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XerC

01-20-2003, 06:29 PM

Hi folks!
I just painted an eagle and wanted to know what you think. It took me ~2h, kind of speed painting for me (I know here are a lot of people much faster than me, but I'm still not very trained :rolleyes: )
I used a photo as reference. No cloning or color picking. Original pic is something like 1300 x 1100 px.
Hope some of you will like it, c & c is welcome as usual... :beer:

Greetings,
XerC

(sorry for the bad compression, but I reached my traffic limit so I can't host images myself and 30kb is damn small :mad: )

Lukashi

01-20-2003, 06:59 PM

Hey nice painting, i thought it was 3d at first :D

XerC

01-20-2003, 07:10 PM

Thanks Dude, eh i mean Lukashi :D

BTW, are you the Dude? So that's what they call you? That, or Duder? His Dudeness? Or El Duderino? ;)

Greetings,
XerC

jcjimenez

01-21-2003, 09:31 AM

I think the hair needs more detail IMO :D

RiotManZ

01-21-2003, 11:59 AM

@djshivan: this is a bird, they don´t have hair, they have feathers;) ;) :beer:

XerC

01-21-2003, 02:48 PM

Yeah, I must admit I was too lazy painting all those stupid feathers with a lot of detail... Was just a fast test picture :p

But thanks for your comments!

XerC

sad

01-21-2003, 03:07 PM

nicht schlecht herr specht! jaja, die leidigen detaills,würde sich aber garantiert lohnen! sieht gut aus!

fleedawg

01-21-2003, 06:10 PM

I really like it. I don't think it needs much more detail, I think it's great just the way it is. And I'm glad to see a different type of eagle than Bald, because it seems like that's the only type I see!

sad

01-23-2003, 09:57 PM

hi cgtalkers!

xercs webspace traffic led to a temporary closing of the page.

he created a enhanced version:
http://home.arcor.de/x.e.r.c/Adler13_further06kl.jpg

XerC

01-23-2003, 10:22 PM

Thank you sad! That's very kind! :D

Concerning the new version:
I added some more detail and changed the atmosphere of the image by playing with saturation/brighness/contrast. I think the old version is way too boring :thumbsdow Looks like some kind of painting done for an animal book for kids. :insane:
In the new version I tried to make the eagle look more determined, elegant, and powerful...
I hope you like it! Tell me what you think :wavey:

Greetings,
XerC

sad

01-23-2003, 10:31 PM

the new version is very good - way better than the first one!

the strong colors are awesome. good work!

xazurex

01-24-2003, 02:29 PM

yep it get's better, and it was allready goooood!!!

wesware

01-30-2003, 01:37 PM

Nice painting!

The eye really draws you in...

XerC

01-30-2003, 02:54 PM

Thanks for the comments, guys! :beer:

Greetings,
XerC

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