Uplift Universe - Image Entry: Peter Prabowo

#61

JoPu: Thank you
GaeasHerald: Yeah, I’ve considered to get rid of the moon. I’ll post the result next
Pearlyking: Thank you!
MartinNielsen: Thank you, I’ll remember that.
Fetus23: Thank you! -love too ^^

#62

Woa! Those are really fine details :slight_smile: Cool :slight_smile: Waiting for more.

All the best,

Dimitrij.

#63

That baby is definitely the Last Boss of this pic… grrr… moving on!

#64

Dimitrij, thank you

Sorry everyone, I forgot to post updates during this week. Heh… self absorbed and panicky coz there’s only 2 weeks left… anyway, I’m going to post some milestones I made this week…

#65

I changed the position of the tentacles coz they don’t look good flipped, and softening them.

Actually many parts of the pic didn’t look good when flipped (cursing that melon head…)

#66

and… we’re back to square one… I even redrew the town… when am I going to decide on background, honestly don’t know.
Found a reference on how the dress should look life if sitting (yay!). In the previous pics she still look like she’s standing.
Edit: I fired the moon coz I can’t place it anywhere without ruining the composition.

#67

For those of you who said you like the wide window… an alternative still not decided.
The sky is the same as the previous one (now polished). I only moved the bright part (source) to the center. It look off with the window if I keep it on the side.
Currently thinking for the right color of the dress and the window (if I’m ever going to use it), because the pic is too hot.
Okay that’s the last one this week. Whew…

#68

Cool! I think the circular background you have now is the right choice. It’s a symmetrical piece, better keep it symmetric. And circles are certainly the dominant shape in the figure, so they’re worth repeating. This way it feels almost like an icon painting (with a twist).

#69

Thanks, Minnhagen, but I feel that all of my compo is forced… maybe it’s because the figure is so centric and upfront, I always have problem with depth. Here is one attempt

#70

this is an idea I got when I felt that the background took too much attention from the characters, but if this the case, than I have to fix the lighting all over again… not that the lighting in the previous pics are right yet though

#71

Excellent! this is it pegahoul, simple and straight to the point. An indoors setting makes much more sense.

#72

I moved the light down so it’s behind the character, more focused.

lighting problem now.

honestly I feel this image is doomed from the start. the composition’s forced, too centric, not dynamic, it’s just feel too stiff. didn’t feel right.

I’ll work on this pic till the deadline come but to be honest I’ve lost the mood on working this a long time ago

#73

Gaeasherald, thanks a lot… but it’s really hard to make yet another change ^^
I’ll take a break and see where this goes

PS: at least the dress base drapery is done…

#74

Maybe I did need a break… mood is back now.

I pulled back the camera a bit. Is it better this way or the previous one? (2 pics before this)

I want a “serene, calm, just the two of them” feeling in this one (as opposed to the previous chaotic hell). In a dark-light courtyard garden

34 hours left…

#75

I like this new background much better! Now the focus is all on the characters. Well done.

#76

wow! :eek: this looks very attractive! … the concentration to the centre is really working well here!

#77

zoomed in the view a bit and took of that plant temporarily, wanna see how it’ll look.
replaced the ‘novel’ with a proper kid book

I so love that chair ^^

#78

Current close up. That (grrrr) baby is hard! and not finished yet…

Queenie’s dress is next

#79

Thank you, nwiz25, MartinNielsen

Hmm… after 2nd viewing, it look dry without that leaves…
and does that baby look stiff to you?

(still a bit annoyed by the fact that after all those BG designing I ended up using none ^^)

26 hours left…

#80

Hi Pegahoul, hope you don’t mind that I took your image and tried to express my suggestions on it. The baby works fine for me, however the back shape of the head needs more volume. I can see that you want to create an intimate place for the characters, so I tried to tone down the 4 corners of the piece, desaturated and make the colors colder. It makes the eyes focus more on the figures (and your painting will be less “hot” as you said in one of your updates). Don’t get discouraged because you have choosen a centric angle, depending on the mood you want to express, it can work well too, look at the classical paintings, lot of painters did want a centric composition. I really like the design of the chair too, I suggest that you try to put some similar design on the wall to echo with it. Good luck and Keep it up! :slight_smile: