April WIP brings May.... Robots?

EliaMurrayArt

Final Shot

Ok, so after much hemming and hawing... and my dad telling me to re-do it... I did another round of roughly 30 photos and this one caught my eye and stuck. Which is a GREAT sign. It also happens to be the VERY LAST PHOTO I took.

This is the photo edited (though I think I will keep tweaking it here and there - so not 100% finished, if you have anything to suggest, but no more photos, please, my poor back haha)

And here it is unedited. Just so you can see some of the digital work I have done since it's hard to tell. First I cropped it down. I have adjusted Lisa's eyes and mouth. I've panted over the robots eyes, added sparks, and added a little glow in his light bulb. I have adjusted the levels, and saturation.

Coley

This is the very best thing evah! This photo is perfect. The editing, the pose, the broken robot and sparks! congratulations because this is absolutely incredible! Well done to your dad lol! I don’t think I’ve ever commented on a post so much haha, I hope I didn’t drive you crazy, my enthusiasm is totally authentic and my jealousy is too maybe someday I’ll do something this cool

EliaMurrayArt

@Coley I REALLY hope you do! And then I will comment incessantly. Thank you so so so much for your enthusiasm. This has been the hardest illustration I have ever done and your cheering has been such a light in my dark tunnel hahaha I'm going to go lay down and rest. I feel like I've run a marathon.

TessaW

I think the re-shoot was well worth it! Looks great to me! The comp, clarity, colors, and added details are all well done. Maybe some very slight vignetting like you had in some of the other samples might be in order, but it definitely looks fantastic as-is!

demotlj

Sooooooo incredible!!

EliaMurrayArt

Blooper Reel

Lisa took some time to "find her groove"
here are some outtakes.

It was fun finding her range. Even though her face can't move I feel like she was able to create quite a few looks. The robot also changed quite a lot.

Kat

This is just the most fascinating thread to follow, and you've done a WONDERFUL job on this! I'm stunned, especially since you said you've never done this before If I tried something like this, well...it would be a hot mess in about a minute, for sure. Absolutely love this project! [insert standing ovation here]

StudioLooong

This turned out FANTASTIC!!

@EliaMurrayArt It's wonderful and all I can say is many many thanks for sharing all of this. It's so inspiring to see you go for it when lately I've been searching for motivation. what a way to win a contest without any judging necessary

EliaMurrayArt

@carolinebautista omgosh haha thank you so much all I can say is go forth and make more art no matter how daunting it may feel.

@EliaMurrayArt I will keep going!!! But I have to say that at this point, despite the chaos you so clearly show, blowing up my robot entry seems like my best option

ArtofAleksey

This is great. My one bit of feedback is the values of the piece. Since you are using models and a physical set, my suggestion is either editing in photoshop afterwards or using lights to make the character in the foreground pop more. I posted a photo with the gray values to show what i mean.
The floor is a light lass and the walls are a slightly darker mass. So they keep pulling a lot of attention away. On a film set (i only know this because my partner works in film) they would break it up with textures or more objects, and with lights. The objects on the floor are similar in value to the floor and the clothes and hair of the character are similar in value to the wall.

EliaMurrayArt

@ArtofAleksey thank you so much for pointing this out to me!! I am going to see if I can digitally adjust the background/foreground accordingly and potentially repost!

EliaMurrayArt

@ArtofAleksey and any one else... Thoughts?
While I still have time to change haha

What do you all think - light or dark? Crazy how great digital editing is haha

EliaMurrayArt

Surprise third option!!

Aaron_T

@EliaMurrayArt I can't believe I'm going to try to critique this, it's just so amazing. I really like the darkness of the background and floor of the surprise third option – it highlights Lisa and the sparks and makes the debris stand out more. The only thing that I see if that the red wire that's causing the spark now gets lost in shadow, so its a little difficult to see where the big spark came from. Just my 2¢. So good!

EliaMurrayArt

@Aaron_T that is a great and honest critique - I will attempt to pull that red wire out from the shadows! I think I'm agreeing with you- that the third option works best for me.

Mara Price

@EliaMurrayArt I like #2
I think # 2 it's perfect you can see the red wire very clear.

EliaMurrayArt

@Aaron_T

Here's a combo, pulling out that red wire and even getting bright around the spark and I think it works really well! haha this is what happens when you get excited and rush to finish things.. there's always things to tweak at the end.

Aaron_T

@EliaMurrayArt I can't imagine the word "rush" describes anything in this project. I brought my wife in here and she went through the thread, digging into every picture. "How long did this take?!?! Tell her I love everything about this!" So there you go.

It's much more clear now where the large spark originates now, and you're right, the cast light from the spark is more representative of what would likely be happening. Looks great.