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victorlammy
01-18-2007, 01:40 AM
This is an ongoing painting. After working on it for a while I got kinda lost... So I think if I can get some light from cgtalkers will be great! Any comment wellcome.

I start it with a pencil sketch on paper (still cant do a sketch properly with wacom...). The original idea was creat a very interesting backlit effect, with warm and yellowish hilight and blueish bouce. But as I add on the details, I begin to lost the original backlit feel. Might because the details are too bright. I might need to darken most of the area when I come to next stage, not sure yet. The other problem is that I really feel difficult making up thost leaves on the front, might need to have a look at some references of close up leaves. Otherwise all the stuffs in close up range gona look crap. :)

A bit regret that I did not save the work in different progress. One of my bad bad habit is that I always save on top of the original file... horrible habit.

Still need a lot of work on it, not looking very good now, hope you guys can help. :)
Salubri3i
01-18-2007, 02:06 AM
it's already a great painting. all i can tell you is that be sure to keep the plants further back a bit blurred. it will help separate the focus and make it easier on the viewer's eyes.

nice work man. :)
squircle
01-18-2007, 02:34 PM
Hi

Nice image so far, I like the lighting. I think the detail in the foreground will make this image, and for that I would recommend you do get some kind of reference if only for guidance (I did a degree course in Natural History illustration which basically involved painting high detail flowers and animals in watercolours for three years, it can be mighty tedious work!). I think you will need to add some darker tones in the leaves at the bottom to give it some impact and depth.

What were you planning to do with the background? at the moment it looks a touch empty.
Incidentally I'm not a fan of sketching with a Wacom either, I much prefer pencil and paper.

Good work though so far!
victorlammy
01-19-2007, 12:25 AM
Salubri3i, thanks for your post. True, I found some of the greens far behind is a bit distracting, I will try to push it back a bit. Thanks



Hi South-paw, bet you are an expert in painting plants and animals after doing a degree on that.

Yes, add some darker tone is a good idea.

About the background...hum, I haven’t got any idea yet. As this painting will be used as a cover of a magazine, so I might leave it pretty clear, so it will not compete with the title and text on the cover. But I might do another version after finish the cover. In that version I might add one or two angles to make the picture more funny, and it can help to give a sense of scale as well. I tried to add it on this cover version, but was denied by the client.

Currently the progress is kinda slow, you are so right South-paw, painting thsi can be mighty tedious work...
Runecaster
01-19-2007, 01:43 AM
Wow the lightning is this is really lovely :) *agree with all the previous crits, but really you got a good thing going here!
Salubri3i
01-19-2007, 04:53 AM
about the background. one suggestion i'd like to make is mountains! :D

you could put in the silhoute of mountains in the background but do it in monochromatic greys. have you seen mountains in the morning or afternoon mists? you can't see details of them anymore, just shapes. i think placing them in your painting would definitely add more to the feel. a cross overrun by plants in a valley somewhere. the faint nature of the colors for misty mountains won't interfere with the text or take away from the focus too. however this is already a very interesting piece as is. :D
victorlammy
01-23-2007, 09:35 PM
Thanks for all the helps from you guys. I done some thing to the background. I was just wanna add some mountains, but I add a church at the back on a small hill.

Not sure if these things will stay or what, be4 I continue to do anything, I think it might be good to hear sth from you guys first. :)

Feel free to paint on top of my painting and post it back, if you think that will be more straight forward than writting.
victorlammy
02-22-2007, 01:28 AM
The painting is finished now. I might add one or two angel on it, but got no time for it now.

Any CC please.
frostblade
02-22-2007, 03:52 AM
Wow!
No angels pls... no figures. I think it will ruin the mood and calm feeling to this piece.

As a crit I think the left bottom corner looks a bit unfinished.
victorlammy
02-25-2007, 07:29 AM
Wow!
No angels pls... no figures. I think it will ruin the mood and calm feeling to this piece.

As a crit I think the left bottom corner looks a bit unfinished.


Thanks man. Right, I am not very happy about the corner. But since its not the focus of the piece, so I just leave it.
No figures, I am not very sure on that... I will give it a go when I got time. I think one or two figures might give some sense of the scale.
Aarven
02-25-2007, 05:07 PM
If you are going for a sense of scale up the front of the image, use a bird of sometype perhaps? Or if you want to show the scale of the building, I would like to see what it would look like with a couple of small figures on the hill.
victorlammy
02-25-2007, 07:51 PM
Just a little color adjustment. I will love to post one in hi res, but can anyone tell me how to increase my upload quota? Not enough for a hi res pic.
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