Hey Jussi,
that’s simply awesome! The girl is gorgeous, I love the shape and the pose of her shoulders, the cheeks are wonderful and the skin tone and the radiated light on it is perfect.
Also the ethereal atmosphere is very dreamful and the composition is well executed as it directs the focus in a circular path from the breast of the girl to the hummingbirds.
Bravo!!
Andrea
Jussi
I particularly like the subtlties of the composition…the textures on the ground surfaces and the delicate background are genuinely intriguing. Your handling of lighting demonstrate a real understanding of color and tone. My only criticism would be the neck…it doesn’t meld well with how sharp the othe light affects the girl’s face…it is too soft and lacks the discrimination of the facial tone.
Nonetheless…delightful work!
Very nice, Watch out for chroma discrepancies when compositing from different sources (max, PS), e’g. warm reds on her face versus greeny-grays on her neck. Also, the neck (it’s always the most dificult, especially with females).
It’s not what they’d call a crit here; it’s about mastery versus super-mastery, right?
Cheers, she’s loverly.
s.
Thanks for the critics and encouraging words, guys! And many thanks to CG Society for the Choice Award acknowledgement, it’s a longtime dream of mine come true to get around posting something for people to criticize and comment on, and not to even mention seeing my own work in such grand company in this particular gallery. Thank you!
The neck area: I think you are both right about it being a problem in the painting. I wanted to simplify it compared to the face part, but apparently I failed in doing that right. It works a lot better on the upper torso part than the neck area. The light could do with more definition indeed. The whole neck seems to be a bit stiff, too, like a pedestal jutting out from the body to support the head (more or less the case with neck generally I guess, but you catch my drift). Maybe it could do with a gentle curve along its lenght and more definition to the shape. Sasha’s right about the neck area, it’s something to pay more attention to in future pieces.
Very nice, Watch out for chroma discrepancies when compositing from different sources (max, PS), e’g. warm reds on her face versus greeny-grays on her neck.
This I find very interesting and I’d appreciate a lot if you could share more of your insight on this matter, if it’s not too much of an effort. Just to clarify the process: the piece is not composited from various sources, but painted exclusively in Photoshop (3dsmax was only used to create a mask for the small 3-leaf plants to save time and nerves). Nervermind that, but I take it you see a problem in the use of colour here? My approach to this was to introduce bounced light from the gray-green environment on the shadow areas of the skin to make them colder, and emphasize the colour even further to make it stand out more. Nothing scientific here, just the way I thought it appears nice to look at, even a bit more “fantastic” and not strictly realistic. I’ve always loved the way Boris Vallejo uses surprisingly bright colours in shadow areas for skin tones to make them more lively, and the skin tones here are my take on trying to introduce something similar to my piece. Nevermind this babble if you find it not worth commenting, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
Mastery indeed, that’s something I’m struggling to achieve. I see it’s about being able to establish a workflow to introduce all the knowledge you have on colour, composition, execution etc. in a controlled manner; being able to control every aspect of the piece and to know exactly what you are doing in every stage. Plus the skill. At the moment, my workflow is more like constantly pushing my skills to find good ways to work, and back up and try something different in case it doesn’t work. Thanks for the remark anyway!
Jussi
This is excellent work Jussi! I honestly have no critiques for you. It’s just great to see real finnish talent on this forum.
Hyvää työtä!
hey kryptoreye you have pretty nice friends 
I’m very fond of the mood and the girl face. A small poetic touch that is really interesting.
Love it! 
Great work - especially the green things 
I really like whole bushy things - could you show some brushes you used to make this lovely mossy atmosphere?
Could you send me phone number to Kimberley?
i would kill to be as good as some of you guys, i have only recently started in the field of 3d and CG so yeah im mega noob but yeah, where the hell do you start i mean wow. Anyway freaking insane shit dude, like it alot
Realy nice work! It inspired me to do mine! It’s the same kind of coloration that I want for my picture. :applause: