun here... :p

rattlesnake... thanks... and I get my ideas from my own guinea-pigs, by watching them... they are a bit nuts so... :cool: and I want to give these GPs personalty but not too much human trades...

ppook: thanks you and I just splash on a lot of dots and lines to form the parrot... :arteest: with a brush that I have add some bevel and emboss to, and then smudge in the line of the feathers would lay...

tackar så möe Gunilla... fjädrar och päls... e livet de... :scream: the pen is working hard here now a days... even got some skratches on the Wacom, so its well used... but so much faster than the mouse...

nice to see you Agamemnwn... and nice you like it... :thumbsup:

but Lemog... can you be speachless... :eek: now you make me speachless too... and thank you soo much that you find it nice to look at...

thanks Chupacabra... :) and gonna make his backhead a bit bigger... you right, he looks like somebody flatten the feathers down...

and back to the feathers... and the wings... have to change them a bit... maybe I should get some refs of a flying bird... instead of just paint out of memory... :rolleyes:

thanks again...

CYA :wavey:

[Squibbit]

your parrot looks oddly thin, flat, wassup with dat?


.

[makaron]

Squibbit... the parrot is on his way to the petstore and fatten up... :blush:

naaa... but I havent painted in the belly and shadows as it should be, yet... to give him some volume...

[FlaminGlow]

Hey Mona, great work, you are so popular here OMG i'm only 3 pages, hehehaha, great work and nice stylish coloring, you need to fix lighting and shadows to make it more organic and to let it comes out the monitor, i like it try to make hair more soft by smoothing it.

Good luck to finals...:eek:

[daWinky]

Hey Mona!

Just dropped in here to wish you a nice day:wavey: ! And I discover the last update I've missed...you're really busy here! The little Ninja on the parrot, just:thumbsup: ...

-sabrina

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143023001_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143023001_large.jpg)

a bigger parrot...

[makaron]

hallo FlaminGlow.. nice you like it :) and the things as light shadows and fur comes later, when it´s time to put all these creatures together...

Sabrina... the feathers are flying finally... :scream: now I have to figure out a design for a nice basket for the 2 GPs to travell in...


how is a parrot holding his feet when he fly´s? :curious: is it with the leg updrawn to the belly and the toes forward... or has he the leg and toes backward?

anyone outthere that can tell me that? :)

CYa :wavey:

[daWinky]

They are flying with feet and claws backwards:wise: , just for the minimal air resistance...but of course during the landing approach the feets are coming forward again...so it depends on the situation you want to show...but I think he's still high enough for the "feet backward mode":D

-sabrina

[soapy]

Wow, I see you have been busy while I was away. I still love the ninja and the parrot is a great idea. Lookin good!

[shakes]

FAAANTASTIC! that Punk GP cracks me up!

[beelow]

U may want to include shade under the wing, under the belly, tail, any where that is pretty much down, to give it some transition. U don't want the image to look flat, I am still around, mona. I have went no where.;)

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143068392_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143068392_large.jpg)

testing the big picture... does the grass work? that´s the big Q:n of the day... to get the DOF.effect?
Have to dye the curtins in a darker shade... the front layer in more colors on the flowers and the windowboard and the guinea-pigs... and the basket for the parrot of course has to be put in...

[rattlesnake]

hey, the composition is looking good together.. i think the grass maybe need more contrast maybe the top side more afected by sun light , of couse that this depend of the day light setting you are going to use for the scene. but all image give a good feeling, very comfortable to watch:thumbsup:

[ThierryS]

NIce update Mona!:bounce:

The feather work on the parrot looks a bit uniform though, you might want to put some lighter and darker areas to increase the sense of volume.

I agree with rattlesnake about the grass, playing a bit with lights to create depth will make it look more interesting.

Good progress you made there! The depth of the city is working well! Have a good day!:thumbsup: :beer:

[daWinky]

Hey Mona!:wavey:

This update looks already pretty good to me. I like how the town vanishes in the distance:thumbsup: ...
About the grass, hard to say, I agree with the others, it depends on your lighting...some variation is needed, shadows...You're really on a good way with this one:cool: , can't wait to see more fur and feather work...

