Moonlit moai WIP
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@Lee-White Thanks Lee! This is my first genuine go at something that isn't colored line art, so I've got a lot to learn! It seems like I could kill 2 birds with one stone by putting a third statue right in the middle, thereby putting more emphasis on the foreground and muting out the moon, but I feel like it may just muddy it up. Thoughts?
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@Lee-Holland Awesome thank you so much! The clouds look way better in the work over you did. Not just the one you adjusted, but the way you lighted the rest of them. Did you just throw more blue down around the moon as well? The glow looks a lot smoother in your work-over
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Hi @mbore710
I Rolled my colour nearer to the light source. If your moon is a light greenish blue then make your cloud colour go more greenish blue and your coloures will have that glow feel.
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Great piece overall, made me smile when I first saw it. Has a very nice sense of atmosphere and lighting.
Nat Iwata
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@natiwata Thanks! Hopefully I'll finish it this week with suggestions for improvement
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@mbore710
Hi M. The moon is backlighting so, for me, the more distant moai looks more natural in terms of lighting behavior. It looks more 3D. The main one looks flat. I think the flat style is more coherent with the rest of the image.
Moais are made of very porous volcanic rocks so they are nor too reflective and you will not see such rim lights. Then, it's an artist license. For me, that license gives a touch of romanticism.
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I decided to rearrange the moon, because I do want the emphasis to be on the statues and not on the moon, and as @Lee-White pointed out, in my first version it was a little too loud. I'll go in and re-paint the clouds and water, but wanted to post an update in the mean time.
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Ok...I wasn't able to work on this for a few days, but here's the revised (and hopefully finished) version. Thanks again for all the suggestions/advice!
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I really like the coolness of this piece. One quick suggestion...I feel like the grass directly behind the lower moai would not have a highlight, but would also be in the shadow.
