Trapped!, Daniel Lieske (2D)

[Michigan]

I love this piece! Great composition, though I'd tweak the upper right background so it does'nt fight with the little guy on the spear shaft. Your use of colors is great. I love the first piece from tis story too. Good job.

[Morano]

sweet :buttrock:amazing work on characters personality and lightning ... and colors ... and athmosphere ...etec etc

HIGH 5

[toobi]

hey daniel,

saw the WIP of your piece on your thread over at the DAF. never had the time to comment. the final piece is an amazing work and surely one of your best so far. light, colors and chracter design give it a deep and dramatic atmosphere. looking forward to see more of that quality from you.


cheers,
tobi

[Ionflux]

Huch, das ging ja fix! Als ich es das letzte mal gesehen habe, da war es noch ein WIP. ;)

Beautiful image, straight out of a fairytale.:)

[jeromoo]

Sweet, Daniel! Its nice to see a continuation of the story and good to meet a familiar figure again! The lighting and colours are beautiful! Reminds me alot of Hildebrandt's work! :)

[Vahn]

very, very, very nice!! plz one more in that world! :D :thumbsup::applause:

[OmeN2501]

Indeed amazing job - fantastic use of colours 5* from me :]

[BlacKeri]

WOW, the thumbnail so doesn't do it justice! Amazing work, your colour choices are to die for. Needless to say - 5s. :)

[PhilOsirus]

5 stars!

I hope you will continue this story, it's great and the universe and protagonist are great!

[OKMER]

Woo,indeed great dramatic lightning and wonderful colors!Nice the story goes on,love the character!5*

[miracola]

Beautiful work! There is a lot of energy in this piece. Great colors, composition, etc. Easily 5 stars from me.

Great job.

Jeff

[FRENZIEDmind]

AWESOME!!! Love the style and your work! Great visual story as well!

I want to see that boy open a can of whoop-a$$ with that wooden sword against those goblins!!!

[slickgreekgeo]

That's amazing; It has that fairy tale feel down, and the rendering itself is superb. Great composion, choice of colors, and very creative. 5 stars.

[waheednasir]

beautiful...:thumbsup:.

[kazziu]

Frontpage if not the award...

[plasteredcat]

This rocks!:buttrock: Frontpage, please...

[DavidSmit]

Very nice! I like the sence of volume you gave to the Characters!
The only thing that I noticed was the 'blue halo' around the boy. It's a tad to obvious you did this for the composition but thats just nit pikkin :)

5 Stars for sure!

[Lman]

thats to cool for school!

great work top marks.
love the feel of it and the story you tell with the image.
;)
EDIT* I think you should get a choice award for this !

[digitaldecoy]

Wow, I just entered the painting yesterday before I went to bed and this morning I'm surprised with such nice comments. You really make my day here! Thank you very much! When I'm at home later I will post some sketches.

[Drikus]

Nearly perfect! 5 Stars!!!
:)

Stay creative
Chris

[authentic]

I was a huge fan of your journey begins work, so that's the same for this one. Really like the colors, details, the way you put the child on the center of the picture...
Just :thumbsup:

[Rysh]

wooow...Daniel you kiled me with this one!:love: ...
<<"I am Daniel Lover":scream:>>

color composition is perfect!
also good character design and good composition

4*

keep it up!

[igorsandman]

The lighting is amazing! I can't look away from the lower right corner, where the lights falls from the canopee creating saturated colors. You've got a great sense of lighting, contrast and colors. I also dig the amount of "figurative" details such as the last goblin running behind or the bridge made out of a fallen tree in the background.
Keep it up!
-IS-

[gawain]

Beautyful! It really gives you the sense of a story beyond the picture. Really would like to know how the kid went there and how will he escape (because he will escape, doesn't he? :D).
Frontpage for me!
G.

[roaring23]

I'm joining the love parade on this one.



I think that the best thing is the comostion. It's perfect. The choice of the scene and the way it lends itself to highlighting your main character while also leaving room for all of the creatures couldn't be better.

