Millennium tree., Rory Lane Lutter (2D)

[roaring23]

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9xsXBnneKU

Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4778635202514504042

[innerserendipity]

All those roots caught my eye right off the bat. This is fantastic. :D

[bodhi-an]

WOW thats cool

[bodhi-an]

I have seen your youtube video. It was very cognitive for me. Thank you. And I like your approach to drawing.

[SeifoSid]

that's an aweomse looking tree, great technique as seen in the video...

[Frikandel]

I really like this concept, although I have some ideas you might like to consider.
I think it would look cool if there was water in front of the tree and maybe make some water flowing trough the tree. To make it more blended in with the enviroment. Since the roots have alot of gaps in between. You might want to make some big curved trunks to make it look less stretched. I hope I helped you out a little with this.

[kaladen]

I like this picture, think it's a good concept, it might need a bit of light and shadows. I mean that it misses here a point of view, the light is a bit "flat". I'm sure if you increase the direct light from the sun and add a kind of radiosity using the color sheme already there (kind of dark blue light), it will ehance the depth and energy of your image.

keep up, that's good work.
Kal

[roaring23]

innerserendipity, bodhi-an, SeifoSid: Thanks very much for your replies :)

Frikandel: you are quite right. I embarrassingly have to admit that I just got lazy there. I'd already spent so long on this drawing, and the thought of redoing some of making water flow through the roots just seemed like it would take hours, and I was ready to move on to a new drawing. Absolutely correct though. It would add a lot to this drawing to make water flowing between the gaps in the roots.

kaladen: Also quite right. There were several drawings where coloring the light was part of my main focus. I always have difficulty with bright day light. If there's a sunset, or an indoor lighting situation where the lights are colored and defined I am pretty good about my coloring of the light and shadow. When I do a full bright day scene it just ends up not looking right when I add blue to the elements of the scene which receive no direct lighting. You are completely correct though. This drawing would benefit enormously from a stronger indication of sun light. It is so dim that it is hardly even noticeable....

I think that I will fix this drawing in a few months. Thanks you all so much for your criticisms. If you work on a drawing for too many hours in a row just can't see it anymore, and you can benefit hugely from fresh eyes.

Thanks for looking :)

[ThePhotographer]

I would have liked a little bit more space on the top and the bottom. A little more variety all over - particularly in the roots. And then a little bit more contrast.

But that said, I really like this image ! To me, it doesn't need much to be perfect.

[Boxcarwilli]

I also think I chose a poor choice of perspective because the drawing doesn't immediately convey the scale I was going for.

For the "scale" it couldve been protrayed by blending in actuall buildings and people within the tree roots. A tree world so to speak.

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