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Alabaster
03-24-2007, 07:10 AM
Would folks mind giving some feedback? I borrowed my brothers Wacom Intuos 2, and after 8 hours-ish, this is what I have. Working title is Three Birds or...Birds Nest Nebula or...hehe, I'm not so good with titles. I'm just excited, this tablet rocks, I need to buy one.

http://earendil18.home.comcast.net/onlinestorage/Untitled-copy.jpg


My first instinct is to crop the image closer towards the blown out portion, trimming out those edges and a bit of the bottom.

Second instinct, keep adding some stars, right now it's mainly dust and light.

I'm going for more a fantastical space than Greg Martin's work if you're familiar. Scale and depth, not flattened Hubble photos, for example.

Feedback plz! :D
Thaldir
03-24-2007, 03:40 PM
I'd just say: follow your instinct!:thumbsup:

Very promising start, I'm really looking forward to the development.
Alabaster
03-24-2007, 10:15 PM
Roger, following instincts. *crackle*
SeNO1
03-25-2007, 12:31 AM
Hey! how do you do that? very cool
Alabaster
03-25-2007, 12:44 AM
Mainly Photoshops airbrush tool and eraser. Some portions get "burnt" with the burn tool as well so the color properties stay intact.

Here's an update after another 5ish hours of detailing. As soon as my bloody host stops rejecting me...Ok...Imageshack it is...

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9867/birdsgather3hp7.jpg
Alabaster
03-26-2007, 02:49 AM
Getting close to finished, what do you guys think? IS it close to finished or do you think something else needs to happen?

http://earendil18.home.comcast.net/onlinestorage/ThreeBirdsNebula.jpg
stuh505
03-26-2007, 03:35 AM
To be honest I liked picture #1 the most :shrug:
DArcy1
03-26-2007, 03:39 AM
Hi

Beautiful work ! As for feedback, I wonder if putting a tiny bit more light (?overlay) at the bottom and making more of a fan shape for the tail, would put across the bird feeling more - something subtle that you would have to look at the image for a few minutes to really realise it was there.

There is something about the head that bothers me - I think it's the "beak" - it looked more natural without it, as in the initial sketch.

D'Arcy
Alabaster
03-26-2007, 04:15 AM
I think the beak's "direction" is conflicting with some of the other flowing lines converging on that spot. That can be cleaned up.

If I could ask stuh: What about the first picture did you like? The wider scale? No stars?
stuh505
03-26-2007, 04:44 AM
If I could ask stuh: What about the first picture did you like? The wider scale? No stars?

-wider scale
-the bird part now appears to have a 3D popping out effect that wasnt there before
- the stars are too cheesy now
- there was more contrast and stuff going on around the edges of the nebula in the original
Alabaster
03-26-2007, 05:29 AM
Processing...tweaking...weighing options...I'm going for depth, hence the 3dish nature of certain elements, but pulling back to a wider view helps convey that depth better methinks.

*FINISHED*

Added to my gallery!
SeNO1
03-26-2007, 11:55 PM
love it man.....
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