My second favorite part is the creatures. Drawing one convincing character is one thing, but drawing so many in so many different poses from so many different angles and perspectives is not easy to pull off, and you've done a marverlous job.

The other thing is the color and lighting. You've got greens blues reds oranges... I can't think of a color you haven't found a hope for, and the lighting is dramatic and convincing.



According to the furum guideleins I am summosed to leave a critique as well so here goes:
The angle of the hands and sword is a little strange to me. i think that if you angeled the sword up slightly or changed the hands a little bit it might work better for me.

A wonderful piece. Fantastic on so many levels. Congrats.

[elnady]

Very beautiful and wonderful colors
good job!!

[Lamster]

Oh this is such a wonderful painting :) I'm gonna give it a good 4 stars! Excellent stuff.

Terence

[Kyena]

wow, those colors are just jumping out of the screen.

There is really nothing missing in this piece. It's dynamic, it has great character work, interesting light and a great composition that leads the eye.

Just pure eye candy and very educational.

[ukitel]

I love this piece, and I love your "the journey begins" work.
Nothing is missing, and as in your previous work you pay a strong attention to details.
In the journey begins there were a lot of object reminding the theme of the piece.
Here there are the colours.
I'm writing this comment with the image opened in another window... and I can see that the use of colour is very functional. Cold colours are used to give the impression of depth like in the forest, but also in the skin of the far goblins.
The use of light and saturation is simply masterful. It keeps the ambient a little dark, leaving the light focusing on the kid. But the forest, the goblins don't miss their colours, so the scene keeps all the joy and the chaos of a child imagination.
The composition is very balanced, the character very detailed, and everyone of them is different from the others and seems to have is own style...
Excellent...
I'm working on a piece called "Enchantment in the attic"... you strongly inspired me with your yourney begins work... i hope you'll see mine when it's finished.
Bye

[Art2]

oh my, this is such a fun image!
Beautiful colours and nice storytelling.

Congrats!

[PMD]

This is stunning, Daniel. Just so rich and beautiful and evocative. You'll spot similar kids in my portfolio, I love the theme of childhood magic and imagination. Thanks for sharing this. And it goes without saying, this need to be plugged. 5*

[Conkrys]

Very nice image! A great sequel to the "Journey"! 5*

[Rebeccak]

Great work! -plugged.

[Ophidian]

I think everybody said it all already! Your piece is awesome!! but I'll still say how it affects me... it makes me go back in time when I was a kid and all I could do is to pretend to fight evil creatures... your piece is just awesome! congrats and thanks for taking me to that place again!!!

[Noren]

And so the story continues... :)
Excellent outcome!
A little nitpick:
Personally I don't particularly like the design of the guy with the beak and eyepatch on the right and the purple one next to him. But I sure love the rest of the pack and overall the acting of the chars is really great.
Is that Mister T in the lower left corner ? :p

[danielh68]

What a wonderful enchanting piece. Very inspiring and original :)

[Supervlieg]

wow, great coloring!

[taste]

something just doesn't seem right with the hair but otherwise it's great. love the mood and the fact that you took another step further with your journey begins entry. hope to see me in the series

[MichaelZHsee]

a fabulous sequal:Da very lovely and the entirely setting blends perfectly.:thumbsup:
perhaps a trilogy for this fantastic journey?

keep it coming mate~

[hyperSasquatch]

this is one of the most fun paintings i have ever seen ! it brings me back to child hood and into that dreamland

very zelda meets fragle rock!

5 stars for composition and colors!
bravo!

[Mio]

hey man, i like it , really!

[Wilson-3d]

What a great layout! The colors - everything. Top notch! It is nice to see a glimple into the journey. Work on a couple more and you will be able to find a writer for a childrens book bades off the illustrations. They really have the appeal that - you want to find out more abou this adventure.

