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Prometheus-ANJ
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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 11:14 pm |
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This is a acrylic painting in progress, photographed for some testing and editing in PS.
If it's anything you think looks odd please feel free to edit and manipulate.
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worthless_meat_sack
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 11:23 pm |
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Cool!
Only thing would suggest is holding back where you work the forms up to the highest light and then a reflective highlight. Keep that where you want the eye to stay and play awhile. Right now you have a lot of highlights scattered around (including some not really supported by the halftone information-shame!) that makes the image "bounce and chatter."
I know it is so tempting, you put on that first reflective highlight and it looks so cool you just have to keep going. Resist! Try to make the image work with the halftones as long as you can. By halftones I mean the values and form that are in the light but are not the brightest light or the top of the form. If you take this as far as you can, you will be surprised how little is needed elsewhere, and the highlights don't become needed as well.
I liked that other armor piece you did as well. |
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Dryfire
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 11:54 pm |
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| just adding that it totally kicks ass.. blood is great |
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Freddio
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2001 3:53 am |
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very very awesome 
now Im trying to decifer what Meatsak said  |
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Dryfire
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2001 10:02 am |
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| ah when looking at it a second time on the forums.. wow.. hmm maybe some more detail on the dudes like in the back ground.. but hell it looks great |
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kad
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2001 10:05 am |
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I like it. great mood.
do think the main guy needs a little more detail to bring him out as the focal point. |
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kos.mandis
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2001 12:41 pm |
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| Niiiiice! |
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Prometheus-ANJ
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2001 2:16 pm |
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Hmmm, this post was kinda old so I was surprised seeing it at the page 1 again O_o
Anyhow, I'm prolly not gonna finish this painting since it has some basic construction errors I can not fix by adjusting minor details. I recently read that Sargent text and I'm gonna do a new battlefield painting where I keep his words in mind. "Fusing the color with the background" etc etc
And yes, I did manage to decypher meatsack's crits, and I agree with them, those spectacular highligts are crazy. I always abuse those. |
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