Abduction, Steven Hägg-Ståhlberg (2D)

#180

I like the blue on the skin :slight_smile:
Very nice.

#181

wow; mérci…

#182

You are superb with lighting…
the tone is great as well…
it really a nice piece.

#183

very well!!! but i think there`s a problem on legs … it could be better if it was smoother!!! good work… uve worked on the faces and the hands very well!NICE.

#184

amazing work…
i think that is 5 star too

#185

OMG! Great, the situation, expressions, colors, everything, but that water, WOW, no words!

#186

simply a pleasure for eyes! one of a kind!

#187

wow excellent work:bounce:

#188

I’m simply speachless here…
:eek:

#189

Excellent work, as always.
I heard that you’ll make a Gnomon dvd, true? (I hope so :))

#190

Wow…oh man what a journey this is taking me to…

What a storyline…I mean…in your work I’m seeing.
I agree with you to use the other one for your Journey Theme. This one tells me another possible theme, like Alien Abduction or The Rescue.

You inspire me to continue using refs. Thanks a million. :wink:

Edit: I have to say that this work shouldn’t be under 2D…but 3D. Most of this work is done in the 3D…and the finishing parts were done in Photoshop.

I just want to pinpoint that out to you because I really do think that’s inaccurate. :wise:

#191

water is so cool!

#192

So outstanding Especially water Really envy your strength

#193

Simply amazing, from concept to execution this is a supirb piece!

#194

Hi Steve,

I can’t see your reference pictures.

I remember meeting you last december in LA at Gnomon School.

Nice work.

#195

A stunnng piece of art indeed. I just love the detail and colors used.
Lighting is also cool.

#196

I didn’t understand the image at first and went through the thread for more description. I think the beam coming from the top is a bit too subtle right now. There is a slot of stuff happening below that it almost seemed out of place that the guy was looking up and not at the girl. I think this image would make more sense as a sequence than as a snapshot.

Your photo shoot images are very clever. Looks like a lot of effort went into getting the right reference images. :slight_smile:

#197

Amazing! :slight_smile:

#198

:thumbsup: Woooow! It’s very good! water is very cool! Nice work.:bounce:

#199

From the thumbnail I had the presupposition that she was in water herself. I clicked on the large view and it was amazing. She was not swimming down but being pulled up! Her anger and shock at her companion’s indifference; his fascination with the source of the beam, disbelief, and lack of thought for the woman - it’s all brilliant.

I thought perhaps the beam was pulling her up at random point (in her case, her feet, in the shadowy form in the distance it seems one leg is the focal point of the beam’s power) and I can see her muscles straining and fighting against it. Showing muscles straining against an intangible obstacle is not easy. I thought the beam was also disturbing lightweight things around her, causing drops of water to rise off the skin and into the air, causing her hair to be pulled back, the man’s necklace, the glasses - the tiny umbrellas! - and the disruption in the water really showed this. I particularly like the lighting and greenish transparent look of the water in the pool.

In fact, the lighting and the colour in general is spot on. The details are just right to add character and individuality to the scene without being overwhelming. The red in the plants by the pool, his necklace, the cigarette, the sky… - perfect.

It is a wonderful painting. Thank you for posting the photographic references. It really showed that it takes a lot of imagination and skill to turn simple references into a dynamic painting.

I would post any crit if I had one, but I’d have to make up anything negative and that’s just silly. 5 stars from me.