-sabrina

[makaron]

*gnag mode on*... I don´t like grass... hate grass... :twisted: me wanna cut it off and lay a layer of sand or stones in that garden... haha... *gnag mode off*

soapy nice too see you pop-up from the other place, and nice you like the Ninja :)
Shakes: thanks... he is a charmer, that Ninja I have to say...
hallo beelow... I´m still behind... got myself into parrotproblems here... more shadows it is... i´m on it :D
rattlesnake: yep, gonna take your adwise... and let more sunshine in.... :cool: thanks...
thierry: parrot without depth and grass without sunshine, life is hard... :hmm: better get to it then...
hi Sabrina... and thanks for the feetadwise... and I´m kind of try things out... my ol´computer really working here... haha... I bet he thinks its springtime, all green grass and hedge leafs... :) and fur and feathers of course...

and for the grass... don´t like... ;) and trying "like a try and error" method... to get the hedge and grass look like it fits together in depth... and testing diffrent "bunch all together layers metods that may work so I can handle the big picture... without having wait minutes when the computer thinks... I have time to make coffee sometimes while it renders...

CYa :wavey:

[Poonks]

Hey Mona nice update here, :bounce:


I love this little GP but about the composition, i think the position of the character are too central... IMO a little more on a right will be good...

Hope to see more :thumbsup:

[makaron]

hey Poonks and you gonna see more of this, promise... and you have good point about move them a bit... I been thinking in terms to put something in, not sure yet what tho, in front of the golden GP.. so the left lower corner gets something to look at too..
let´s see what happens next. :bounce:

[shakes]

looking beautiful Mona.. maybe like you say something in the left would be good. go GP's go!

[makaron]

hallo shakes.. maybe an alien GP in the left corner... :bounce: haha... naaaa... I´m still thinking of what... have an idea, but not sure that I can pull that one of..

[Zapan]

I been thinking in terms to put something in, not sure yet what tho, in front of the golden GP.. so the left lower corner gets something to look at too..


May I suggest to maybe move the flowers in the left corner and then sightely move the little travellers to the right :shrug:

May I suggest a snail in the middle of the flowers ? :curious:

May I suggest a dwarf in the middle of the grass ? :D

May I suggest a half-naked elf somwhere in the pic ? :scream:

cheers ,

-Zapan

Ps : only the first suggestion counts .... maybe also the second one .... hey ! maybe all of them ... NYARK !!

[rattlesnake]

May I suggest to maybe move the flowers in the left corner and then sightely move the little travellers to the right :shrug:

May I suggest a snail in the middle of the flowers ? :curious:

May I suggest a dwarf in the middle of the grass ? :D

May I suggest a half-naked elf somwhere in the pic ? :scream:

cheers ,

-Zapan

Ps : only the first suggestion counts .... maybe also the second one .... hey ! maybe all of them ... NYARK !!




Totally support his suggests..:twisted::bounce::scream:

[DaedraLord]

nice! looking forward to more!

get those flowers painted, then move on to more detailed stuff.

[mdavid]

Great to see the latest update! I'd always wondered how GPs get around. Now I know.

[makaron]

Nyark... Zapan: you have some ideas... haha :curious:

1. a snail in the middle of the flowers ? maybe

2. a dwarf in the middle of the grass ? you mean like those garden dwarfs.. perhaps

3. a half-naked elf somwhere in the pic ? naaa. elfs don´t play so well with GPs or peanuts :p

I guess that you really wanted nr 3.. ehhh... rattlesnake... :scream:

hallo Daedra Lord... happy you like and I´m :arteest: flowers tonight...

thanks mdavid... I heard they also goes by car sometimes... with those short legs, the faster transportation is the way to go... :thumbsup:

CYa :wavey:

[rattlesnake]

I guess that you really wanted nr 3.. ehhh... rattlesnake... :scream:


Hahahahahaha!....:blush:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143233624_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143233624_large.jpg)

a glassbowl instead of a claypot, the flyer that the coupon is cut out from...

[mdavid]

The flowers in the bowl look excellent. I have renewed respect for the GPs too - I would have thought they'd be tempted to munch on them

[shakes]

nice work on the bowl Mona..I notice you put some GP reflection on it..good touch! I like the coupon detail too. such a sweet idea this image!

[Cyberone]

hamu,,,,TARO!!

HAMU TARO DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIII-SKIIIII!!!

