Nice progress Jassar 
I have one crit about the whole scene: IMHO there is no depth in the image, all is looking flat :shrug: maybe a small fog on the horizont line will be enough :curious:
Nice work so far, I wish I have a so advanced image :banghead:
Thanks Nomad, you’ve stated a very important note 
, I will add fog and will play a bit with the clouds to give the image some depth…
Cheers
Hey Jassar, really nice update mate!! cool stormy sea !! Perhaps the back light of the moon can help you to separate the ship from the background and gain depth too, only a comment Again great work mate!! 
Please tell me if you have any notes, I’m thinking of adding more stuff at the right side of the painting to give more depth; I’ve already added a far lightning bolt…
hey man, I like your idea and the foreground is good so far, but I think there`s way too much blue in there, bit more warmer tones would be nice
for example you could make a fire on deck from the lightning hit or give the lamps on the ship a warmer light
then I also would re-color the sails
and imo stronger shadows on squid, pirate and boat and strong backlitght would create a more dramatic feeling
cheers and good luck
lol… nice idea and lovely coloring, maybe am not in this competition but i admire your works and hope you the best in the competition … keep going:thumbsup:
guterrez, thanks man, your advice is highly appreciated. I will try adding some warm colors and see what happenes.
phoenix1, thank you my friend, I’m glad u liked it
Cheers
Well, as you can see colors have changed a bit especially the sails, and I worked a bit on the overall shadows. Lots of work still required I know…
Awaiting your valuable comments
I have played some more on the shadows, and added some blur to the fast moving things like the parrot’s wings…
Hey Jassar, nice updates mate!! the lighting bolts are a great idea!! I think the far lighting bolt need to illuminate a bit more the clouds in its zone. Perhaps add some traslucency to the sails ( i think this can be a nice lighting effect) and more light on the horizon ( darker clouds on the foreground zone, more lighter in the middle, and a more lighter than middle in the background and horizon zone), only a comment Again great work mate!!
the sails are much better now in my opinion, the stripes are a good idea cause they give them more form
the hole color scheme works better know I think, perhaps try to make the cold yellow you have in there a bit warmer; the fire in the lamps would create a more orange like glow, not to much just carefull^^
for me the yellow color strokes in the waves are a bit too much
and I have to agree with Ferx about the clouds and the horizon
this comes along nice man, have fun
Ferx, guterrez, thanks alote guys
I do agree on that yellow and the clouds, will work on um more.
Cheers
Nice progress
It takes shape, I think a little more details on the background will achive the lack of depth. Some stormy clouds will be great.
I like the new sails keep goin`…
I might keep the clouds as they are, because after reviewing some stormy cloud photos I found them to be very dark and almost textureless…
I’ll post some updates soon,
Cheers
Well, I thought of adding some floating objects like wooden boxes and such. What do u guys think?