[MoonVisionStudio]

Daniel,

This is magnificent. Your character styling, color use, composition and attention to detail are phenomenal. I instantly recognized the boy when I saw the front page.

Thank You for the inspiration you give.

[taeyoungchoi]

I love to print out and on the wall of my son's room!

really beautiful work. love it!
5stars!

[Matellis]

Oh no! he lost his string how will he find his way back out of the painting! ahhhh

Awesome peice dude! your entry for the journey challenge was my fav in the challenge so seeing this is a treat indeed! damn this has the makings for a really great childrens book.

Keep rocking the canvas Deniel!

Cheers

[ikuru]

wow man! killer ace material dude! Love thoes shifting collors!
verrrry well done!

[kaladen]

Excellent work, especially the colors and the boy attitude. I like those kind of images where you can let your mind goes and imagine what will become after this snapshot !

[Is-boset]

Is awesome the work in the ligths, nice paint.

[fktt]

wow, i love the image, very cool and the idea is interesting too! 5* from me =)

[digital-bobert]

very cool. I love the colorful characters

[frameless]

Very nice piece of art, Daniel.
Especially the color palette you chose is wonderful.

Keep us feeding with your great stuff :thumbsup:

[digitaldecoy]

I'm quite floored by the reaction in this thread. I really did not expect to receive such nice feedback especially because after just having finihsed the painting I see a thousand things I would like to change. You all give me this nice and warm feeling of being able to step back and be a little proud of the accomplished work. Thank you for that!

As I promised, here are some sketches that I drew along the creation of this image. As you can see, the original idea did undergo quite a change. Well, that's how it goes when you venture into uncharted territory.

http://www.digitaldecoy.de/bilder_upload/Trapped_WIP_01.jpg

http://www.digitaldecoy.de/bilder_upload/Trapped_WIP_04.jpg

http://www.digitaldecoy.de/bilder_upload/Trapped_WIP_05.jpg

http://www.digitaldecoy.de/bilder_upload/Trapped_WIP_07.jpg

You can expect me to venture deeper into the world behind the magic painting. I would feel happy if you like to follow me in the future!

[flyingP]

haha like that, very nice choice of colours !

[Kyena]

oh dear, those sketches and character concepts are extremely inspiring - thanks for sharing :)

[G-FLUX]

Yo, I havent posted comments lately cause I haven't had time. Work and such. I made time to comment on this one cause its so friggin awesome. 5* in my book pal. Really fun image and very well executed. :thumbsup:

G-flux

[Slurry]

I love your painting. Great composition and design. I also really enjoy the colours.
Fantastic pic and congrats on the FP!

Art ;)

[antweiler]

Grreat characters and impressive, strong composition and well elaborated colours!
Im jealous

[warpy]

all the good things the others said and more, 5 stars.

[agreenster]

Dude, this is BEGGING to be concept/target art for a new next-gen video game.

[MoonVisionStudio]

WOW! Had to post again. The sketches are great. This could turn into anything you want, children's book, game, movie...

Cant wait to see where you lead us next!

Thanks

[OrcOYoyo]

Nice to see you did complete the picture, Daniel.

I realy like how it turned out. The characters are all very nice designed and it looks like you had fun doing that.
I think it is the best picture of you so far (of the ones I have seen).

[xyzboy]

Any chance you'd sell the Photoshop file? At least do a tutorial. Throw us a bone!

[Kei-Acedera]

This is wicked-awesome! Love the style, technique and colors..fantastic job :)

[Dead]

lol, nice work very well done. But isn't the boy meant to be a teenage girl :) Labyrinth is one of my favourite films. Goblins and kings!

[Adolfux]

Great! 5 stars, of course.

Magnifico!! Muy bueno

With admiration from Spain!

[Briareos]

I was hoping to see more following your challenge entry. Very awesome! :thumbsup:

[crystalinstitute]

wow. It`s wonderful. I like it!
cheers

[Michigan]

Let me add that the ball of string in the 'attic' piece is hilarious! It adds a lot to his personality.

