Ancient Lake WIP

[Chrizimer]

I'm not sure if it is fair to say...since it is obviously not a completed piece, but the detailing is not completed for the lake, the sky, part of the mountains and the foreground (at the bottom of the image. The detailed areas look fine... Don't necessarily make the entire lake bright, you'll de-emphasize the way the light hits it. You could if you wanted to make the lake shimmer nearer to the left when you detail it. If the light source is high in the sky, the shimmer is wide, but very weak. If it is low in the sky, the shimmer is brighter and more like a column of light under the object emanating the light. Depending on the direction of the waves in the water, you can get different effects. However, I would expect that at this time of night there would be no wind, and that the lake would have a mirror finish on it. In which case, just draw a reflection of the surfacem slightly blurred if you want, but make it dimmer than the actual thing being reflected.

[Alabaster]

Thank you! Very good points all of them. The lake will be modified, definitely, those values could be more interesting. I haven't even zoomed in yet, I'm working at %50!

[borderland]

My tip would be to make something dominant. Currently the castle, lake and surrounding moutains all have the same visual value so the piece looks even. If you're going for a matte painting then maybe that's fine. If you're going for a composition piece try working with placement, scale and perspective to add dynamism.

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