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n8 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 7:01 am

this is part of a larger pic...which i cant upload atm...but because im on hols and therefore my art teacher is out of reach...i come to the next best rescource....i just need feedbak on what u think of this pic ive been working on for a while

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ex · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 7:06 am

It's not working :\

n8 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 7:07 am

yeah i know...trying to fix..

ok...fixed...took me a while to figure out that the things dont like lookin at pics in cmyk format...stoopid pooters

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CoDeX · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 9:02 am

i like it =)

B · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 9:31 am

i don't know why, but i Also like this image a lot,. the front leg needs a little more detail, but other than that it rawks,.

n8 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 4:58 pm

its a traditional chinese dragon thing...they use it for the lion dance during chinese new year n stuff

psi burn · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 5:00 pm

i love everything, except the mouth :l

Thorn · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 5:29 pm

Interesting. Different. I think it needs a little more modelling/dark values so that the brighter colours 'pop' a bit more.

Tinusch · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 5:32 pm

Head looks great. Very 3D. The rest looks a bit flat. Looks really cool overall though.

Good to see his face isn't torn off and gushing blood everywhere.

n8 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 5:47 pm

ha..thanx tinusch...but i started this pic around a month ago...thats a month before i found that gruesome pic..hehe
hmm...bit flat u sez??...dun like the mouth??..front leg and detail...more dark areas ...np!!...all shall be fixed =)

Pigeon · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 9:34 pm

hi n8

nice shading around the nose and forehead, but in other places the values could be more dramatic to avoid the flatness that you're getting - darker shadows.

Compsitionally it's a bit akward. You've got an inverted 'L' going on, and it's falling down toward the left. Either work on some abstract geometry in the background, or maybe move your signature to the lower left in order to visually balance and "prop up" the figure.

ciao

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DeathbyDuplicity · member Member # Joined: 29 Jun 2000 Posts: 183

I don't like that one big limb, it's kinda wonky! But other than that I'm liking it!

Slicer · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2000 11:21 pm

What is it?

n8 · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2000 4:23 am

hmm...thanx pigeon....im gonna have a whole heap of stuff in the bakground and the signature aint gonna be there in the complete pic...i just signed it for the hell of it.. =)

Thorn · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2000 6:59 am

Do you do this 'for' a particular something n8? Just curious, its different subject matter from what we usually see on the board.

Anthony · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2000 8:50 am

I like the image in general - you might want to brighten the color s up a bit though. The ones we always used were much more vibrant. Throw in some fire crackers and you're in gravy.

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n8 · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2000 4:02 am

Thorn...yeah..its part of my major artwork at school...im gonna blow it up to around a3....anthony ..its not finished yet and it was only part of the image...yah, there were gonna be crakkas in it =)and thats as bright as the cmyk colours go as far as i know...or should i convert to rgb to get teh brighter colours??...im not sure if the printing places can print it like that??

Thorn · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2000 5:00 am

No, I don't think you can n8. Not many printers can handle RGB. You'd still have to do a CMYK conversion at some point.

You could try using a really bright white paper and finish the print with a light layer of spray varnish. That might help keep it bright.

Shame isn't it. Everything on screen looks great, and then you print it and think "oh. bleh."

I saw some of Beatrix Potter's original watercolours once, Peter Rabbit and all that. And they were amazing. Her paintings are luminous, with all these lovely subtle colour shifts. But, you look at prints of them in books and all they seem like are cute cartoons. The sparkle is gone.

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n8 · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2000 4:34 am

hmm...mabey coz they were originally done on cells...the nice glossy stuff..which bought out the colours....then it went on paper =(

Pigeon · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2000 7:27 am

as far as screen to paper translation, I've never had a problem using an Epson printer on Epson paper. The colors always come out like I want. For more comic or game looking pieces I use glossy paper, and for fine art I tend to use matte finish photo-quality paper. Then I use an acrylic spray to help preserve the colors longer. I've got some prints about three years old that still look brand new. For ultimate protection, coldmount and frame those puppies behind UV glass (see your local framer for details)

n8 · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2000 8:46 pm

hey cool...thanx for the info pigeon =)

Anthony · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2000 9:29 pm

Most Eckard drugstores now have photo printers which do a wonderful job. $7/print, but very very nice.

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Eudoxus · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2000 10:25 pm

Hey n8, what school are you from?
Work is interesting, but a certain element is missing, and I sure as hell can't find it!

Cool though, cool

Cheers!

n8 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2000 4:18 am

wot!!...$7!!!...u not from australia are ya anthony??....they charge $20 ove here per a3 print at a printing place