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Meaty Ogre member
Member # Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 119 Location: portland OR usa
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:03 pm |
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Hi. I'm trying to make some images in hopes of getting some illustation work. This is suposed to be in the direction of a book cover, or something. Any suggestions?
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Summer Pudding member
Member # Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 182 Location: London, England
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:44 am |
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Hey there Ogre,
this is really rather splendid. The palette, composition and tonality are spot on. The only thing I find jarring, is the detail level in the foreground and distant mountains.
For a book cover I'd expect something a bit more finished. The dragon is a virtuoso treat from head to tail, but the lack of detail in the aforementioned areas makes him seem detached from his surrounings.
It reminds me of the Terry Pratchett book cover art.
Pud' |
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Meaty Ogre member
Member # Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 119 Location: portland OR usa
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:26 am |
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pudding, thanks for your thoughts. I think I'm just not very good at trees and grass and rocks etc.
btw, having nothing to do with this picture, what do you know about the university of Sussex? is it any good? my sister has been accepted there and trying to decide if she should attend there or not. thanks. |
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Matthew member
Member # Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 3784 Location: I am out of here for good
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:31 am |
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yea I really like this one.
Matthew |
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gLitterbug member
Member # Joined: 13 Feb 2001 Posts: 1340 Location: Austria
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:10 am |
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Very nice painting, looks great. I really like your style, also the colors are very well chosen imo. |
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EviLToYLeT member
Member # Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Posts: 1216 Location: CA, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:24 am |
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fantastic work! reminds me of spirited away >_< _________________ AIM: EviLToYLeT |
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