[DruG]

I totally love this one! The history behind it, the mood, your style...

I`m putting this on my wallpaper and don`t try to stop me! ha!

;)

[michael-olszak]

Nice piece man. i like the colors and style. cool work

[unclehrum]

Awsome :] One of my favorite picture :]

regards
unclehrum

[Syl20]

amazing work !there is a whole story behind this pic .
congrats

[OZ]

Super Superb!!!

[PavelPetrenko]

Amazing work! I love this style and characters! :thumbsup:

[duddlebug]

Wonderful!!

Everything fits together so beautifully and it's such a lot of fun to look at. Thanks for showing your sketches too. There's some real nice character design in there.

I can't wait to see the rest of the story..........

:)

[alexichabane]

Fantastic work! I love the painting style, especially how you handled the lighting. The colour palette and the character designs are also great. Alexi

[kaladen]

Thanks for the sketches, again, adding elements and character design after seeing the piece brings more life to the process. Excellent post !

[sparth]

absolutely marvelous
if i had a tale to illustrate for my kids, i would have chosen the same rendering and colors. it's a very smart image, especially concerning all the light interactions within the scene

sparth

[BlackNull]

Absolutely love it, it's my new desktop background... such magical atmosphere with a lot of sensibility put in composition, story telling, overall feel. I really like the lighting as well..wow! Congrats all the way, definitely front page worthy. Keep it coming!

I really sound like a fanboy don't I...ah what the heck..

cheers :thumbsup:
Pierre

[Bliz]

Sorry if I'm gushing but that painting is nigh on perfect!!

I've just spent five minutes panning around the large version, trying to decipher brushstrokes and colour choices...:scream::bounce::thumbsup:

[MarcGoecke]

That picture really rocks! I love the colors, the lighting and the characters!

:thumbsup: 5 from me!

[Djampa]

Fantastic artwork ! Congratulations !

You are a very good illustrator, this image is just lovely, keep it up and keep sharing with us.

Cheers,

[chuckMATE]

absolutely magnificent...

actually one of the most excellent pieces I`ve seen in in a while.
great characters, the colors are awesome, and the composition and lighting works perfectly.
5 stars from me, mate.
:)

[paultheplumber]

Awesome! So wonderfully whimsical. I love the bumbling cast of monster characters.

[joelfurtado]

wowza. This image is freakin incredible. Everyone has said it already, but the composition, lighting, color ...everything is perfect. Absolutely love your style and imagination. My eyes keep travelling in circles around the image picking up all the details. There's so much to look at, you've really gone above and beyond with the details.
Congrats on such a fantastic piece! Hands down 5 stars

[sakethhoney]

:love:hy i saketh

[Hulken]

Awesome, love the colours and everything else about it. Saw your other stuff on your portfolio....just as great:D

Five stars

[Oli4D]

An amazing piece of art! I love the poses, the colors, the idea... everything ;-)
One little critique: The anatomy of the boy is maybe not perfect. His hear is maybe a bit to big (i know, childeren HAVE big heads) and this arms are, in comparison to his legs, a bit to fat. Or the legs are to thing... you can choose ;-)
But besides of that, it is incredible!

4 stars from me,
Oliver

[eyextra]

and great role design~

[Jenela]

Amazing work! I love your style and use of colours. I've checked your homepage and your work is very inspiring to me!

[Mephisto03]

thats gorgeous man. 5 Stars!

[lobonocturno]

Tienes un estilo espectacular, hermosos colores

[hermine]

nice, good lighting

[fullillo]

Love the composition and the clean colours. Excellent! 5 Stars

[esternocleidomastoideo]

Wow! :D
Really nice picture. Wonderful colours and the characters are also really cool. I enjoy every detail on the picture.

