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agent44 · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:15 pm

I wanted to try my hand at a more in depth background. It's also one of my my first attemps at doing clouds, I'm pleased with the outcome. I'm curious as to what your thoughts are.

drag the address below to your adress bar, and it should bring up the picture.
http://www.ericthechrononaut.com/flight2.jpg

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Pearce AKA Nicolo · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:19 pm

The clouds look good, and I love the range and strength of the colors you're using here. Is this an isolated image, or part of a series/story/project, etc?

Nice crisp work. Muy kudos.

Pearce

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Jezebel · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:20 pm

[edit: Decided to post this image for you on my server since you're having problems.

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Cool! I want some of those wing-thingies!!

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burn0ut · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:25 pm

damn tripod never works fo me :/ wish i could fix this :/

sear · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:30 pm

i really love the landscape and the girl in flight as well. good job again.

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Waldo · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:32 pm

I'm pleased with the outcome, too. Cool background. One note though, does the picture seem a little dark? I would expect a bit more contrast with highlights and reflections popping a little more.

Then again, maybe she's flying through a cloud shadow.

Then again, maybe it's my crappy monitor.

Good job.

agent44 · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:34 pm

thanks Pearce. I guess it's part of a series, I find myself returning to women with wings in my art everyonce and a while.

burnOut- sorry it's not working.

Waldo-I did do the background just a little darker than her to pop her out a bit. may It didn't work to well.

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Simon Gustafsson · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:51 pm

niceness

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toast! · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:55 pm

that s really nice agent
i love how the pic tells a story ; this reminds me myasaki style ; Porco rosso has automatically jump into my head when i saw the pic;
you are improving each day ; the perspective of the background is awesome.

cheers
Toast

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daz199 · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 6:54 pm

Visionary · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 11:09 pm

cant see it

TurboYVR · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 11:21 pm

EDIT : well, that didn't work. Looks like you'll just have to jet on over to Agent44's site, adn go to his artwork section.... it's flight2.jpg

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

Hey I like the colors on this one. The sky is cool looking.

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agent44 · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 8:17 am

sorry you can't see it. I've been having trouble posting with geocities so I started using tripod. It dosn't seem to work. Does anyone have any suggestions?

toast!- I love myasaki too. I havn't seen porco rosso, don't know where to get a copy. But I do like his other films.

(edit) when I have a second window open to tripod the pictures show up. but if it's closed they don't. weird.

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marc_taro · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 1:00 pm

I love the houses actually! They're great! - really look like flying over europe...

but while trying to find this pic on your geocities site, i ran across one titled wings3. Is that yours as well? That's a very cool image....

Rick · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 1:13 pm

I like this peice, as well as the rest of your work. The clouds do look really nice and work well. I like the concept too.

agent44 · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 1:25 pm

marc_taro- thanks, Wings three is mine as well. I did it about 6 months ago. I descided to revisit that idea with this one.

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geelimp · Guest Member #

verrry nice Mr. Agent! I love the housing and the land around... fine colors

I find the sky colors a little strange... too much green I think.. but who cares.. its a great pic

Sempere · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 2:24 pm

Ey, this is a great work !!!
(... Ah!, and great background!

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P.S
And you should see PorcoRosso, it's my Miyazaki's favourite!

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

She'd look like she was going a lot faster if'n her legs were out behind her.

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Jezebel · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 6:27 pm

Just a friendly little bump because I got the image working

Beth

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::Dino:: · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 8:30 pm

Awesome

Your stuff is getting better and better...

agent44 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 10:38 am

thank you very much Jezebel. I really appreciate it.

geelimp-Thanks, but too green? Maybe so, I kinda like the look.

Sempere- I just downloaded the avi via FTP, (big download) and will watch it on monday.

A.Buttle- Nice observation. she normally flies with her legs back unless shess geting ready to land, which is what shes doing in this case.

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SushiMaster · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 11:30 am

Kewlio! Looks very neat! Well done!

Daniel

marc_taro · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 11:35 am

re: Wings3

You have a very wide range of ability! Wings3 looks like a totally different artist than your cartoony stuff. Two syles for the price of one! what a deal.

You should do more with this moody black and white stuff - ever try sequential work? I'd love to see you do a Schuiten/Peeters kind of comic with these agent characters...

marc_taro

burn0ut · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 11:45 am

aahhhh finally it works now! very nice agent!

topeira · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:14 am

what a lovely piece

love it

it looks like the buildings beneath are done in a slightly different style than the rest of the pic and it collides not well in my neglectable opinion.

still al lovely image, don't get me wrong.

very very lovely

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BooMSticK · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:58 am

very nice Agent. I really love this one. So much energy and the colors are picked great! I really feel like I shouldn't but I can't help nitpicking... Her rigth foot is very boxed in on that roof, making two nasty tangents on the heel and on the front of the shoe. ouch! Also the perspective is a bit off in the right part of the picture, not much but enough to make it uncomfortable... Otherwise I think this is a wonderful executed image...

,Boom

agent44 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 8:04 am

marc_taro- that's a good idea. I never thought of applying the black and white charcole style to sequentials. I just might try that.

topeira- I used some photo reference for the buildings which might make them look a little different, but I did want the background to be contrast a bit with the figure. to bring the figure out more.

BooMSticK- I'm glad you noticed that about the foot. I couldn't figure out why it kinda looked like she was standing on the roof. Thanks.

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