Races of Middle Earth-character-wildsheepchase

#35

Well WSC, I think it looks great. You’ve got all these little details in his clothing that add to an image that I always forget. I have one small crit that might improve this.

check this image:

See how where the light hits, the eye is darkened with a hotspot, and the light reflects through to the other side? Thats what I think you should do to his eye in the light to give it more life. More umphf! that isn’t the greatest image, but it gives you an idea that you can go and observe for yourself.

Cheers!:beer: :buttrock:

#36

Thanks Gamoron…I’ll see what I can do about that:D

#37

Wow…amazing. The details are pushing the image to the top. Just do the little thingy Gamoron told ya. Thats the last izzibizzy detail missing.
Great Job :applause: :applause: :applause: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Tom

#38

Another update:

I tried to fix the eye, but I’m not sure I understood the crit exactly. I added a little bit of a warm patch at the outer left rim…is that what you had in mind, Gamoron?
I also added some detail to the hair, fishing rod, and some other stuff.
Thanks for all the help everyone!:beer:

#39

I like it :thumbsup:
I dunno if it’s the jpeg but The pic intends to be a bit blurrish coloring wise in some parts but that’s prolly just a matter of taste.
:slight_smile:

#40

good to see you have your own unique style. I was just looking over your thread, and saw your last picture. I know all artists are different based on how they see their own art, so dont listen to me if you dont want to. I think though that the whole piece seems a little flat, not towards art, but in color, meaning not enough lights and darks are affecting the image. I run into this a lot for lighting is difficult to capture in art. My only suggestions are to do the basic hue and saturation in photoshop to change the color scheme a little and so the clothe stands out a little more, then mess with the brightness and contrast a little. And maybe do a spotlight coming from the sun to the right to give the clouds on the upper left a feeling of shadowing the character, meaning more darker in the left, lighter on the right. Your piece is fantastic, thats why I thought I could maybe help out and see if anything I said can make it even better. Great job all around…

theSEL

#41

I tried boosting the saturation and contrast…

I’ll let you guys tell me if this is an improvement. I’ve stared at it so long that I don’t know anymore:surprised :insane:
Thanks for the comments thesel and royal:thumbsup:

#42

Just Perfect!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

May ya send me a high res Jpeg at my email adress:

tommy.lee@chello.at

That would be nice, want it as Wallpaper:beer:

Cheerz

Tom

#43

Looks so much better and the character stands out so much more, I got DSL, so was able to go forwards and back really fast to see the difference. You nailed it right on! Great piece! Now you have about 30 more days to make the dust particles in the air, and strans of hair, one by one… HAHA… I dont know how much more detailed you want to get, but either or, if you stop now, youve got a great composition.

theSEL

P.S. Oh, forgot to tell you, another idea that you could add to the piece could be minor scales on his body and face, showing hes a sea creature… a thought!

#44

Thanks a ton, guys!
Tommy: The pic is in the mail:D
Thesel: Thanks for the help. Like you said, I have another whole month to nitpick at the details, so there may be some more updates on the way.:wip:
:beer:

#45

Thanks for the pic!:beer:

About the details: Less is More!!!

Cheerz

Tommy Lee

#46

What’s in the water over there in Arizona??? Because whatever it is I want some over here in Malibu…Really a wonderful image,I think it’s spot on beautiful,great depth and colors,the feel is surreal but warm. I want this creation in a full length movie now! Really great work wildsheepchase… :thumbsup: :airguitar :beer:

#47

Here’s another update:

I wasn’t completely happy with the last version I loaded. I think it lost some detail and I thought the background looked a bit too pumped up after I changed the saturation. This update was my attempt to try and use the original background, but with the character more saturated. There was also some minor tweaking throughout the whole painting. I think I’m pretty much done with this, unless anyone has any crits to add.:arteest:
Virtuoso: Thanks!
:beer:

#48

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

#49

Thanx Tommy:D
:beer:

#50

wow, very nice!

I like the mood you’ve achieved, much much better the new one with boosted saturation and constrast.
His left hand looks kinda weird, not sure if it’s the proportions or the pose. Maybe you could add some more contrast on that area, looks like it confuses with the background more than the rest of the body.

:thumbsup: keep drawing!

#51

Originally posted by Tommy Lee
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    [b]DITTO[/b]............Ambiant,surreal,In-depth,stylistic to the max,fantastic.I cannot post 5 thumbs up anymore because I have Tommy Lee's up already.;)  But If I could I would.:) 

         A true contender for this Challenge,among quite a few great entries.5 stars all the way.:beer:
#52

I love the paint and the mood here a lot, sheep. It took some time to find some constructive crits, here.

But I’ll offer some suggestions for you though. The shoulders are at very different levels, but the elbows aren’t. And I think you would see more of the chest if the body is twisted like that.
Last thing, and now I’m really trying to find things wrong here. The hand holding the fishing pole, doesn’t really look like it’s holding it. Can you see that the top of the hand, and the pole are going in two different directions?

#53

You´ll be the runnerup close behind Gamoron:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cheerz dudette

Tom

#54

He wildsheep, you’re doing excellent in the voting :slight_smile:
Good to see you in the top of the votings.
And this is one of the best things I’ve seen from you indeed. So, very well deserved IMO :beer: