xmas 3rd Thursday WIP
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Why is the boy standing out in the cold and snow with no she's and short sleeves? I also think Santa should have put his foot down and told Rudolph he had to stay home and rest.
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@seanwelty The boy opened the door to see what was going on, so he is in his PJs. Maybe I will move him back a little so he is standing in the house more.
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edits made per some of the feedback, I think I am going to start on values now. -
Value testing done... I think. Any crits before I start on local color? -
Maybe give the chimney smoke a lighter value? Unless you were going to do that with color.
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@bharris Yes that will be done with color, i will also add smoke from the penguin rockets. Those will stand out more once color is down.
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Just a couple crits (great image by the way):
I don't think the moon needs that texture. If you didn't want to paint it a solid color maybe go with some simple moon craters (circles).
The reindeer in Santa's sleigh is not really at the same level of drawing skill as the rest of the characters and I think you'll probably want to re-draw it before you get too far with the painting. It may be better to draw it in 3/4 or profile rather than head on--snouts are really difficult to draw head on imo.
Overall: I feel like you don't have a strong range of values--everything is pretty uniform gray with a few dark spots and a super bright moon (which you actually may want to knock back but I'm not 100% sure). I would say that, at the least, you will want to lighten up the areas of snow, the areas closest to us probably being the lightest.
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@mattramsey great feedback, thank you!
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Updated reindeer and lightened up the values in the foreground. Still it is a value study vs the actual values. So once I lay the color down I will make sure to keep the level of values in mind. Taking a break for a few days for my annual pre-thanksgiving vacation to Wisconsin Dells! -
Really nice chip. the value study look good. keep it up
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really like the value and the dude landing.
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Back from vacation and got the local color down. Next step shadows, but before I start on that any tweaks to the local color? -
@Chip-Valecek you need to darken the values of the snow if you want this to look like a night scene. There is far too much contrast at the horizon and the rooftop.
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@seanwelty
here is an updated version. Once I start to lay in the next step of shadows it will get darker. What do you think? -
I'd only say that the elf's pants by the brown door need be a little different in tone. Can't wait to see more!
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@Chip-Valecek better, but I think you can take it further. Plus think cooler colors in the blue and blue-violet range.
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@seanwelty yes i will be using blues on a multiple layer to add shadows which will cool it down. Thanks for the input.
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Here is my final piece, lots of fun to work on and thanks for all the great feedback along the way! -
Great lighting! I love the moon and Northern lights!
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@Chip-Valecek - Nice job - I really like the northern lights added in there! My favorite part is still the look on the face of the lead elf as he is crash landing into the snow! That is a lot of fun. Great job and good luck!
