Master and Servant 2D Entry: Shawn Wood

#8

Great sketch…

#9

quick color comp. still am stumped on what to do with the BG

#10

what’s up dude,

I like the choice of colours. I think its coming out nice. As for a background, my suggestion is, create a one point perspective of a china town kinda setting (since you mention that they are taking a walk) so you can show some depth. It would be nice to see it with a good amount of crowd behind them, but blur it or create it like a sillouehte (spelling it wrong huh), less detail, less colours and the camera’s focus is them three.
OR
If you want something for intimate, do the same one point perspective and create a fall season kind of setting. A little dark and gloomy kinda atmosphere, but it sets the mood of the piece.

i hope this helps dude.
cheers,
Archie

#11

Not a bad idea, not bad at all.

#12

added a bg sketch.

#13

allrighty then. Got myself a palette and a compositiong, rough as it may be, im on a time limit so i’ll run with it as far as i can and hopefully not go head first and smack into a wall.

#14

Lovely!!!

cheers: Kornél

#15

Ah, see now, you’re getting somewhere really good. with this background, you can do more with your character placement. BTW, i really like that lifeless feeling on the female, but i would go opposite with the kid though.

cheers,
Archie

#16

keep this going mate,very nice overall setting and the ‘pet’ is looking good~
pls dont abundant this piece.wish u luck!:thumbsup:

#17

Well, started to lay in the paint over the enlarged rough. Trying to get a feel for how far im going to take the image. Painting the Background is going to give me nightmares. I have spent so much time doing character art I have neglected my BG skills and am not quite sure how to approach it. Bitch and Moan right :wink:

-sgw

#18

Just want to say your character is looking nice. I really like this character.
About painting the background, if you need any help, just ask me or anyone in this forum. People here are very helpful and they don’t mind giving advice or some tips.

cheers,
Archie

#19

i like your design,i wayyyyy better!:slight_smile:

#20

I really like the style you have. Also it reminds me of some game i must have played… Dunno. Very familiar anyhow.

No real advices for you. Youre doing everything right.

#21

I absolutely love this! The makeup and the hair and just the overall style of the image is wonderful, i’ll be watching this, hopefully i’ll be able to add some good critiques.

Shaykai

#22

nice work. i like the style and scene. looking forward to further developments.

#23

that is really nice. love teh painting style u got going… i am not sure about the boy’s stance… i would chnage that, but the slaves is spot on. . . also backgorund looks abit … hmmm i dont know… to me it does not seem to compliment it… in fact the whole piece looks abit to static.

Don’t get me wrong though i love this idea and your character design and panting skill rock! (I too am really scared about painting my background for the same reasons)

Will be following

#24

Thanksn for great compliments and suggestions. Most of you are pretty much spot on with what this piece needs. Last night I was really struggeling trying to figure out what to do with the back ground to help compliment the piece, I really like the panaramic idea, but I was engulffing the characters and they were losing all there presence. Thats when I realized I was approaching this like a portrait. So, I’m going to try to find an approprite approach to the enviorment that will show off the charcters in a better fashion but still tell a story (somewhat). Time to bust out the John Singer Sargent books!

-sgw

#25

wow! thats very nice,painting is top notch.character is really cool.

#26

she looks kind, but i cant fight that there is something spooky in her eyes. everything else looks great. i love the design.:slight_smile:

#27

Well, after much deliberation i decided that i need to go with a diffrent approach to the piece. I started it out with the idea to do a ‘portriat’ and decided i should folow that true and let the characters attempt to carry it on there own, and the bg just help complement them. So, i busted out a bunch of portriture (i need to learn to spell that damn word) books and see how it was done. In all honesty I havnt the slightest idea if this is the ‘right’ way, but hey, lifes a big experiment and i think its feeling a hell of alot better.

-diss