Hidden WIP
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Work progresses!
I'm going to restart the colours from scratch and start with a value layer (like, a detailed value layer) first this time (as apparently is good/standard practice). In my comic I just lay down local colour and shade with multiply layers but with an illustration the values need to be much more spot-on.
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@art-of-b can I suggest that he cave is glowing so the monster can have a bit of a silhouette this will let you darken all of the underside of the rocks in saturated cool colors
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That's where I was thinkin' of heading, too, colour-wise. Thanks for the feedback
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Work progresses! I like the direction it's heading, but will probably fiddle with colours (dunno if I like the purple for the cave)
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Looks already really nice.
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@Art-of-B Your perspective is really nice. I do wish that the door appear less "human" and more natural or organic working in with the rock or crystal formation. Almost all angles are leading from the left to the right and the door wood growth is going from the right to the left. I don't mind that but the door angle is too extreme and draws my eye first and becomes distracting. But I appreciate line of sight, through the trees to the door, up the staircase rock formation to the last hiker and then your eye moves to the right hiker. Definitely a wandering eye from our perspective, lols. If a creature observing from our /that perspective, would a creature necessarily need to look towards the door, unless they are afraid their "secret" home/door would be discovered. I'm reading deep into this, lols. Your work is definitely fun and pushes your audience to the beyond.
- Sorry this response is for your original post. Ill check now your continued work in progress.
Commenting on the newer ones, I like the hikers glowing in the sunlight, but I really miss those trees, gave further depth and hid the nakedness of the rocks so to speak lols. And I see you got those mushrooms in.
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@art-of-b Loving this concept and perspective. Would pull back on the darkness of the cave a bit for better visibility.
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Thank you for the feed back
The rocks rather do look naked without the trees/bushes in the foreground. I'll be adding them back in, I think. They definitely add another layer of depth to the piece.
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Thanks! That's a good call on the darkness of the cave. I'll lighten it up to make things a bit clearer.
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This is shaping up really beautifully! I do admit I miss the psychedelic quality of the first sketch where it looked like that door was high up a cliff, and gravity defying. But, your changes still make for a really strong illustration. It's really fun seeing this shape up.
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Work continues! I'm not sure how I feel about it anymore, but I'm gonna keep plugging away at it.
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@art-of-b This is really coming along nicely!
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beautiful illustration, the perspective is really impressive waiting to see the final version.
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@art-of-b I really like that green light coming out. Looking good, you should feel good about it.
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Welp, I restarted.
I finally watched the class on composition and I really wanted to try painting without the safety line of solid inked linework (not that there's anything wrong with solid linework, but I wanna move past it).
A buncha thumbnails later and I've hammered out this so far. Though at least if I don't finish it I can turn in my first attempt
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I've actually been marveling at the composition of your first piece, in case that's helpful to hear. It applies the rule of thirds in such an interesting way. The second composition is so mirrored that it seems unnatural to me, but I admittedly haven't watched the composition class myself... so, I'd say, go with what you think stretches you as an artist the most.
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@art-of-b Really nice!
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"go with what stretches you as an artist the most" is most certainly the redo. I'm glad that the first one was working. There was just something about it that was off, though.
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Work progresses! It's a lot darker than I though it was going to be, but I think it works.
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@art-of-b The rendering for this second image is awesome and the level of rendering I wish I could do myself. However, I have to agree with a previous comment about the composition. I love the idea in this new image especially how the hidden door is managed but things seem unnaturally even up top. The characters and the trees all seem too perfectly spaced out and equal in size. Sometimes that may be appropriate but I remember a few videos of Marco Bucci having to catch himself so that things don't look evenly organized and "man-made" so to speak. Perhaps you could leave one tree large and separate the other into two or three smaller trees that strike the same balance. Maybe a slight variation in the characters size and distance to each other would be all that's needed to break up the monotony, for lack of a better word. I really enjoy seeing your work and while I really like where this one is heading I think you have a safe entry in the first one if you run out of time.
