[vebjorn]

Well..finished? More or less, unless you guys have some valid critic to give;-)

Ended up pretty decent, might consider even more polish, but I`m afraid to make it stiff.

Well, here it is

[eVilAsmo]

Lubberly jubbley...

Excellent metal texturing, I've never managed that style properly. Exhudes that sorta warm 'old fashioned fantasy painting' feeling when I see it.

Nice

[Daydreamer]

me likes, just got to luv it never managed to get along with painter myself...reminds me of those old fantasy mags (conan, xena etc..) one thing that bugs me's the hand, it looks kinda wierd, it seems to me that the shaft of the axe is somehow in the wrong place.....cant specify it yet...i'll stare at it for the next few hours, when i found the problme, i'll post it

greetz

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[The Dude]

Veb, your women always make me stiff.

OMG! Did I say that outloud?

[Bubonic]

The Dude: lol

Veb, i really like this picture, it doesn't have as much fighting and rage as many of your other paintings. But this is still one of my favorites because it kinda tells a story like an unspoken bond between the guy and the girl. This has a lot of emotion in it, even though there is no real fighting going on. know what i mean?

Only thing that doesn't seem right is the guys left arms.. it seems like its not there. At first i thought it was around the girl, but i looked harder, and it wasn't. You can maybe make an outline of it in the bg or around the girl or something..


Anyway great job, im trying to mess around with acrylics. When you paint tradtionally, do you use linework to paint over? or is it from scracth with paints?

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[Zor]

Veb Amazing pic from you as always.. however I CANT help but to be displeased with the girls neck.. it just seems as if its not alligned to her body.. ok, her posture is slighty chested.. but even still.. seems odd to me..

Oh and if the horns on his helmet went up instead of down.. then that would just be perfect in my opinion.... Very good work!...

-zor

[Light]

I agree about the helmet.. wasnt there a version of them going up? Up lines would give this picture the sense of freedom and openeness that you have intended. Down lines trap the eye and focus it.

I think you should still study the way skin creases (it rarely goes really black). I'm sure you know them but try looking at Broms work, vallejos, and also Frazetta.

I like the way you textured the axe but its too soft. Those should be hard edges.

Also.. Why not put a little more light to right side or add some visual clues so the eye will want to travel to the girl.

I think a horizontal pattern on his armor would help (instead of the circular one).

Dont get me wrong. This is good and if it was *me* I'd probably be done with it too. But maybe you can keep some of these things in mind in your next picture.

[Speve-o-matic]

I porbably like this piece the least of all of your pieces Veb. Not an insult, but I much prefer your other pieces with their Frazetta-like compositions.

This picture is quite stagnant for some reason (not due to the lack of blood and violence though ).

It just feels as if something is missing.

- Steve

[Jezebel]

I'm gonna go against Speve and say this is probably my favorite picture I've seen by you.

I love absolutely both of their faces.

-Beth

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[Frost]

I can't help but feel that his right arm looks a little strange, as though his bicep is sticking out at an odd angle under the armor, giving the impression his shoulder is out of place or so, but that's probably not a valid critique. Another nice pic, nice work.

[vebjorn]

Thanks guys.
When it comes to the helmet, I tried up, but it kinda looked so..out of place. I`ll make a version if I bother, and you`ll see;-)
Actually, most of the tones go to a reddish black. I`ve got almost all Frazetta,Boris and Brom books. And some go all the way to red/greeen/blue black. Although Brom`s never does.
As for "unfrazettaish"(new word) composition
well, it`s called variation. My main strength is composition and color. This one makes me focus on other things.

Thanx for the crits. the publisher probably has some too, so I`ll do a roundup after I`ve shown it on monday.
-Veb

[Superbug]

Veb you crazy guy from oslo, I like it, but better yat, your picture inspired me!

I love you all.

[Liquid!]

Veb -

Great work as usual! I would suggest to break up the planes a bit more to give it a bit more tension. Conan's arm is in a single plane, I would try to have him break it up a bit more...



Also I would put a bit more tension on the girls stomach, to suggest a bit more of a turn...




Just some thoughts, hope they are helpful.

-c

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SWEET! liquid i think has the right idea i think your work is awesome there !

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[TheMilkMan]

Vej

Great work man as always. I think that Liqued did have some good poits but as a whole I think it looks great the way it is. Hey there will always be someone pointing something out in your paintings..look at frazetta he did'nt do everything perfectly but his stuff looks so good that you just have to be a picky basterd to pick things out

[::Dino::]

Great work! I think this is my favorite from what I've seen from you yet .

[Chapel]

I like liquid's conan arm idea, but the girl... looks like she has to pee now. Althought I like the stomach.

[vebjorn]

Not bad arm ideas. I like the second one hte best, except the axe will cover the girls "hooters"
I have to consider that at the bottom left of the covers there will be a big barcode block.

I`ll think about the midsection idea.

-Veb

[Liquid!]

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Originally posted by vebjorn:
Not bad arm ideas. I like the second one hte best, except the axe will cover the girls "hooters"
I have to consider that at the bottom left of the covers there will be a big barcode block.

I`ll think about the midsection idea.

-Veb

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I wasn't really trying to make changes to it, as much as trying to show what I meant with "tension". I didn't think I could put it in words as well as trying to illustrate it. Looks like I might have screwed that up a bit.

The arm ideas are the same concept fo tension. I just threw out two that came to me. What the arm is doing isn't as important to me, as that it breaks up the planes. That is, the wrist isn't perfectly aligned with the forearm in a straight line, that the shoulder and/or axe comes forward, or that the handle of the axe breaks the "alignment" as well.

Basically, that the arm isn't 2-dimensionally placed within a "plane".

I hope I made more sense this time around.

-c

[vebjorn]

yep!