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eyewoo · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:55 am

A moomin house...

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Odds · member Member # Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 374

I just love the way you do the trees/bushes... So cartoony, yet so convincing. Smile

TheNeverman · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:36 am

beautiful rendition. what 'is' a moomin house though?

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balistic · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:39 am

it's a house you "moom" in, duh.

actually I have no idea what it means either.

and ditto what odds said. great cartooney foliage.
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eyewoo · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:52 am

It helps to be Scandinavian to know what a Moomin is... or a Mumintroll from Mumindalen.

Actually I don't yet know much about them... My wife, who is Swedish, is helping me out with this...
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pb · junior member Member # Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 13

I just remember the cartoon with white moomin trolls - http://www.lambiek.net/artists/jansson_t/jansson_tove.jpg
Really nice style eyewoo...

Freebooter · member Member # Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 417

Moomin are Finnish childrens' fantasy characters. Their creator spoke only swedish though..

ElfGirlKimmy · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:35 pm

Cute! I want to live there!
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noxi · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:33 pm

Muumit rules!!!! Warm congrats for the choice of theme!
Looks pretty good, but I�d put more effort to composition and perspective.

Very, very, very nice! Just the right Mooming mood here.

Naeem · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:17 am

wow.. thats beautifully done1

Reidar · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:41 am

Great work, eyewoo. I saw this image in the workspace thread and it reminded me of this game:
http://www.sonera.net/muumimaailma/muumipeli/index.html

watmough · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:37 pm

eyewoo,these paintings you do are fantastic! i love every one!
is it just me?or do i detect a subtle radial gradient on this piece?

Max · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:25 pm

Nice!! One of your best so far!
I know Moomin, seen several movies/series (?) a long time ago, didn't understand a single word though.

eyewoo · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:08 am

watmough - slight radial gradiant? More of a slight bird's eye perspective gradiant. Stuff very slightly diminishes in size as it approaches ground level and very slightly spreads out as it rises up... I think the radial effect is just something I do naturally... with lighting as much as with line.
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sevencrows · junior member Member # Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 37

wow, this is great stuff.everything seems to work together well
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kalakal · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:04 pm

i was thinkg of the moominhouse, although i didt realazing you was drawing the moominhouse.. good job, i like your childrens illustrations..

eyewoo · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:43 am

Got feedback from the Moomin people. They liked the picture but didn't think the Alps-like mountains looked like Mumindalen (Moominland) and they thought the trees on left and right looked too tropical... so, I made changes...

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watmough · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:21 am

i like the changes!...(i think the clouds are too soft,though)

Mikko K · member Member # Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 639

Looking nice!
I recognized this pic from your studio image you posted in random musings. It's a very authentic moomin house. Did you know they make / used to make the moomin cartoons in Japan? I think the moomin are quite popular over there. It's funny because everyone in Finland around their 20's must have been watching that series as a kid.

a few crits:
Is the new version more WIP than the previous? The background hills that point to the house seem a bit cut out at the moment, maybe they could go behind the house to give more three dimensional effect. And I agree about the clouds, maybe they are a bit too blurred when compared to the rest. Other than that, the style works very well!

Keep up!

edit: btw. Moomindalen is actually Moomin Valley, and I think it's a big valley so no mountains visible near the house.

Booff · junior member Member # Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 10

So much detail, I can't believe you drew all those leaves, Bloody hell.

neff · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:16 am

if you're able to count them, there arent much leaves...

but beside this, a really nice pic,
a little bit hard front perspective, but well balanced details Very Happy

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eyewoo · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:34 am

NeFF...

Thanks... The "hard front perspective" is necessary because the picture is a background for an animated computer game in the same style as Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria.
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