i agree with ramy about the character.
and you are not have to make the character sexy (even a little bit). i (and i think most of us)did think that woman (with the older pose) was a really beatiful and a sexy one under that coat(becouse you made her 
)but this pose is as good as the other ones.
and still about the same very front ; still youre eorkin ona add ore oruy anght hiy9
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i agree with ramy about the character.
and you are not have to make the character sexy (even a little bit). i (and i think most of us)did think that woman (with the older pose) was a really beatiful and a sexy one under that coat(becouse you made her )but this pose is as good as the other ones.
and still about the same very front ; still youre workin ona add ore oruy anght hiy9
hatt,rmr t<
i haven’t followed this thread since the initial sketches – so maybe i can offer some fresh perspective (sorry, if I repeat anything anyone else has already mentioned).
the horizontal road looks way too freshly paved to have any vegetation on it, was this intentional? — i mean, do you want it to look freshly paved, as if done recently…?
is the crumbled road passing under the freshly paved road? its kind of hard to tell – or doesn’t read well to me O_o (i imagine it is, otherwise the scaling seems a bit weird)
and the purple palm tree in the center — is that right? it feels a bit odd to me…
i really love the vegetation in the foreground — feels so alive — all but that palm tree 
This is coming along great. Technically, this is already impressive as hell. I think you should go a bit more crazy though; Maybe make more ‘chaotoic’ scenery around the car or something. Looking forward to more updates.
Hi Steven,
I preferred the previous version. However, I do think some water over the roadway would look nice. Like a small creek or waterfall.
Keep up the good work.
Dennis
Added shorts to figure, added another figure, raised saturation of blues, detailed fields, trees, road, other minor stuff
hi!!
sorry to say that i think you could almost do without the foreground as a whole…i like the little figure better…
the foregroung is confusing and doesnt match at all…
why do you need a silly sexy figure? the landscape is your story…isnt it??..id just go with that…just my two cents,…
cyb
good pose on the girl, makes me wonder if a reference was used, which doesn’t matter that much anyway
I think the foreground is still a bit confusing. It looks like there’s something big behind and above the camera, casting a shadow on the foreground.
On the other hand, I love the middle- and background. Sweet stuff. 
I say keep the girl in the foreground, she gives the whole thing a great sense of scale and I love the way the other fella has stopped to wait for her- really gives a journey aspect.
I think some of the blues in the background are too light, they look like they’re floating off the ground almost.
This is such a beautiful entry. You have made me envious. :bowdown::love:
I am wondering if the forground, broken overpass is suppose to be elevated? Looks confusing to me too as well. Only crit. Colors working well and compo is nice. I also like that you have established another figure in this image! Peace, will be waiting for the final!
Yeah, it’s an elevated overpass. Not sure how to show that more clearly. Also, there’s like a cloud shading it, or something. I feel it’s all necessary to keep it that way, though I agree it’s problematic…
That whole area has to be in shadow, or the composition will suffer I think. The point of it is to keep the foreground character in near silhouette against the yellow field, to add depth, and the dark area at the bottom to stop the eye being led off out of the image by the lower road.
Yes, I have reference for both the characters. I did a photo shoot for this (and a couple other image ideas) on May 9. Cost about 300 usd, but it was fun.
About the sexiness - maybe it’s silly to use a good-looking 22 year old girl instead of a guy or old person or kid, but that’s just me, sorry. I guess I could cover her legs with pants if that’s what the majority wants? :shrug:
I guess I could cover her legs with pants if that’s what the majority wants? :shrug:
No way…i don’t get what might be bad about a sexy girl with sexy legs
The dark area at the bottom frames your painting nicely, without it, the beautiful lighting situation wouldn’t come across that clear.
hope that makes sense
cool piece
The picture doesn’t come across as being overly sexy to me- that day looks super hot, so she wore shorts, but she’s going on a long journey so she’s also wearing a light coat, just in case. I LOVE her pose and her clothes, particularly the way the coat is swinging. Don’t you dare touch it! Keep that 245 pixel brush away from her!
On another note- thanks so much for the paintover, it really pointed out a few things to me, especially the stairs, I was consciously working on them but there was something that was bothering me and you hit it on the button! Thanks again!
I love entering these challenges- there are so many wonderful people willing to help each other, not for gains or whatever, but because we’re all passionate about our art and you’re a great example of that. Cheers, steven. 
Hi Steven
I think this is looking great and hope you don’t think I was having a dig when I mentioned sexiness of the character.
Honestly, I wouldn’t want you to use an old man or children and think she works really well (if I had such great reference, I would probably do the same, but having three children who are always at hand to sketch I’ve gone for the children theme).
don’t change it… i do like the fact that the second figure really adds scale, but prefered having one figure contemplating the journey ahead
Great work (as expected)
you solved the front part problem completely this time i think and i dont see any more major changes needed from now on (my opinion of course) the new figure is great it also helps the seperation of the road 1st figure standing and the road were watching but if you pull out the 2nd figure its still hard to read that.(i hope i can describe what i wanted to tell, sorry for my weak english:shrug: )
other than that i really liked the purple palm tree now im sorry that its an ordinary palm tree but it still looks good.
and about the sexyness im not against any sexyness(i really like all your works i had seen and most of them include really sexy figures) and we (at least i) dont want any censorship but the thing i wanted to tell was the older pose was better fitting the picture and looking more natural somehow and i was remembering the coat she wears was a longer one(and yeah thats my fault, now i looked its not much different)
but the new figure also solved that problem too.
by the way what about the alien abduction concept? aren’t you going to finish that one?
I think that the pile of rocks, in the left corner of the compo, may be the entity that is confusing part, againtst that grass. And maybe the scale of the grass in that area as well, I think if u solve that part, it will work! I covered that part with my hand on the screen, and it read as overpass, remove my hand it seemed to be grounded in that area, hmmm. What do you think Stahlberg?
maybe to make it look more like you an overpass, you should add overpass elements, i.e. rail gaurd (broken up obviously) or some sort of warning sign. from this angle there really is not a better way to distinguish that as an overpass, other than trying what I suggested
also, along the lines of signage, maybe having some decayed signs in the background fading out, reading “now leaving…” or “entering…” — something (give the feeling of a journey) — though, might add more of a post apocolypic feeling I suppose, so maybe not…
Almost done now, I think. (Well, I have to be) 
I tried to take all comments into account, thanks everyone yet again