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eyewoo · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 10:29 am

(...I think) Start to finish in Photoshop. Stylewise, the leaves are a bit all over the place. They were the hardest part. I was really figuring it out as I went, so the early leaves are quite a bit different than the later ones...

Below are some links to details:

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Thanks for taking a look...

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Viridae · member Member # Joined: 26 Aug 2000 Posts: 73

Great Job phil, Looks real nice (as I said on pyros' forum). Thanks for posting the detail...I really love the work you've put into it. Was this inspired by the photo you took?

burn0ut · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 12:22 pm

turned out really awesome! yea looks like your photo you took. good job.

eyewoo · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 12:43 pm

Here's the photo I used as a reference:

green.7 · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 1:29 pm

very nice nature drawing.
source looks a bit more contrast.

eyewoo · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:10 pm

I'm not really trying to copy the photos... rather to use them as a reference. For example, the original photo is quite different from the final created image. It's marked as "original photo" below. My process is to then roughly modify it to a point where it becomes interesting so that I can use it as a reference for the digitally painted image.

I have the most fun modifying the original photo. Since I'm not really that interested in making it the fianl piece, I can work on it pretty spontaneously... not worrying about being too precise. Once I have something, then I begin the "serious" part, translating the modified image into the final piece.

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MoleculeMan · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 7:50 pm

This reminds me of some place in Zion National Park. <pat on back> I like the piece a whole lot. Keep up the good work. I dont really have much critique </pat on back>

McFly · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 8:04 pm

its a very pretty picture.. and you produced a good reproduction in the medium you're using.. but it just loses so much detail in the strokes

not your fault, but a difficult task...

A thought - work on the water.. give it some sunlight reflections.. shimmer it a bit, and add some noise to the riverbed/mud part to indicate it's moisture.

Very good leaves and slate though

and I really liked your last work too btw.

faustgfx · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 8:05 pm

yeah. what i said in the dark side.

(hey scoobydoo, i complimented it there! imagine!)

Shirotsugh · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 8:13 pm

Where is this place?

faustgfx · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 8:18 pm

on my own lil' board's art showcase section which is sadly sinking deeper and deeper to the shadow of the random bullshit talk section.

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whoa. neat. reminds me of old demo scene pixelpushing graphics. and old sierra adventure games. gots a neat look to the drawing finish. power to you for that. *nods*

as a scene/composition it is pretty weak and boring though. but fuck that.

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Frost · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 9:05 pm

That is some very nice and detailed work fleabrain. I like it big lot!

Awetopsy · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 8:12 am

whoa. nicely done.

eyewoo · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 8:44 am

Shirotsugh

>> Where is this place?

Inside the Philadelphia, PA city limits in Whissahickon Park, just off the Lincoln Drive. In fact that rock wall in the background is the retaining wall for Lincoln Drive. 'Course, I like to think it's the foundation of a huge castle...

Philadelphia has the largest park system within city limits of any city in the USA... and perhaps the planet (but not sure about that)

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eyewoo · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 6:09 pm

Getting into the landscape. I've got the reference photos for the next one. Photos taken in the same park in Philadelphia...

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seanr · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2001 1:51 pm

Nice work. I absolutely love the way you relit that new ref photo. Awesome. I hope you'll have visible rays of light streaming though the leaves.

simuartist · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2001 3:03 pm

Wow that's awsome man..are you a matte painter???

eyewoo · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2001 6:38 pm

Matte painter... No. I've never done any matte painting, though I was in the film buisness for 12 years as a freelance location sound engineer... go figure...

My older daughter is now in the biz, working for Trigger Street Productions in LA.

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Dryfire · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2001 6:48 pm

hmm i thought i replied to this.. well anyway.. looks great.. i love it

KiNgStiNg · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2001 8:42 pm

really calm and placid...
niceness