[zweiDee]

Fantastische Arbeit. Es ist wundervoll das Du die Story weiter zeichnest. Ich hoffe das noch mehr Bilder folgen.
+plus+
Die Farben und das Licht sind fantastisch wie auch dein Style.
Das Bild erzählt eine Geschichte und es hat Emotionen. Filmreif!
-minus-
Es ist leider nicht von mir. ;)

* * * * * Stars
Cheers

[blues rocker]

i come on here to check out the work, but i've never posted any comments...but when i saw this piece, i just had to say something...this just might be the best damn thing i've ever seen on this site...it's not super refined and rendered, but the loose, painterly technique goes perfectly with the whimsical/cartoony feel of the piece...

this image just smacks you in the face with it's bold composition and atmospheric lighting! and the color! my god, the color!

the lower right corner is the best part...so much awesome stuff going on there with the lighting.

everything about this piece is just dead on...no complaints...the rendering, design, composition, color, lighting...it's all amazing.

some might say it's not "tight" enough or the anatomy needs to be refined or whatever...but that's not what this piece is about...it's about conveying an overall atmosphere with the shapes, color, and lighting...it's not supposed to be overly-rendered...if it was, it would ruin it....the loose brush strokes just add so much more interest and character to the image.

i much prefer this type of work to some overly-textured, photo realistic painting...i don't want to see all kids of rendered, bumpy textures on everything...you don't need all that minute stuff...just get basic shapes and color down...that's all the viewer needs.

your older stuff is really nice, but this piece is on another level...if you can keep up this kind of quality, you are going to produce some amazing work in the future!

[MasterPete]

I rarely post, too. But I'm in agreement with blues rocker here.

The picture said so much it's astronishing! The colourful boy and the monsters - I can just imagine an entire platform game base on your image ^_^

The boy is just so adorable! Everything's perfect!

Hat down to you, digitaldecoy. This piece really hit it out of the park!! Can't wait for your next piece!

[Hexodus]

Congratulations Daniel! This is one of the most breathtaking illustrations I've ever seen.

[Radulan]

"Their voices seemed so distant though they were standing right in front of me. Excitably gibbering about someone I should see. My trusty Excalibur had held them back so far, yet they knew the area better than I. Here I stood in the light and so did they. Yet they crept towards me while I held aloft my sword ready to strike down the first fuzzy hand or bulbous nose that came in range.

I hoped for reinforcements, I knew deep down inside that was the reason teddy had left me as I crossed the river with these loud grumpy grubbers chasing me. Any minute now and I'd see him with an army of friends to help me sway the tide. And tonight we'll have pizza and party while they tell me how brave I am.

Well, teddy, I know you're just about here. So, I'll charge them and knock them off balance just in time for your arrival...." -- me (after seeing this)

Your work definitely falls under the inspirational category. I actually like this one much better than your "journey begins" entry. The other one was very detailed and finely done, yet this one seems more expressive. I could be just under the influence of the mood of each, yet I suspect that this just proves that you are improving. Being a 3D specialist myself, I admire your attention duplicating subsurface scattering.


If I'm not mistaken there is a Henson quality to your work, yet I see it as a salute rather than a copy. Nice to see creatures that he could've made running around running a muck.

As far as criticism goes, I think you could've pushed some more areas towards black. To add a little more of a foreboding quality to the baddies. Right now they seem less scary and more of the friend types of monster from “Where the Wild Things Are” Thus instead of actually being enemies they may be playing at being enemies. But in the end it makes the difference of what you intended and I'm not even going to guess at that.

Good work keep going.

[moonclub]

very beautiful!

[EliAbramovitch]

love it! 5*

[digitaldecoy]

Come on guys, you make me blush! :)

@ Radulan:

That story fragment is beautiful! You know, in fact I'm working on a story about the young boy and the world behind the magic painting. With your story fragment you captured exactly the mood I'm aiming at. That gives me a hint that the painting kind of communicates the right mood and that is something that makes me very happy. I'm also happy that you recognised the Henson influence in the painting because I'm a great fan of Jim Hensons work and I would definetely say that I'm trying to carry his spirit trough my paintings.

