Sijun Forums :: View topic - Working on the details now. Crits welcome.

Hippie · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:29 am

One of the images I am working on for my portfolio. I have been trying to get better at painting. The one thing I could really use help on with this piece is painting rocks.

Bring on the crits and comments, be harsh as you want if you think that will help.

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kad · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:40 am

Hey, you got a nice start on the rocks in the upper section of the painting. Just need to fill in the highlights and shadows now. Some cool colors so far, just build on those.

And this is just an opinion, but i think it would be cool to have some sorta clothing on the girl, maybe all torn and ragged. and maybe have her chained to the wall, like she was a sacrifice and the barbarian is coming to save her. Or maybe you already have a better idea than that

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So you live in nashville? I'm just a little south of you in murfreesboro.. cool to see someone else on sijun from the area.

Hippie · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2002 11:12 am

kad:
Thanks for the reply, and yes there will be some kind of clothing on the girl in the scene. I was thinking along the same lines as you but I wanted to get the back ground looking good before I start focusing in on the characters.

So are you in school in Murfreesboro?
I thought everyone in sijun was from out of the country, or at least it seems that way sometimes

Hippie · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2002 3:29 pm

lostpapers:

Thanks for the comment.

I will try to do some more work on the rock tonight and hopefully will put soem clothing on the girl.

I will try to post the next pic sometime tommorrow.

Anyone else have some comments?

P'tit Ben · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2002 12:15 am

I'm looking at you pict again and again, and I can't see anything more to say than what Kad did!

Lighting, and clothes on girl. Except from that, scene and actors in that pictures are well done for me

Hippie · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:13 pm

Ok, did some more work on the rocks, and added some clothing to the girl. I also gave her a little more definition.

I'm not sure if the color is looking good when I save to jpg. Anyone have any ideas?

Crits and Comments always appreciated.

dizzypope · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2002 6:50 pm

I like this. It's got a strong foundation.
Would it be a good idea to have the
highlights be a complementary color to the of the rocks?

It would be cool to add some scribbles
on the rocks surface to define texture.
3 pixel brush with that stylus feature set
to size and opacity. It's perfect for fast random details.

Hippie · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2002 10:49 am

dizzypope:

Thanks for the comment. I will use your trick wehn I get to the real detail type stuff, it sounds like a quick way to add some texture to the rock.

Well everyone, here is the latest and greatest update. I think it is beginning to come together now. I'm having some trouble with the skintones on the female, but other than that I'm just plugging away.

NoXious · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 12:21 am

Wow! that image is really good!
i love that spider. and the whole atmosphere in the pic looks quality. nice job.

Hippie · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:44 am

thanks for the comment NoXious.

Anyone else have anything to say????

I will try to keep posting updates until I think it is finished.

Fredrik · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:51 am

really great =) nice job. But fix the eyes of the spider. they don't look as scary as the rest of it.

Hippie · Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 6:54 am

Ok, starting on the detail work now.

The spider has undergone some major changes. (Fredrik thanks for the comment you were correct the eyes did not look good at all.)

Starting on the humans next and then will have one last run through to really tighten the whole image up.

If anyone thinks they see a problem please let me know. I seem to overwork my paintings at times and loose something from the sketch to the final piece.

Anyway here is the update: