The Gentle Giant Inn - April WIP

Larue · 24 Apr 2021, 06:01

@Morten-Christiansen Cool idea. The only thing I'd say is that there's a lot of grey. I would think that over time some moss of greenery would have have blanketed or sprouted on various parts of your statue. Adding textures will really make this piece interesting.

Morten Christiansen · 24 Apr 2021, 10:18

@Larue Thanks. That is definitely the plan. These base colors where just added to communicate the materials and get a feel for the composition. In black and white all the linework made it difficult to tell apart.

APHOTICMOTH · 24 Apr 2021, 11:30

The skulls are what really sell it for me. Hehehe. Nice detail.

Morten Christiansen · 25 Apr 2021, 15:02

Second pass on the sketch. I like how this one is turning out. I'll have to pick a rendering style next I think.

Larue · 26 Apr 2021, 22:22

@Morten-Christiansen Nice line work. Looking forward to seeing it in color.

Morten Christiansen · 27 Apr 2021, 14:29

@Larue Thank you, me too I've started working on the color, but it's an unfamiliar technique, so I have no idea how well it will turn out.

Morten Christiansen · 27 Apr 2021, 20:53

Making progress with the colors. Does the vines distract from the line-work? Maybe it should be less contrasty in value.

Morten Christiansen · 28 Apr 2021, 12:26

Getting very close to the finished version. I'll step away from it for a bit to see if there are a few more finishing touches I want to add, but generally this is about what I expect to end up with.

Jonathon B Baker 0 · 28 Apr 2021, 15:55

I really like the composition of this. Nice work.

Morten Christiansen · 29 Apr 2021, 08:08

@Jonathon-B-Baker-0 Thank you, I really appreciate it.

I worry that the details of the drawing will get lost a bit. Just tried copying it into the competition template and it is just so small I think that the textured look might work against me at that scale.