Thanks for sharing your imagination! I'll make sure to share mine as soon as a new painting arrives.

[qiujinyan]

wow , so lovely
really my style, i love it!:D

[tddtk]

I like that little boy ,he is Lovely.

[zinkete]

beautiful colors and beautiful feeling. I like very much your illustration.

[TomGodfrey]

I love the balance of colours and the lighting. I want to see the movie now :)

[scarletknight]

A very cool image :) I love the lighting and colour choices, they make for a wonderful mood.

[mrhobson]

I am enjoying this painting very much. The lighting is fantastic, and the composition is perfect. I was somewhat curious as to how many layers were required, and if possible if you might be able to give me a small walk through of how you wen't about the painting. Again, I really enjoyed this, inspired me quite a bit.

Dylan

[OkieDokie]

So great. This picture sure triggers the imagination. Love it <3

[L33tace]

this is one of my favorite images ever. the characters, the colours, lighting and the stories that the image evokes. :applause:

[HenrikLundberg]

love this piece, the colouring and layout is great, so many different characters. Wooden sword really presents it as a childs imagination great work.

[RobertoOrtiz]

Awesome work!

Plugged!
-R

[authentic]

always loved this picture

[Srek]

Awesome work!

Plugged!
-R
I'm nto disagreeing with this beeing plugworthy, but wasn't it plugged already over a year ago (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4180607&postcount=34)?

Cheers
Björn

[visionmaster2]

amazing lights !!:eek:

[cook5000]

Congrats on the frontpage :thumbsup:

Beautiful work and great lighting. I would like to know, if you use any dummy 3d objects to have a oriantation how the light behaves.

...and thanks again for the nice speech at the living games festival in Bochum. It's allways interesting to see other artists in action but that show was amazing :arteest:

[Randis]

I really like the image, I am just kinda sure that i have seen it a year ago, here.

[JackZhang]

I'm nto disagreeing with this beeing plugworthy, but wasn't it plugged already over a year ago (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4180607&postcount=34)?

Cheers
Björn

second on that.
CGS is doing a lot of weird things nowaday ......

[levin]

glitches like this happen when they change something in the matrix.

[PapaNinja]

Great work. Very good compo and nice colors :thumbsup:

[Dues]

Amazing colors)))

[eldee]

Awesome work!

Plugged!
-R
LOL, only took 1.5 years :thumbsup:

[Vashner]

It's brilliant. I love how the light is coming in thru the trees.

[erilaz]

Wow, a blast from the past!

Always loved this image. :D

[visionmaster2]

hope your last one will be plugged too !


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[sameergadve]

:bounce: :thumbsup: superb colors the compostion tells me to imagine the whole story till the point of being trapped! love it man made my day :beer:

[weerawan]

very,very beautiful colors scheme.I love it.:bounce:

[Oli4D]

Awesome work!

Plugged!
-R

hu? Again after more than a year? lol
Well it's a great image, but if feel like having a Déjà-vu :D

[everlite]

Really beautiful use of colours. The Goblins look like chracters from Labyrinth :)

Dave.

[Cral]

maybe he gets a second choice award for that pic :D
anyway, happy birthday decoy :beer:

[RafaelSarmento]

Dear spirits from the Creation of the Universe - this piece stroke me violently with it's beauty and intrisec storytelling!!! Would love to see the whole story on a graphic novel!!!
Cheers man, great work!!!

[stefgrafx]

very beauty compo... :arteest:

[Rebeccak]

This image has been previously plugged (I see Bjorn caught that). ;)

-R

[ncmooc]

wonderful!! I used to see this work on youtube. seems in the official vedio of Wacom Cintiq 12WX.

[Stoja]

Wonderfull! I'd buy this book!

[ehsantaheri]

I love animation concept or child book still , you have many work in this still. you have best works in cgtalk. bravo. braaaavo.

[niiicckkmaheeya]

I like that this picture was done on the intuos but is in a commercial for the cintiq on the wacom website. I like the composition the most.

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