[individium]

from the thumbnail i thought this was an ordinary piece but when i saw it irealized that its the cutest one of all.
its a real fun watching your piicture and i wait for the movie:bounce: =))

by the way i think theres a little problem on some parts of the grass especially at the left bottom cornet of the window grass has the most powerful color there, window and the
little dude goes backward and grass comes to front.

:applause:c'mon finish it

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143355829_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143355829_large.jpg)

some flowers...

[daWinky]

Good Morning Mona!

It was a good idea to change the clay of the bowl to glass...nice reflections on it:thumbsup: !And nice flowers of course!:)

-sabrina

[soapy]

Looking good Mona. You have a pretty good jump on this image already and lots of time to go. Nice progress. Go Go Go.

[Womball]

This is turning out really nicely! One thing about the full compostion, the grass kind of blended into the bushes. The texture and color value was too close. And some rimlighting, might help to to pop the characters more. Really cool image though! I like the flowers already.

[Gunilla]

Ahhh - very nice flowers... makes me think about the spring that never seems to come.
And I agree, really nice reflections for the glass :thumbsup:

[Selina42]

Hey Mona! Looking very strong and coming together nicely! I especially like the glass bowl -great reflections!

[Womgoose]

LOL I followed your link to here without checking the forum..
I really thought you were doing the worlds most detailed concept work until I ntoiced it was in the 2D section DOH!
Either way, I now feel enlightened and an urge to get myself a Guinea Pig farm with Peanut trees.
erm I need to go now....

[makaron]

mdavid, thanks and for the flowers, they don´t like that kind, but they do love tulipans.. and there veggies... :)
hallo Shakes... and for the reflections, took me about 30 minutes to figure out what was missing when the wase was done, haha.. slow thinker aka blondie
Cyberone: geeeee-peeeeee.. :thumbsup: nice to see ya... and better pratice my hamstertalk I see...
individium: thanks a lot for those kind words, and for the grass and the hedge, comes later but gonna make them in diffrent shades... I don´t like grass now, haha.. :D
Sabrina... glad you like the glass... it lighted up the whole corner I think
Soapy: I´m going I´m going.. :wip: i´m going... and nice to seeya around...
Womball: hallo and thanks. me hate grass for the moment. :p haha.. but I´m at the foreground for now, so rimlight is going to be put on soon...
Gunilla: thanks and agree. Flowers make the hope about spring is near... mera blomster... but spring, what´s that? heard about it, but the snow is taking my memory away, don´t remember what spring is... do you? :shrug: haha
hallo and thanks you Selina42, so nice to hear :)
hi there Womgoose: and a peanuttree... that would be heaven for those guy´s... shhh. we better not say anything about it or they want one in the garden :cool:

and better get back to my foreground painting...

CYa :wavey:

[mdavid]

We get to see the flowers up close, and they look wonderful. Beautiful illustrative style. You're making great progress on this

[Climax]

Those are some nice flowers mona, Nice painting and nice colors ;)

[rattlesnake]

i like the galss bowl..i think that light effect over cristal will give a good touch to it...the scene is revealing its beauty every update...:arteest:

[ThierryS]

God Morgon!! Hope you had a good week-end
Wow! such nice flowers you did there Mona!:thumbsup: :) The distortion is well rendered and the BG reflection is a nice touch. Very nive progress on the whole one too, the parrot is much better now. Keep that great work coming. Just that grass....:scream: :rolleyes: that needs some tweeking...hehe!

See ya!

[shakes]

beautiful flowers mona..you do them very well. thanks for the closeup!

[Poonks]

Hey nice update Mona, nice work on the flowers :applause: and the reflection on the bocal looks so great...

Keep it up

SPRING IS HERE :buttrock:

[TheFirstAngel]

awesome work on the flowers mona, and the glass os very nice rendered. keep up your great work you make improvments in milessteps :thumbsup::)

[alex.h.]

Great work Mona..Flowers is great..see you and tree thumps up..

[ThePhotographer]

Yes, it's getting better and better, Mona !

I'd say a little more contrast generally ? Why not make the big houses in the background a little bigger and just a tiny, tiny bit more visible ? That would emphasize the size of the GP's. I'd also like the parrot a little bigger and the tail overlapping the green fence - that would create depth too.

Anyway, it's really comming along well !

[daWinky]

Good morning Mona!

