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Bg · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 1:10 pm

I'm not very happy with the result, but because it took me nearly 10 hours to finish... I posted it anyway =)

Dryfire · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 1:26 pm

hey, i think thast awsome! hehe its cool to see something drawn then see it colored ;-) kinda liek a whole step by step process

none · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 1:37 pm

I think it looks great!

Speve-o-matic · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 1:46 pm

Bg, always working hard. The colouring of the beast, foreground and background is exceptional. What parts of this colouring aren't you happy with? You are after all only getting better.

- Steve

shahar2k · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 3:15 pm

I think it's the legs man, they look all smooth and elongated, while I'm expecting this thing to have much more defined muscles under the skin around the legs... right now they look kind of like a camel's legs...

plus the composition is kind of static, with the girl deadcenter, and the creature being perpendicular to the edges and all...

just my observation

Gecko · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 5:21 pm

Looks like you use black or dark grey to darken the colors, makes them muddy. I think the whole pic would benefit if there was a brighter spot on the beast or the girl

... might as well overpaint a little. just a sec.. there.

Your lights are weird, they lit some parts of the beast but leave others untouched :)
Spend more time thinking about the big masses, and which portions are in total shadow. Mess around with big brushes (100-200 px) until your lights make sense when you squint your eyes. More saturated colors in shadow can make huge difference on the overall look, not that my overpaint was a good example, which it isn't.

Cos · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 5:25 pm

good stuff bg

, some of your shading makes the girl look weird, but I like your overall slickness to the image

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 3:15 am

Very nice Timo. I agree with what gecko said though. The lightning isn't very consistent. I really like the design of that beast. Pretty cool! Another thing. There seems to be alot of paintbrush banding (similar colors laying close to each other) which is a big giveaway saying this is digital. It's a tedious thing to get rid of the banding, but I thing your work, genereally speaking would benefit alot from that extra work. Just a thought...
,Boom

topeira · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 5:15 am

i like the overall pic. what else can i say?.... ah! i think her pelvis should be more to the right. that way her leg seem to be layed too akward. not natural.

that's it

i like

Bg · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 5:23 am

Yeah, nice to see so much crit and not just
comments!

Dryfire, none: thanks

Speve-o-matic: It's not about the colouring, it's the lighting as you can se from gecko's repaint (which has 10x better lighting).

sharak2k: I tried to keep the forms as simple as possible.

Lukias: Thanks. You guys are right about the legs... maybe next time

Gecko: Now you're talking, I totally agree with you.. and thank you very much for the overpaint!!

Cos: Thanks.

Boomstick: You can blame Flexible Elf for the creature design.

Topeira:

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 12:13 pm

sorry Timo, Should have paid more attention.

It's still a nice painting!
,Boom

RoadMaster · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 1:53 pm

I remember that picture, were you there when Flexible Elf drew it or did FE post it on the Msg board?

Bg · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 2:15 pm

Boomstick: hehe

Roadmaster: I was there.

-Tepox- · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 2:46 pm

Spectacular painting! You have good eye for colors!