February 2015 - Aaron McNaughton

#21

Ok, guess you know exactly what you’re doing here but still would have liked another element in the fg or something on that field. :wink:

Keep it up

#22

hi Aaron u r rocking man…always…nice WIP here…
thank u

#23

Thanks Ashok :slight_smile:

EDITED:

A lot of this piece is my brush strokes, evident in the detail pic.

I wanted to give this piece a slightly stylised aesthetic overall though

I don’t have time to work on this any more unfortunately, which is why I powered through it, anyway I really look forward to next challenge.
Thanks everyone, all the best guys :slight_smile:

Final HD on portfolio here.

#24

Looks great, Aaron. I really like ALL of your images at each stage this month and, to tell you the truth, I think I personally prefer the austerity (and desaturation) of your very first 2-14-2015 WIP. It was basically done at that stage for me! :slight_smile: But I do like your cool rock structures and alien vegetation in the finished piece too of course. Good job, man.

#25

Thanks Thaddeus :slight_smile: Ah yes, the problem with the previous WIP was the lack of life, it was a little static to me as I really wanted to sell the idea that these are habited structures with some activity going on.
In addition I wanted a nice complimentary colour, and orange marries itself perfectly in a predominately blue environment. Probably one of my favourite colour combinations, used quite a lot in movies, in particular Transformers films. Which seems kind of odd making reference to when I’m not doing robots lol.

It was a fun piece to create though I must say that the freedom scares me when it comes to a brief, especially when I’m left to decide a direction. I find it to be sometimes quite damaging to the whole creative process as I can never make my mind up. I like someone to direct me, maybe its just me on that one, but knowing where your heading is half the battle. When I see options I get a little nervous.

Moving on!.. can’t wait for the next one! :smiley: