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Artistic Enigma · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:48 pm

I think I'm finally done with this. Thanks to those who gave me critiques in my "unfinished" work thread in the EK Training Grounds. It is partly due to their advice and encouragement that this one has come this far. Critiques and comments are still very much appreciated, if you feel something will make this piece stronger: by all means let me know.

Large Version - Warning a kinda large file (1.6 megs). It's about half the size of the real version, which is 3900 x 5700 at 300 dpi and just shy of 400 megs. Guess I was trying to see how far I could push my new computer...

(Edit: Made a few corrections here and there, the above picture is the revised version.)
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antx · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:06 am

Wow. Great fantasy piece. I like the feel of the brushstrokes and the fact that it is the same feel for all the different effects in it. Really nice.
There is just one thing: The guy seems to wear gloves but that�s not 100% clear if one doesn�t look carefully. I think they should have a small detail to point this out a bit more, like a seam or so. Right now one can only tell by the color and the leather like shininess.

fae · member Member # Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 93

wow nice job... love the composition and img.

yeh i agree with antx
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Artistic Enigma · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:37 pm

Antx: Thanks. Yeah you have a point about the glove thing, I'll see what I can do.

fae: Glad you like the composition. =)
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Exoudeous · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:47 am

I really like this piece. I dont have much a problem with the gloves but if you want to make them stand out as gloves more, id actually work on the shirt and take off some of its highlites cause (unless the shirt is also supposed to be shiny) I think that would make the hands stand out more as gloves because it would have a diffrent texture then the rest of his clothes, so it looks like it was on purpose instead of just yourstyle of shading.

I dont know if that made any sense, sorry im in My image manip class and its 8 am. Crying or Very sad

Otherwise its great
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daryl · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:15 am

I think it really looks great overall. wonderful bold colors and lots of detail and nice contrast warm / cold. 2 things. at first impression I thought the guy was floating in the air since the sky background and the ground he's standing on is really the same color palette. that and the womans face, somehow she looks like having a hmm.. "underbite", like her lower set of teeth stands out more than upper.

outstanding detail, cant understand how u have the patience Wink

keep up the good work.

Artistic Enigma · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:38 am

Exoudeous: Hmm you've got a point about the gloves, though I feel my last revision did help them (I added seems, wrinkles and a faint leather texture). The shirt doesn't really bug me enough that I want to go back and rework the highlights, but I do see where you are coming from on that. Glad you like it over all =)

DARYL: Neither of the things you pointed out bug me, but nevertheless thanks for pointing out how you perceive it. Glad you appreciate the detail.
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cg · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:43 pm

nice use of colors..

great idea, too!

thanks for sharing..

-cg
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