Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Serena De Biasi

#7

@Axel : well man, I studied your words and I developed this solution. As you can see humans are now on their element and mermaids too. I really want to thank you cause this solution is absolutely more challenging, for perspective, for boats (I must study everything about them before the final sketch) for details and I hope for composition too.
Please if you have got more suggestion, write them all !

@Adrian : nice to see you there and thanks for checking man ! Well to be honest the half-human figures on foregreound are my “cherry on the cake” cause anatomy is for me a pleasure. And to be honest, considering the level of details and the quantity of hour I’ll spend on this project I absolutely need this cherry, or the end will be hard…very hard.

#8

Hi Serena,
I like the new path you took for your idea, the movement of the mermaids reads very nice
I also like the humans in their “element” the ships, but what I meant by twisting the idea a bit more its not offering something that they have seem already, we know for mythology the mermaids, were good playing games to the humans in the ships. So twist that a bit more. what they can do, and the humans, that we haven’t seen before, and that will demonstrate the strange point of this
for example a ship full of mermaids
and the Sailors not taking attention to them but to the seagulls
its not a very good idea I am sure you can come out with better, but hope I have explain my self better, since I really like your idea. Have fun! With anatomy I like it to.:smiley:

#9

Axel…I’m starting to love you :love:
I apologize but I’m a little dummy with english so if you notice strange posts please have patience and explain me all again. Thank you :love:

What do you think about putting humans again in the water and describe mermaids on boats of course fishing for humans?

#10

Hi Serena, you are too kind, I m just happy to helping on any little way I can, to such a talented artist. About your idea I love that,:smiley: I like mermaids been now the one play by the beauty (or better the ugliness) of the humans…even for music you can give them some instruments of jazz or something…instead of the singing part?..

And don worry about English its not my 1sth language as well so I do struggle form time to time to explain my self…:rolleyes:

#11

Oh well axel, thank you very much.
This morning I had a talk with my mum and she suggested me to change subject. I’ve to admit that the develope marmaids’ picture is killing my heart (so maybe I’ll paint it too by myself) but my mum is right.
For this reason I decided to completely change subject and this is the new concept :

#12

And I love the new concept. It’s awesome, and full of sense of humor. I can’t wait to see how you develop this work!

Keep going, pretty! :bounce:

María

#13

fantastic concept Serena! and you’re so bloody good with horses - this should be fun to watch!:bounce:

#14

After read Intervain’s comment, I went check myself your portifolio and yes, you are good painting horses… and everything else that I saw there. I think the new adea will be a show stop.

#15

Hi Serena

Love the horses idea, they have great faces for great expressions lots of potential with it and I like the very good fun factor already with out even seen them in detail. You will made them fantastic…:thumbsup:

About your mermaids we will miss them! But hope to see that idea in colors in your portfolio, because I love mermaids to!:slight_smile:

#16

Serena, I cannot wait to see how this one will turn out. You’re amazing at painting horses (and most other things of course) and I just know this will turn out fantastic! The horse with his head thrown back is so funny :smiley:

All the very best and updates please!

#17

Hi all…

That sketch where the horses are playing cards, remembered me the typical “dogs playing cards” painting that poster was very famous in the 80s :stuck_out_tongue:

I think that the cowboys waiting their horses outside while the horses are playing cards and drinking is a good idea.

Only is needed to change the composition. though…

Sorry for the crits… :S is for helping… keep going dude…

#18

Hey Serena, really nice sketch and concept! and for sure a strange behavior, with many and funny posibilities - the scene can be not only in the wild west, maybe in a race course… i dont know… thinking aloud :smiley: … -
Best of luck! and looking forward for more updates ! :slight_smile:

#19

Serena, that’s will be very funny :slight_smile:
Horses that rend humans for fun. (i love riding horses …i hope one day they will not turn to me =_=. Expecially because i ride a stallion @.@)

Funny :slight_smile:
Good luck to you.

in bocca al lupo.
kisses

#20

@MariaRita, Magdalena, Uldison, Shreya : thank you very much, I’m here waiting for your suggestions !

@Axel : man, be sure that I’ll develop the mermaids’ picture too, cause I already have got it in my mind!

@Norving : first of all thank you for checking. I googled for the “dogs playing cards” and I looked at the picture. I honestly do not think that changing the angle of the viewing point can help at this time cause the “core” is in the concept similarity : dogs are animals like horses and they are playing poker. Honestly…I’m too in love with this picture to freely tell you " ok I trash this concept and I think to another one". But please, recheck this thread cause I want your critics and suggestions!

@Fernando : yes it’s a great idea but a race course is something “elite” while mc donalds and “american shopping” is worldwide known and for this reason it can be better understood by viewers. This is the basic criteria I’ve used to set up this scene. Thank you for your comment !

@Claudio : Lucky man you are ! I still have to learn but here it costs too much so in the meantime I learn their anatomy :slight_smile:

Well, this is a first color-choice idea. I really don’t know if I want it in full sun or at the sunshine.

#21

nice concept and judgeing by your painting skills this will be great. cant wait for more. why not try it at dusk? at moment seems a bit confused with all the colours and lack of lighting

#22

@William : yes man, you are absolutely right! In this way I’ll be able to mix environmental light with artificial ones. As a matter of fact you read in my mind cause I’ve got a light’s scheme right now.
I decided to follow my usual workflow so this step will purely be in B&W. This will, as usual, help me to better understand surfaces and volumes. Of course I’ll start with colors as soon I’ll have a good idea of the lighting, in order to decrease the amount of color-errors of the final image.

Here a quick list in order of intensity :

  1. gameboard’s one : soft directional
  2. environment-dusk : diffused
  3. shop’s one : soft diffused
  4. mc’s one : soft for the external, directional the internal ones.

See you soon,
Serena.

#23

Well, I defined basic lighting and then I started to apply colors.

Critics & suggestions are welcome !

#24

before you get into too much detail i would suggest widening the canvas a bit as i think at the mo it is a bit claustrophobic… an the main focus to in the centre especially with the bright light above the table. widening it might allow you to move the two forground fingures over a bit as i would prefer them not to be in the way of the horse with the most action… just a thought

#25

I’m just curious, but is the concept that it is people in horse costumes or real horses? I only say so because at this point with the horses heads far bigger than they would normally be, they seem to have more similar proportions to a human body and a horse mask.

I like the concept either way, keep it up. And I would definitely agree that in a scene with so many characters, widening the piece is always a good idea.

#26

Serena,
I have to agree with William about the foreground figures, they have to go a little to the right, so we can fully appreciate the laughing horse. Well at least is what I think his doing right, laughing? In addition, I think your work will gain with a wider canvas.