[Gordillo]

Hi all,here�s a quick matte paint that I did after seen the breathtaking Capt Flushgarden�s site .
Your comments are welcome (as usual)



Here�s the original shot.(big download)

http://www.iespana.es/Gordillo/2D/reference.jpg
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[aColdOldKodiak]

the fade of distance could be a little more gradual, the shine on the top of the lighthouse isn't quite concincing... but I like everything else. Great work.

Um btw your image takes a life time to load.
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[Duracel]

Yep, a Host with more than 1kb/s would be great ... ..

The main point distracts me is the position where those people build the lighthouse ... on the foot of the rocks.
Just stupid.


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[eyewoo]

quick matte... but ditto on the load time... It's been about 4 minutes and only 1/3 of the image has loaded... don't think I can wait for the rest... looks good from what I can see so far...
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[AndyT]

It's not just the host ... reduce the filezize!
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[Gordillo]

Sorry all.........
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[worthless_meat_sack]

Im no flushy, but I will take a stab.

i know this is a quicky, so all i will crit is stuff that would take no more time than it did here, just being aware of it.


The lighthouse is not symmetrical so it feels like it is leaning a little. Be very precise with verticals, house too. paint a mask, flop it, paint through it. fast and precise.

Day for night stuff always sticks out for me, film reacts differently near the bottom than it does in the middle. At night, unless it is a time exposure, you can't get middle values to expose correctly along with the highlights. The exposure latitude is even narrower in the dark. but even if it is a time exposure, the lights blow out and it ends up looking like a day shot wih the red and green components missing.

So overall, if you were photographing this, you might get the highlights on the water, the lighter rocks facing upwards, and not a lot else. Too much contrast and information in the wrong areas are the biggest giveaways about a matte.

Also the light bloom stops pretty abrubtly in midframe. That fog is very homogenous, and if it isn't, it is not following the moon in a big ball.

Think about the values on the lit areas of the house and lighthouse. The local value is dark and matte on the house roof, so it should not be reacting to the light the same as the much lighter rocks. Reflective surfaces and the angle of the viewer and the light complicates this a bit but you get the idea that it needs thinking about. Also be very very very precise about the shape of the highlight on the lighthouse. it is a high contrast area that tells so much about form and surface, and is very small. So even in a fast sketch, this really needs to be correct.

So i guess yo get the idea, less information (cool!) but the information you do include should be more careful. Would take the same time.

sorry if this is full of typos, its a long story why.

[Gordillo]

Amen! I�m agree with every point of your crits.
I love to do this quick exercises but I know that I must learn a lot,and take lessons from the masters is a great thing.
Thanks a lot mr Mullins.
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