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Gecko
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Started both in Painter Classic, the second picture was polished in Photoshop. I'm not sure if they're finished, but then I don't know what to apply or change either.
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ceenda
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 5:19 am |
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Gecko, that painting is gorgeous! I haven't used Painter much but I might give it a go sometime.
The second one is great too, though perhaps some more colours on the reptiles qould bring them out just a bit? 
It seems to be Sijun improvement week... |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 5:28 am |
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great pictures!
I especially like the strong colors on the first one and the look in that reptile's face.
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Gecko
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 5:47 am |
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:)
ceenda: I guess I'm gonna have to play around with the colors a bit... I actually saw nightmares of that second pic after I painted it till 6 AM :]
Improvement? Yah, at least you shocked half the forum with that desert pic :D
thanks, Nex!
...got an idea, see you in a minute
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[This message has been edited by Gecko (edited September 10, 2000).] |
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Danny
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 6:14 am |
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That's good stuff Gecko..
You're walking a fine line between sketchy and polished. I like the balance you've got going between these extremes. Bold choice of colours in the reptile pic. (primary) tho they seem to work rather well. I don't think I'd have the guts to take up those into my palette.. 
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Dryfire
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 6:28 am |
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I like the detail, it makes the creatures look real, wow, i guess painter has some good brushes or sumthing, looks like you got the right effect!
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klaivu
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 6:33 am |
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Good stuff again
Shouldnt you be reading english ? |
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TDSdesigns
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 7:16 am |
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hm..... this really is inspirational... i'm gonna buy a wacom this week
the rest of your "stuff" is great too! |
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Gecko
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 8:43 am |
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| wow gecko those are amazing! I gotta start using painter more! |
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ceenda
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 11:04 pm |
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| The updated pic is excellent! |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 11:26 pm |
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Really nice!
The lighting in the green one works really well. You can almost "feel" the warmth from the sun on the creature's back.
I'd love to see a little more detail on the camera-left creature, and perhaps some color variation between the characters and the background.
(it looks pretty cool converted to greyscale by the way - I just tried it)
Awesome.
Gotta go look at more of your pix on your site now...
zayats http://people.we.mediaone.net/jeremyandtanya/zayats/home.htm |
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Gecko
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2000 6:35 am |
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This time I'm quite confident saying the pic is finished. After getting some comments on various different people, and trying them out this is what came out of it:
Just to clear out the confusion, what you see now is totally photoshop with regular round brushes. I just used painter to get the basic shapes down, which is why it's all in one layer except for the light rays (airbrush slightly erased) painted on another.
Thanks everyone for giving a helping hand! :)
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Christer
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2000 7:43 am |
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That's very nice, I like this one a lot. Especially the "raw" and crisp look you've managed to get. And the lighting is very inspiring.
Keep it up!
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ceenda
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2000 9:25 am |
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Very cool indeed Gecko. The lighting effects are outstanding. 
I would, however, suggest starting a completely new thread for comments on your latest pic. People sometimes look over older threads that are put back at the top. Well, they do with me anyway.  |
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