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janne · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 9:43 am

i, too, agree with chapel so here goes:

this is actually a paintover of a sketch of mine which i did after looking at some stuff by tim burton. comments/crits more than welcome.

janne

Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

I love your work janne. This looks great. I think the blue lighting is not hitting enough places though.

::Dino:: · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 9:52 am

Cool

Very Tim Burton-y indeed. I'm having trouble figuring out where the blue light is coming from...the source seems a little awkward to me...Gotta love the blue and red colours in there tho

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Isric · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 10:13 am

it was this sort of stuff that made me join. beautifully done, wonderful colors, and great style

Zoso · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 10:16 am

I really like your style! Kind of reminds me of Gotham in the Batman movie that Burton did.

Maybe if you develop some more buildings in the background an put the blue light in the center of the city that would help add some more contrast.

Frost · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 10:18 am

As usual, very nice Janne. =) Quite expressive. I also get the Tim Burton type feel from it.

peter · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 11:20 am

greeeeeeeat !!!!

dont agree with chapel (to flood the forum with unfinished stuff)... but this picture is wonderfull... very inspiring.

greetings
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toast! · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 11:33 am

wow this IS the dark city !

I imagine the building moving up and down

really impressive Janne ; as usual

StrangeFate · member Member # Joined: 20 Feb 2000 Posts: 199

great mood great colors

Capt.FlushGarden · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 2:44 pm

Are you using photoshop or painter janne?
It's very beautiful, and i don't know how to get that look in photoshop...the brush strokes look kinda painter to me...well,, TEACH ME!

burn0ut · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2000 2:54 pm

awesome, it reminds me of that movie, the nightmare before christmas i think thats what it was called

kardis · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2000 12:14 am

Hey! Very nice.

I was just curious about what type of brushes you use and at what settings? All my work in painter are either extremely blurry.. extremely sharp.. or with a lot of lines (as in brush-hair lines). I think I still have a lot of praticing to do with painter. And if you had any custom brushes, how'd bout sending them my way?

-kardis

Cos · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2000 5:03 am

looks great janne, nice work. I definetely see the tim burton influence. I think more of the blue lighting would probably add to the mood more tho.

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DRX · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2000 7:27 am

Hey that's pretty cool, I like the bridges that go from one building to another.

Can't think of any crits really, other then that, as said, the blue light could use a more defined source.
Hope to see you do more in this style, I like it a lot!

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SporQ · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2000 5:08 pm

janne, i'd have to say that you have one of the most unique styles on this board, and i love it. this peice doesnt dissappoint either. very moody and dark, very impressive.

SporQ

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

the sweetest texture..

shadoerider · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2000 12:36 am

Am I the only one who thinks it has some Dr. Suese aspects in it

Shadoerider

janne · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 4:01 am

thanks all! i agree with your comments on blue light and all. i should have planned this one better... and it lacks in composition too but i only wanted to practise doing buildings and it just ended up like this(yes, excuses

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zoso: that was the stuff i was looking at when i made the sketch.

kardis: i have custom brushes but they really aren't that special. i had the photoshop paintbrush in mind when i made them so they are just really simple and fast. i guess the effect comes from the way i dabble with them... and the working res is 2000*2000 for me usually. it helps getting the sharp edges where i want them.

Capt.FlushGarden: it's painter and there is no tricks involved. this is something i made completely in photoshop: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~jannep1/workish/kuja2.jpg
i would dare to say that the style is still there even when it's completely ps paintbrushed. it's just something i cannot teach... sorry

CyberLink · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 4:30 am

The pic. is very moody

I like it and it remembers to me that cool movie "Dark City"

Joachim · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 6:53 am

looks very nice ! Very surrealistic. Reminds me of some movie....Dark City or something

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BooMSticK · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 5:19 am

Great as usual... you should post some process steps. Would be really interesting...

and yeah... reminds me of Dark City also... B-movie with some very funky designs and ideas... Everyone should see it.
;B

Anthony J · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:12 am

I think its perfect just the way it is!
it rules

the blue lighting is great

good work janne

can't say enough!!

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Leo · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:58 am

oooohhh mommy, take me away from this place.
Reminds me industrial zones i've seen here in Russia...

-leo