Something new from the fur and feather front here?!:bounce:

Have a nice day!:wavey:

-sabrina

[adonihs]

such pretty flowers, as already said 10 or so times! Ha, awesome job, love the hamsters too, makes me want one :/ ill keep checking up, update us soon!!

[Lemog]

The flowers are very sweet for sure... maybe just need a little bit of shadowing to have more shape of depth... and that will be perfect for me :applause:

[makaron]

thanks mdavid, I´m trying my little heart out "quote" from daddymack...
and I say a big thanks to you too Climax... :)
Thanks rattlesnake, such kind words...
Thierry: what is grass? can´t understand you now... :surprised no idea what you talking about... haha... but happy you like the flowers...
thanks you Sir Shakes so kind of you to say that...
and Poonks thanks you too. and I´m keping it up, I hope... furadjustments for the moment...
milesteps... :blush: thanks TheFirstAngel or can I say.. or I mean, the_1st_angel
thank you :thumbsup: thank you :thumbsup: thank you :thumbsup: Alex.h.
thanks ThePhotographer, and writing down the things you said, gonna try and see how it looks.
hallo Sabrina... the furfactory is working, but not o fun to see... haha.. but soon I have an update on the frontpart of the image I hope...
thanks you adonihs for those "pretty flowerwords" happy you like...
Lemog, and I guess it´s gonna be more of shadows and higlights when the flowers are put in the window again...

and back to the painting, and thanks you for taking time to comment you all...

CYa :wavey:

[Zapan]

Dammit !! I'm very late here !!

Nyark ... nyark ... nyark, nyark, nyark .... we should write a song about this :bounce:

Lovely flowers... the reflection is just great !! ... but ... but ... is the snail not going to drown in all these water , ... is he ?:D

cheers ,

-Zapan

[JurajMolcak]

Heloooo lil´one :scream: How´s life? Looks pretty sunny around here. Nice flowers, nice GPs, nothing gloomy and dark... Such a place for spare time... :bounce: where is pool :bounce: where is pool? I wanna make big splashy jump.

[makaron]

nyark Zapan... well I have to get the snail a lifejacket... so he doesn´t drown :p

and oweron... welcome :) and thanks... and the pool. well let´s see if we have the budget for that one... haha.... :D

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143661207_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143661207_large.jpg)

starting the hedge in the middle... so I need some help, can this pass as a start on that... :)

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143661297_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143661297_large.jpg)

this is the hedge upclose, in the right scale... it´s a piece from the left corner.

[shakes]

hedge looks good to me mona. wondering if you need that carry box though? might complicate it too much, ..but will be good too see how you paint it, it might work.

[makaron]

I know shakes... it lookslike a bathtub... haha.. got to come up with some better basket :blush:

but thanks for checking the hedge... :thumbsup: Better go and paint more leafs then...

[dannyfalch]

Nice work Mona!

You should have Leonard Teo create a part of the society called GPTalk, he he

[beelow]

Ur making progress Mona! Now lets try getting these flats into form where they appear more rounded shade shadow cast shadow and Highlights, Unless u plan on doing it last, good luck with it, peace!:thumbsup:

[makaron]

hallo Danny.. and thanks... and a GP-Talk on this site sounds like a good plan.... http://hem.bredband.net/makaron/smile/019094%7E11.GIF haha...

and Beelow... thanks... gonna try to get shadows and the light in... comes after I done the grass... :cry: ooO (hate grass) haha.. selfpitty again... :p

[makaron]

having some trouble to remember how green leafs looks like and how the sunlight falls on them...

so I did this instead... a bit of selfpitty, but that is good medicine sometimes...:rolleyes:

http://hem.bredband.net/makaron/spring.jpg

and back to the green leafs :arteest: painting then...

CYa... :wavey:

[Womgoose]

Do Guineapigs really eat peanuts?
Would they prefer a nice Mango instead? :D

[makaron]

they love peanuts... natrual peanuts... and a lot of veggies and some fruits and there hay and seedsmixes... they love their food... Womgoose... that´s why these guy´s are going in to town to the new petfoodshop and eat :)

[GonzaloGolpe]

And I want spring too!grrrrrhttp://gonzalogolpe.iespana.es/songoanda.gif:D:D:D Spanish sun, D vitamine a lot..hehe watch to your journey!

Zalo

[TheFirstAngel]

MAY Spring show up soon and mother nature spread a tender vail of petals over the land :), go, inspire her to do so, more plants more flowers more grass! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
go mona go!!!

