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DiXter · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 1:30 pm

The forum is back,wheeee..

here's a few pics I've done recently..

This one is in progress.. If someone have a good tutorial on how to do old wooden floors please share it with me.

the_monkey · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 1:52 pm

wow.

all i can really say is wow.

i think the first two are more wowish than the other 2.

FireFry · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 1:54 pm

The first and last piece are my favorites. Mountainous nature scenes always seem to attract me. I think in the devil baby pic the thumb/claw on the left hand should be a little bloody since it's resting over the gash.

Awesome work none-the-less

Shaded · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 1:59 pm

That first one had me staring at it with a weird feeling in my chest. I absolutely love it, very well done!

Quasar · member Member # Joined: 01 Oct 2001 Posts: 355

The first 2 are awsome!!! The first is just so good!!

DiXter · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 3:03 pm

thanks guys..I really appreciate your comments..

FrustratedARTist · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 3:30 pm

I love the last one the most..

Sorry but the only comment I have is that the first pic seems to be too detail down by the stream or river ... When i look at it it kinda looks as if the river is actually a stream close up and the mountains are small hills.. in my eyes. May be just me but they RULE anyway GO USA

ZakatH · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 6:15 pm

Nice pics Dix =)
First: Is the floor dry/wet?
Make some cracks or whatever in the ends
If dry: Perhaps if you add some pale yellowish and grey to it it might look good..
If wet: Kinda the same but darker and maybe throw some dark shades of green in there as well
Oh! and the candleholders foot(or whatever) is a bit crooked(?!).. and as pointed out above there should be some blood on those tiny fingers. And perhaps you should move the thumb holding the rat a little to more to the right(our) so that it's almost connected to or atleast closer to the pointing finger ( don't know the name for "Pekfinger" in english =)

Excuse my poor english ;p

Edit: Doh!.. There's to much smoke coming from the candle, and it should not be so blue. If the room/floor is dry then remove 70-90% opacy of the smoke.. If it's moist the just remove about half of it. Hope this helps or sumfin.. not really good at this stuff

[ October 01, 2001: Message edited by: ZakatH ]

Breakerboy2 · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 6:54 pm

Wow. I'm in awe of the atmosphere you've achieved in the first two paintings. They're just beautiful! Your sense of light and depth has a romantic quality like the fond memory of a place you wish you could return to. Great detail and color!

I think the last two don't stand out to me as much because there isn't as much atmosphere. They don't have the same sense of tangible light. Also, you seem to be using more black in the shadows on these pieces, and that always diminishes whatever color scheme you have going. I'd try working more color into your shadows (if the light source has yellow in it, the shadow would have some purple in it - that sort of thing).

Nice work!

Shiro_tengu · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 7:27 pm

I tell you, your landscapes are fantastic. Really great. beautifull. Well done

Tinusch · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 7:35 pm

The first one is the first pic since the return of the forums to leave me completely shocked...

bellie · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 8:43 pm

true.. i was kinda missing the absolute awe this forum used to bring me but that first one is absolutley amazing .. keep up the good work.. i think ill use absolutley a few absolutley times absolutley.

J. Tsang · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 9:09 pm

amazing
that's all i can say

MaLoRuM · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 12:35 am

awesome...... completely awesome.....LOL the thing that struck me tho..... The Necklace your wearing in the third pic.......LOL!!!!!!!!! THATS MY NECKLACE! LOL! im wearing Litterally the EXACT same one LOOOL!!!!! damn...so much for trying to have original style LOL, your wearing my necklace! LOL! awesome job tho.....awesome!

DiXter · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 2:41 am

FrustratedARTist: Thanks.
I had some serious problems to make that first landscape look "big". Need some more practise..

Zakath: thanks..

I want the floor to be dry, dusty and almost decomposted.. I think I'll add a bunch of big cracks all over the floor, that and some more greyish tone and yellow tones might do the trick..thanks for the tip

and for the candle smoke, I wanted it to look really wierd and almost magical.. I might tone down the blue a bit. But I think I'm rather satifyed with how it looks right now.

Breakerboy2: thanks! You are so right I really need to work more with colours in shadows.. the last two is made earlier then the landscape pics. And I have really tryed to work more with colours lately.

Shiro_tengu:

thanks!!

Tinusch:

very glad to hear that. thx.

bellie: hehe, thank you.

J.Tsang:

thanks..

MaLoRuM: haha!! that's funny.. I think I bought that at HM for 39 swedishkrowns (ca: 3,90us $)

notic · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 3:24 am

cool work, the second one is my favorite i think, the mood in that one is nice.
the last one is scary :]

Cos · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 12:38 pm

Frikkin excellent stuff dixter, tonnes of impact, (especially the first two). Makes me want to paint some landscapes. Did you do those first two from reference?

DiXter · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 2:42 pm

Thanks folks!!

Cos: I didn't use any refference for the second pic but I had to "cheat"

on the first one..

Reference pic

ArtKeo · member Member # Joined: 29 Feb 2000 Posts: 115

Ah, the paintings of nature are so relaxing to look at.

The beauty of nature has no comparison.

I like them very much

Gordillo · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 11:02 pm

Wow! awesome work, no crits.

Metz · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 11:35 pm

great, no crits
keep up the good werk