Laura Diehl's WIP Thread

#441

Mainly miscellaneous stuff today. I worked on the glass, the floor texture/lighting, and the reflections. I also changed the arm of the front character. I like it better now. What do you all think?

Also, what are your thoughts on the title font and treatment. Are there any kerning spacing or other character edit suggestions?

zng-Y: Hope I’ve improved some of the things you brought up. A good portion of the background needs to be empty (for the title text).

Iridyse: Glad you think so :slight_smile: Which foot are you talking about?

#442

The raised arm of the front character is bothering me, I think more of the hand should be visible, or the positions of the fingers should be changed. As for feet, I think both of the “hidden” feet should be visible, at least a little.

#443

I’m a little confused about the light source. There is the strong light coming from below him, but is there also a blue light from the side? There is a strong highlight on this leg and forearm, but none on his shirt sleve or side of his hair and face.

Love the new arm position, it works much better. And the cracks are looking great, the subtle shadow under the other character really to help too. Looking great.

#444

eishiya: Hmmm, I’ll play around with the new hand some more then.

csgirl: Good call on the lightening. It is confusing. I’m thinking in terms of light coming from the water below the glass floor (blue) and light coming from the vision (orange)…with some fudge/fill light from above (much dimmer). I’ll see what I can do to at least make the highlights match each other at least.

#445

Woah Laura, those breakinglines are popping out awesome.
Still some small crits if i’m allowed to :smiley: : the reflection of the characters are good, but they need to be stronger just near the feet. Also the arms of the main characters need some anatomy-correction.
It’s getting there! Keep it up!

#446

Eheheh ok ok, nothing to tell about fingers :slight_smile:

Uhm…I think that you can add a touch of ‘air perspective’ to other humans to increase the sense of depth. In my opinion the 2 smallest have got too brilliant colors. I think you can fix it simply adding a layer of this light azure and changing its opacity.

Check also their shadows that are out of ice-face perspective (OUCH, I’ve written it )

Looking for updates,
Serena.

#447

I “fixed” many little things all over the place. I also added a bit of “scurf” from the character’s previous encounters, ie ripped clothes and scratches. I think this is just about done. Anything else?

zng-Y: I’m happy you like the broken glass lines. As for anatomy I’m not sure what more I can do…

CyborgJA: I added the aerial perspective you were talking about. I do think it is better. About their “shadows” …I was thinking of them as reflections. I did go back and add darker patches to the sides of each character, thinking maybe they could serve as vague “shadows.” I not even sure what sort of shadows they should have with such varied light sources.

#448

Laura, I’m not a pro in the anatomy of arms myself either, but maybe you can ask Iridyse or Rebecca…
But there is something not totally right with the arms…

#449

Hi Laura, thanks for your kind comments on my thread.

Once again I’m very impressed by your use of coulour. Vibrant and alive are the words that come to mind.

My bit of criticism this time is also about the arms. The biceps seems to be rotating against the forearm, as I’ve tried to point out in the paintover.

I’d also say that the muscles might be a tad too outlined, they could benefit from some less agressive shadows, so they still look strong but not too “drawn in”.

The forearm needs to be a bit longer, while the arm needs to be a bit shorter because of the perspective. Last and not least, some shadows on the base of the sleeve enhance the perspective, in my humble opinion. =)

I hope you find this helpful, and excellent work as usual.

#450

Ohhh yes, now it has more depth.
MM I’m not so sure about the azure borderline that you have added all around the charas in this last step. It enhances the ‘layer’ perception. Make a quick experiment, paint a thinner borderline and then compare the 2 versions. Of course, it’s a matter of taste.

I think that RaplhD gave you an useful tip !

See you soon,
Serena.

#451

zng-Y: You know, I think part of the reason I’m not as good at anatomy as I should be is that my college never got live models that actually had muscle.

RalphD: Great tips on the arm. Thanks for the paint-over. I’ll see what I can do. :slight_smile:

CyborgJA: I could drop the opacity on the border (each is on a separate layer above the characters). I will play with that a bit.

I don’t think I’m going to get much chance to work on this today. I’m off to the mountains with my digi camera to take some high school “senior” pictures for my little sister. Gorgeous blue skies out and the trees are very vibrantly orange, but man is it cold!

#452

We are not superman haha, offcourse we cant do everything awesome. Thats why we are here right.

I think RalphD gave you a good tip indeed!

#453

Picture, I dub thee done!

A big THANK YOU to all of you who helped with this last one :slight_smile:

zng-Y: That reminds me of a certain Calvin & Hobbes quote: “God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.” So true. :wink:

#454

Looks fantastic now! Great job. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

#455

I love it too. You have got an unique palette and style. I’m loving it.

Brava !
Serena.

#456

That really turned out very nice, Laura. Like the handling of the figure in the vision. To be perfectly honest, the only thing that bothers me has nothing to do with your art. The lettering for the title doesn’t look like it fits for a book cover, but that’s just a small thing.

Good work.
Cris

#457

Turned out awesome as I told you before! The arm is looking good now too. Good job and yeah that quote is so true.

#458

laura, congrats
wonderfull color aways

#459

Nice job! And, as most everyone has said, your choice of palette is always good. :slight_smile:

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#460

:smiley: You all are the best!

Just wanted to post the link to the Showcase thread for the previous image:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=421052

So… next up is the cover for a manuscript entitled: Just Like a Fairy Tale. I read the whole thing yesterday and have some pretty spiffy ideas. I’m now waiting to hear the author’s ideas before I start on the thumbnails. The story is a rather neat blend of urban/punk/city-scape and a unique mythology/fantasy element.

Also, I finally joined CGSociety -take a look at my blog for my favorite shots from my “senior portrait” session with my little sis.