[Lemog]

Again snowing... I understand your wishes... even if here it's not a real sunny spring... I can send you a little part of our cool actual weather... :love:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143704651_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143704651_large.jpg)

well, I started the grass now... and will add more too it, like sunpatches, shadows and maybe some flowers... the hedge will get a trim too...

[TheFirstAngel]

great start on the green the mainstructure looks great!!!

btw a good trick with grass is to use a lighter color to paint the tips, since the lower areas usually are in the shadow :) u can switch between warm and cold greens that makes them look like if the sky reflects on the leafs or the sun shines through them :) it that is too much work, get an english gardener and make a golfplace of it ;)

keep it up mona, and yes, please add flowers, first they are lovely, love how you painted the flowers you made already, second, they help the eye to and are good to lower other details since they stick out and give instantly a great grass feeling :)

[makaron]

thank you GonzaloGolpe for the sun... :scream:
theFirstAngel: thanks for all that green... :arteest:you scare of my grassfobia with that... haha
and thanks Lemog for the french spring... :bounce:
I hope the weather turn around soon... still snowing tho... feel sorry for me.... ;) haha

I´m back to the green fields

CYa :wavey:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143715465_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143715465_large.jpg)

some flowers is starting to pop-up...

[Crin]

Fantastic work Mona, looking good! Keep it up! :D

[Lemog]

Whaouw... clap clap clap :applause: very nice... little flowers appear yet very cool... I like :thumbsup:

[MVDB]

hehehe!
that's funny, I just love such little details.. :D

[arte-i45]

Hey there Mona, you have a lot of great looking updates here! :applause: I especially like the vase with the reflection in it and the glow you put on the flowers in the yard. Excellent work!

Matt :)

[Gunilla]

Ohhh... sweet update - love those flowers....when will it be spring? :banghead:
The grass is really nice now, perhaps the pattern for the hedge is a bit repetitive - but it's hard to say from a detail.
Splendid work :thumbsup:

[makaron]

thank you Crin... :bounce: nice to have a fan *L* ;)
you see Lemog, your wishes for better wheater paid off. the flowers have come :)
hallo MichaelMotion and thanks... and its the little things that is funny to do... :rolleyes:
nice to hear mmbenya... thank you... :thumbsup:
Gunilla: the spring is afraid of all this snow I guess... :shrug: and thanks and the hedge is going to get more trimed later...

CYa :wavey:

[TheFirstAngel]

little flowers work well! keep em coming :)

[shakes]

lovely stuff Mona..just beautiful! the hedge is very well done and the little flowers really add to it.

[rattlesnake]

Hello..well u have some good advice from Mister Angel, i think that the hedge is looking better, but i also think that maybe it needs some holes, where we can se some branches, but of course this is depending on how u want it to look like, just a humble opinion on my side, :blush:..

youre getting a very good style in your picture , :arteest:

[Zapan]

Oh my how cute is that ... this thread is probably the most "awwww" thread ever !!

Really sweet work Mon' :)

chop , chop !! :bounce:

cheers ,

-Zapeanut

[Poonks]

Woowww nice details!

This image seems to be better and better eachday, love your style :thumbsup:

[beelow]

Flowers, are a nice touch, keep it up, Mona!:thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

I see green, green, lots of green! Keep it up Mona! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[daWinky]

Morning Mona!

Great work on the greenery and the flowers are a nice addition...spring is here:bounce: , at least in this thread:love: !

Have a nice day!

-sabrina

[soapy]

Nice updates Mona. The colour is delicious and the flowers a treat. What about maybe a few dead spears of grass here and there? Cheers.

[mdavid]

Those little flowers look wonderful. This is developing really well. Your style of illustration is superb and also consistent

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143874926_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143874926_large.jpg)

putting in things at the lawn...
but have a Q:n... what color should be best for the tree? a light or a dark trunk? it suppose to be DOF:ed later on... any suggestions?

[fgdf]

I think the color should be bright but it should also contrast with the head. I think of a gray color caming into soft brown http://free.of.pl/k/kolarzem/brzozabrodawkowata/brzozabrodawkowata2.jpg... but softer ;)

[paperclip]

All this greenery is making me want the rain to quit it and get the sun coming out for freshness and beauty in the air!


Stop...rain...please....

