[bM]

CURRENT VERSION - 019
Updated: 2003.09.01
Total worktime: 26 hours



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Current draft 019:



Finaly fixed the ground.
Started shading the unicorn body (not done!)




Tools:
Adobe Photoshop, Wacom A4.

Except some horse references for a quick study,
no references used. My fourth fantasy painting.




Hope you like, i will update the above picture every now and
then to latest edition. Be sure to check it out later again.
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- Nicklas Forsberg a.k.a bM
- http://www.nalf.se

[Sno]

Wow, the sky is very nice. Im sure it'll look greeat when its done

[Iddi]

I totally love it! I can't wait to see the finished version.
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[bM]

* Updated to draft 007*
See painting above.

In this draft i added some details to the mountains
and the ground below. Not at all done though.

[bM]

* Updated to draft 009 *

Started on the foreground, fixed desaturated colors,
added fx and sky details. And some other stuff

[bM]

* Updated tp draft 010 *

Started painting the unicorn. ALOT more to do on it .
The detail is down to every hair on the head...
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- Nicklas Forsberg a.k.a bM
- http://www.nalf.se

[maxetormer]

the detail on the horse head it is looking very good ill bee waching this work of yours while you develop it =)
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[bM]

* Updated to draft 011 *

Painted the tree.

[bM]

* Updated to draft 012 *

Added a tombstone and a bird.

[CwStone]

i like it, but the horses eye looks kinda big.
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[Ylla]

hehe, there are deadly mushrooms in the trees.

the horse's eye is too big for its head. it's starting to look like "the last unicorn" and she was anime-drawn. and she no tail.

i think it's a little strange, though, that the rings around the planet are dark like that.
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[bM]

* Updated to draft 014 *


Hey CwStone and Ylla. Thanks for the comments,
i have updated some of your concerns. Take care.
Btw, the tail is coming Must get the basic structure up first.



Moved the tombstone further in. Added 2 birds.
Started shading the unicorns body.
Removed ring around planet.
Made the unicorns eye smaller.
Moved the unicorns horn so its centered on head.
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- Nicklas Forsberg a.k.a bM
- http://www.nalf.se

[bM]

* Updated to draft 015 *
Added a new tree
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- Nicklas Forsberg a.k.a bM
- http://www.nalf.se

[bM]

* Updated to draft 017 *

It's time to finish the unicorn

[Kitamard]

cool, i like this.
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[Iliya Zilberter]

Hey. this is a nice image, i especially like the sky.

some suggestions:
I know you are not finished yet, but make sure you add a bit more "roughness" to the unicorn in the sense that right now it looks completely smooth and featureless while its surroundings have so many small details.

also, I found it odd how you started rendering parts of the image fully before you even added shading to others. I think it is better practice to gradually add details to the whole image in layers, as that keeps the image coherent.
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[Basement bound]

BM- The eye of the unicorn is killing this picture. The rest is beautiful, but the fact that the eye is so cartoony(proportion wise) and is in the center of the picture. ARRRGh please fix that!!!
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[ViiSolidus]

i gotta say i absolutely love yer sky, n e place u learn'd to draw it from or u juss learn'd over time?

I will complain about the unicorns eye, I think it doesnt suit the picture at all and is an "odd" element, its an ez fix though.

Get some horse pics and draw 3-4 eyes and u'll get da idea of the shape, then juss draw it on here.

keep us updated if u fix it, but I love everything else, juss awsome sky man...wow..!

[Simoom]

love the sky, my main complaint is that the depth of color in the sky really doesn't match the foreground. one of the previous versions, up to about version 8 the background is lighter and matches for foreground more. but now i think to maintain the style of te sky you need to darken the unicorn a bit, add some shadow since its lighting doesn't currently match the light source on the grass, and possibly add some more colors, add a little more atomsphere. oh, and the eye weirds me out, i think it's either too high on the head, too big, ends too high, or doesn't match the perspective of the skull, hard to say.

pictures definitely impressive in areas though, love the coloring in the distant landscape