[Loki]

Hey guys - there it is! Many problems, but I like the mood though.
Anyway - this one started as a sooper-rough smetch and then developed into this image. I took my time with it, since I didn't want to rush it. It went through several stages. The crack where the sun comes through, wasn't planned in the beginning, and if you look at the composition it's quite obvious - bad! No reference was used, I just made it up as I went along - that's obvious too - also bad! But I still like the mood of it. I also used various textures for the rock.
Perspective on the rock is bad too - it kinda seems to twist the rockwall.




[This message has been edited by Loki (edited August 31, 2000).]

[Tinusch]

That's probably one of my favorite Loki pics. Awesome job. It looks great. Even though you called it a "smetch".

[This message has been edited by Tinusch (edited August 31, 2000).]

[Frost]

I love it Peter! I prefer this one to the others... well, the last one you did with the waterfall was awesome too!

[Nightime]

You rock Loki!

Sense of scale just leaves me in awe

J

------------------
JJ / Nightime
http://members.home.net/jeremy12/web/

[lotor]

That water and the rock wall are beautiful. I don't think that the clouds in the sky are nearly as good as the ground.

Fix those clouds and it will be perfect.

Well done

[Superbug]

Loki, I reeeeeaaaallly like it even though others will crit. It looks pro to me, and the mood it creates is awe inspiring. That's the important part of the picture, not the quality, but the emotions it extracts from people. Because its those emotions that help you improve.

WOnderful sense of scale...oooohh. i love it!

[el tigre]

Loki, that is stunning. I love your rocks, please, please show us how you do those when you have time.

I love paintings that make you think, some paintings are just pretty, which is ok, but your paintings are generally so much more.

A very enthusiastic two thumbs up!

------------------
Does anyone know the secret formula? :�

[Farwalker]

Right on Loki. This is one of my favorites.
The light fog further down the image gives it such great depth. Brings us right into the rock gorge. Dark use of shadows, almost pure black on the rocks is something I really like also.

Great job.

------------------
www.gamingvault.com

[Vortx]

Great painting Loki. This is my favorite of these series from you =) It feels very fantasy like, and the lighting really makes it feel alive.
I agree w/ you on the sun-crack thing. Right now, it could be miss read - the sun crack appears to be in front of the forground rock. It looks more like a huge rock being lit by light rather than a crack in the cliffs. Not sure how you can solve this, maybe re-shape the rocks a bit more, and add in some details that extend from the foreground rock and intersect it w/ the sun lit area, such as plants or something. Right now the perspective separation is unclear....

Very nice work nevertheless!

-feng

[Nex]

great painting loki, very inspiring!

[Loki]

Thanks doods - I love this forum! Posting images here is the perfect test!

What I want to do next, is leaving the canyons and see how it looks up there. Anyone can imagine how it would look up there? What would we see? Anyone cares to do a quick sketch? I'll post all of them on my paqe with full credits and links if that's worth it. Just an idea ...

[Chapel]

This is my favorite one so far Loki. Very nice. Only problem I have with it is the lighting (or shading) on the cliffs at the left. Everything just looks carved out an unnatural.

[Plop]

Wow, that pic draws you in. Absolutely love it.

Even though I can't do better myself, the black cracks all through the walls of the cliffs are a little bit too dark. I mean some of them wouldn't be so dark in real life, imo. Or maybe i don't know what i am talking about. It rocks.

[AliasMoze]

This image rocks. The rendering looks a little different than the others. Maybe a little softer? Better though. Killer image, Ton Loki.

[Joachim]

ooooh, beautiful. I wish I did that image

------------------
Joachim's Place

[This message has been edited by Joachim (edited August 31, 2000).]

[Binke]

Wow Loki, that is so cool! This is also my favourite amoung your other pics
The water looks very convincing oh and the sense of depth, superb. Very well made clouds as well.

------------------
http://binke.gamesquad.net

[g:tech]

gratuitous ego boost: Loki, you totally rock.

One of the artists whose posts I know are filled with goodies Thanks for always contributing awesome stuff!



------------------
-g:tech

[Anthony]

VERY impressive textures. On that break in the cliff at the right: on the part of the cliff blocking the highlighted part(the side closest to us), I'd bring it down left instead of downright. Going down right with it confuses the eye, and makes you almost think the light part is in front.

------------------
-Anthony
Carpe Carpem

[above]

That's just beautiful I love it. My fave of the series so far, keep it up.

[burn0ut]

Well loki, i know youve been saying all this blah about how you suck at rocks, well damn i think you did an awesome job on these!!, and the water! the waters like woah!
and the crashed ship thing i forget what u call em.. okay okay everythings great!

[Jenn]

Wow...

------------------
DarkChyld

[Visigoth]

Wow...That's a big fucking donkey up there on that overpass...

I like. Good job Loki.

------------------
Your car is a fiberglass penis extension.

[ceenda]

Hi there loki.

I remember asking on that last post of yours (before you disappeared for a while) that you would do some more Lodge stuff. Thankyou, this one of my favourites so far, a job really well done.

[Loki]

ceenda: very happy that you like it so much!

I remember reading your question, thinking 'little does he know that I'm already 90% done with the next one', haha ... neat!

[Danny]

*WHACK!!!!*

you just witnessed the sound of my jaw hitting my desk. Ouch!
This is outstanding workmanship Loki! Definately your best image so far. A very striking image. It's great to see this type of visual as I'm currently working on a series (in my spare time) of images along similar lines (lots of rocky/sky outdoor stuff).
This one has almost a traditional feel to it.
It does look a tad blurry. Have you been doing some weird scaling?
Care to tell us how you've integrated the various rock textures? I know of one or two approaches that work fairly okay but I'd love to hear how you went about it.




------------------
[email protected]

Trust in Trance

[Jorge]

Yeah, yeah, it's too bad, no sense of color, dimensions, really a crap. Are you pulling our legs or what? Now, isn't it really annoying hearing someone that makes this HOLY WACAMOLE picture to start trying seem pathetic ;p

[Binke]

btw.
does it say Q-tip on one of the clouds?


------------------
http://binke.gamesquad.net

[micke]

Holy..
That one looks great.
Great job! Oh man, do i have a long way to go
-Micke

------------------
-Mikael Noguchi-

http://www.katode.org/noguchi/

[Flexible Elf]

Very very nice!

-Flexible Elf

[Jeezus]

loki, that's awesome. the cliffs are done so well.. really really cool. the clouds are good, but if i could toy with one part of the image it would be them clouds :\