I really like your hedge, great stuff there!. Go mona go.

[ThierryS]

Haha, love that little head poping from behind, that one cool addition! The stone could have some variations of tone and colour, maybe some spots to make it somehow more realistic and for the tree, just don't saturate it too much, I think you can go from that grey and just add some texture and some brown on a colour level.
So, you're finished with the grass? feeling better?:scream: haha:cool:

[shakes]

awwww..that little head is sooo cute..love it!

[makaron]

TheFirstAngel: the little flowers are spreading all over the place now... thanks to you :p
Shakes: thanks... and the hedge is not giving me the same problem as grass does
Rattlenake: thanks and agree, the hedge is in need of some branches, I´m on it, but haven´t been pleased yet how it looks...
Zapan aka Zapeanut.... awww... thats so nice of you to say... ;)
thank you Poonks :)
and beelow, if you wait a while, more flowers is on their way...
and Beckie: green it is :) spring green, to make up for the snow here... it snowing today :twisted: again...
Sabrina: yeah! the spring is here... this year it seems like I will have only a threadspring.. haha... *looking out and mumbling* all this snowing... makes me nuts... trallaaa. make me nuts... tralalala snow...
Soapy: thanks and dead spears of grass, written down...
mdavid: thank you... and for consistent, that makes me happy to hear...
thank you fgdf, for that ref photo... :bounce: perfect trunkstyle...
Paperclip... thanks.. the same here... but here it does not rain, it still falling snow... :cry:
Thierry: the stones is undergoing some dirt and texture painting... and the grass... I´m not done with that... hilfe! .:rolleyes: . haha.. gonna be some more strands this is just the ground to work on...
Shakes... awww... the squirrel is happy to hear he is cute :D

so back to the tree painting and figure out how to make the leafs... and more grass...

CYa :wavey:

[Gunilla]

Ahhh... the squirrel is so cute - does he wanna go too? :)

[makaron]

Gunilla: the squirrel is may be a flying squirrel... but I guess he just after the nuts... :)

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143976519_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143976519_large.jpg)

should the three be like the first, lighter for the distance effect?

[beelow]

u can prolly add some blue or a cold color in that three on the back end of it, to give it some transition, it will also push it back some as well as it will give it some atmosperic perspective! I would say a mixture of the first and second one!:thumbsup:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143979059_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143979059_large.jpg)

a mix between the first and the second...

[beelow]

Mona u don't mind me doing a paintover do u? I also have some ref for some trees to help u out a bit, u want them?:shrug:

[makaron]

I don´t mind beelow, I need the help ;) thanks

[beelow]

There, I pmed the stuff to u, I hope those help a bit!:D :thumbsup:

Paint on, my friend!:thumbsup:

[makaron]

read it and thanks big time... beelow... :bounce:

you saved my day here... :)

[shakes]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143979059_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1143979059_large.jpg)

a mix between the first and the second...
looking great mona..maybe a little more browny trunk colour in there?

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144042346_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144042346_large.jpg)

another try at the tree...

[daWinky]

Morning Mona!

The spring thread continues:) ...you have still snow outside?
I love to see all the details you've added, especially this little squirrel:thumbsup: ...and I think you're on the way with the tree! Let's see more soon!

Have a nice day!:wavey:

-sabrina

[ThierryS]

Hello Mona!

What can I say, it's looking very nice, you did well during the week-end! That tree could have a more precise texture, it is looking a bit blurry at the moment. Good details on that bag the parrot is carrying:thumbsup: Chop chop! Keep it going like this!!:bounce:

[Lemog]

If you continue with the same patience the tree than the previous vegetation, I'm sur that will be perfect... I'm waiting impatiently this detailing... the squirrel will be very proud of you for sure :thumbsup:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144064041_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144064041_large.jpg)

this tree is very near to be cut off... hmmm. where did I put the chainsaw? :D

[DaddyMack]

Ayaaaa... Well well you've been soo busy here Mona and I've been off pretending that I've more important things to do... This has such warmth and delicate beauty to it already and you're only a third of the way through... I'm stunned! and can't wait to see how much more beauty you can create within this piece;)

That said... 27 degrees here tomorrow:P and a day off school for me:bounce:

(runs off while Mona hurls a barrage of virtual snowballs at me)

Rock on Sis:buttrock:

[Zapan]

You're doing it too !!! you're updating like a peaNUT when I'm not looking !! :scream:

Lovely tree Mona ... so many cute little fellows in this piece !! awwww !

But ... but , where are the beers in their carrotbags ? :scream:

cheers ,

-Zapan

[makaron]

beelow: I´m painting and painting :arteest:
Shakes: did I get it better this time around? now I don´t like trees.. :rolleyes:haha
Sabrina: still snow here :shrug: but at least it havn´t snowed today... yet anyway...
hallo Thierry.. chop chop down the tree... chop down the tree... :p yep, I having tree issues now... haha... but maybe have the right design for the parrotbacket...
Lemog: and you know me details until I go nuts... haha... the leafs left to do... 1 000 000 little leafs in diffrent sizes and colors... :blush:
Hi Daddymack my bro... :twisted: and thanks for the liking... and ice words. naaa, meant the nice words.. and here it is just above zero today... perfect snow now for snowballs... hehe
Zapan: they got thirsty this weekend so the beer is gone... :eek: and now they sleep it off, and I take that time to update then... :p

CYa :wavey:

[Minnhagen]

Nice work! Have you tried flipping the composition? I have a feeling the eye would read it better, follow the hamster's eye towards the chest, which would make a nice focus in the golden section. Just an idea...

[shakes]

hey Mona, I think you've got the tree right! looks fantastic, I think!

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144105356_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144105356_large.jpg)

after a suggestion and I been thinking about it myself lately. let´s see how it looks... flip around or not? that is the Q...
one or two?

[makaron]

Minnhagen: thanks and how does it look? :)
and shakes: yeah I think I got it, if I get the leafs, that´s next big Q too... :cool:

and now... are you people up for a vote... is it gonna be nr 1 or nr 2?

[rattlesnake]

well, i like the number 1, no very sure..i think that in number 2 the tree appears more important, maybe because the way i read images u know left to right, but im usually wrong on my interpretations..lol go for the one that make u feel more comfortable,

if u ask me..well in number one i have the sensation that the red bird is arriving ..and in number two it feels like is just flying around..maybe that only happens in my twisted mind..:scream:


all details youre painting are very nice ..the birds house on the tree is cool idea...great work girl:bounce::applause:

[shakes]

I think no 1 works best mona..more of a flowing story..I see(I view L-R like snakeboy) the bird arriving, then the GP'S and then their tickets and then all the cute other details.
..looks beautiful!

[makaron]

thanks Rattlesnake and Shakes... you two seems to think like me, nr 1 reads better...
it having the -arrivingfeeling, let the journey begin- I´m after... I agree with the parrot seems a bit lost in nr 2... we don´t wanna se the guinea pigs miss there flight, do we... :)

[ramy badie]

I think the problem is that the bird isn't really facing the window, so in both of them it looks like he is just gonna fly off for me. The first one though, like the other people said, can more easily be interpreted as the bird flying towards them. If you changed the angle of the bird a little bit then I think either way would work just the same :) not sure if it's too late for that though

[rattlesnake]

we don´t wanna se the guinea pigs miss there flight, do we... :)


lol..of course not:scream:, i just noticed the little gp is hidden back the tree..very cute and good idea!!:applause:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144184990_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144184990_large.jpg)

the little birdhouse...

[Zapan]

nah .... number 1 ... without any kind of hesitation or whatsoever !! :bounce:
Someone's having fun with all this cute fellowship ... "the fellowship of the awwwww" :scream: !

cheers ,

-Zapan

[beelow]

really nice update mona! keep at it! My teachers would say u have to fight ur paint, almost as if u want it to go in a certain direction, so keep the fight up! Will be back!:thumbsup:

[makaron]

hallo ramy badie, and I gonna try to turn the parrots head towards the travellers and the Ninja GP on his back is suppose to wawe to them too, later on that is...
Rattlesnake... thanks for finding it cute
and Zapan.... "the fellowship of the awwwww" :scream: ! haha.. the new title maybe... and the petfoodstore they going to is owed by a nicelooking elf I suppose....
and thanks beelow... and I´m back to my fighting with the paint.... and layers

CYa :wavey:

[shakes]

very pretty birdhouse...and bird!

[individium]

i enjoy your threads very much :) yeah the birdhouse looks good but needs details i thinknot much maybe but a little

[daWinky]

Morning Mona!

I totally support the choice of no 1:) ...and I'm eagerly waiting for an update! Good work on the birdhouse...

Have a nice day!:wavey: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

-sabrina

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144306446_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144306446_large.jpg)

a view over the garden... sky and lampposts added. so this is the "basic" background.

[makaron]

shakes... the pretty bird is a talgoxe in swedish, can you say talgoxe? :p
thank you individium, and pretty much everything needs more detailing, and now it´s the time to get to that... :)
Sabrina: look, an update just for you :thumbsup:

CYa :wavey:

[Lemog]

the pretty bird is a talgoxe in swedish, can you say talgoxe?
Nice to learn... in french, that give "la mésange charbonnière" :scream: :thumbsup:

[FlaminGlow]

nice work makaron, i like the nightingale and his home so good.:drool:

[rattlesnake]

good update..:bounce::thumbsup: keep going !

[shakes]

shakes... the pretty bird is a talgoxe in swedish, can you say talgoxe? [/color][/b]
talgwoxeee-er, that's a tongue curler... probably not!
LOVE the little squirrels on the tree! and lampshades are really well done, too.

[Womgoose]

Aww I love the little GP peeking around the tree :love:

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144396948_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144396948_large.jpg)

done some tweaking to the ticket and the fur, to make her more "fat"... still have some textures on the backpack and nose and claws to do...

[GonzaloGolpe]

Hey, I like the fur of the guy!hehe I´d put more hair over the rope of his back to hide it a little bit.:) to increase the volume

[shakes]

she's adorable mona..you are the FUR QUEEN of course!

[Lemog]

Just superbe... this fur is so much furry... and I know that :scream:


You continue to make lot of progress Mona... so great :thumbsup:

[daWinky]

Sabrina: look, an update just for you

Ah, I feel very honored:bowdown: ! A little invasion of squirrels there...but the tree is already well done. I'm not sure if it's a good idea that the lanterns are on, not matching the general light:shrug: ?!
And even a new furry update:thumbsup: , just great, I agree with John: You are the fur queen!

Have a nice weekend!

-sabrina

[umbrellasky]

So sweet! This is coming along beautifully! :D Wonderful colours, great work on the characters :thumbsup:

[Zephyri]

Aw, Mona, this is adorable! I love all the details you've worked out so far, especially the little critters behind the tree, they're so cute! And the plane ticket is really well done and a nice human touch. keep up the good work!

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144441817_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144441817_large.jpg)

changed the GP in the back to a darker shade

[makaron]

la mésange charbonnière... hmmm. I can try to say that... lucky that no one hear me here now... haha Lemog...
rattlesnake... I´m going I´m going... :p thanks...
happy you like the bird FlaminGlow, I have some more birds planed later...
Shakes the lampposts gonna be worked with some details later on, wanna have them a bit oldfasion as contrast to the modern city behind... like the GPs living in a suburb...
Womgoose: happy you like the guy behind the tree... it raises the cuteness level those critters
thanks GonzaloGolpe and more fur over the ropes is gonna be in...
shakes: the fur queen is on it... now the back GP that getting some new fur...
and Lemog... thanks... and fur, fur, furry fur... haha.. here we go again...
Sabrina: lookie I got an update again... and I turn the lamps off too... :blush:
thanks enialadam... so nice too hear you like it...
hallo Zephyri and many thanks... and it that I wanna reach, the human touch but not too much...

Back to it and CYa :wavey:

[shakes]

looking great all together! one little thing Mona..the little package containing the coins looks the same colour as back GP-you may want to have more of a contrast?

[makaron]

I know Shakes, the back GP, he got some kind of carrot-colors now... hehe... but changes on the backpack is noted :) more shadows and textrures.
the to do list is getting loooong here now... :rolleyes:

[scootermaya]

Hoooooooo ... this is sooo cute !
Keep it up Mona. I like it a lot

[makaron]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144681698_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9621/9621_1144681698_large.jpg)

fur upclose... not sure yet if it´s gonna be this dark tho.

[individium]

watching your post is lots of fun:) and furs look good.

haha they really are cute i can think of how they move.:scream:

good luck

[shakes]

lovely closeup mona..looks beautiful!

[daWinky]

Hey Mona!:wavey:

This close up looks already very good, just great work on the fur:thumbsup: !

Have a nice, furry day!

-sabrina