[Popeye]

hi all sijuners,

this's my virgin post for finished pics, please be kind.

any thought will be welcome.

[Reakshun]

I like them both very much, but the second one is my favorite. Good color harmony in both, but the quality of light on the character in the second one is what makes it the standout.

My crit for the first one is two things...which are quite small really. The first is the highlight on the statue. It seems WAY bright and inconsistent with the light source I believe to be coming from the left side. I might be wrong.
You might even consider using some of that light to bounce off the ground into the statue...reduce the highlight value of the statue...and apply that to the light side of the character? Maybe...yes...no...could work...eh...?

The second thing on the first painting is the Pole in the BG. It's popping just a tad too hard. Push it back some more with your choice of atmospherics.

Otherwise, I love everything else about it. It's a nice stage. Very moody, atmospheric. The building framing is nice and shadows are treated with an obvious experienced hand.

The second piece...I just immediately fall in love with the lighting on the character. Maybe a few reflective highlights on the water leading up to the character ever so subtely (sp) would give it that "muuuuaw"...yaknowhutumsayin??

Good stuff though, man...been seeing your life paintings and those kick ass...so I knew this was coming.

Keep going!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Popeye]

hey resakshun:

thanks for taking time on here and i totally agree with what you said.especially the comment on the first one.i wasnt determineed enough to design my lighting situation and it ended up becoming a disaster for the whole pic.
about the highlight on that robot, ( it doenst look like a robot does it?) i fisished that head before i started to put in the bg, maybe that's why it doesnt look like it is in the scene interacting with other element.

[balistic]

I'm really feeling the seond one. Very nice.
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[Simoom]

i really like the girls pose in the first one, but everything seems a bit too washed out colorwise.
the second one though, i love the vivid colors on both the girls red shawl and the soft green on the statue. excellent stuff there.

i have to admit though, when i saw the title of your post, i thought "Isn't it supposed to be red versus blue?"

[Capt. Fred]

popeye, man, your images are ultra cool.
slightly surreal, and whimsical, and loads of other things i don't know the words for. The colour and design and everything, it's all so nice.

The second one particularly! I think you have a very distinctive style, but it's less to do with the mark-making and more to do with the content and colours and ideas, which is fantastic.

Big fan of your drawing too.

I In the first one, that robot's face is way higher contrast than the rest of his head. It looks like the darks have already 'bottomed out' but in the face it goes darker still. I think it's fine though. Doesn't look 'wrong' to me, looks legal within your dreamlike pics. Maybe you want some more mess and crap on the wood. rubble or larger, more general deformations or whatnot� The top 2/3rds is so great, but the bottom 3rd looks a touch contrived. IMO.

[Popeye]

balistic:thanks man!

simoom: you're right. it looks pretty weird especially when the contrast of the face is so high compared to the rest of the body.

captfred: glad you like my stuff! i agree with what you said.i started off with a pencil sketches and it worked fine with the top 2/3 as you said .but the floor was a disaster to me. i didnt really know what to do when i started painting that. i guess next time i gotta do better sketch before i start.
i am really jealous to those people who can just paint straight on the computer without doing too much sketches. i wish i could do it one day.
btw, your latest stuff is awesome. seeing you pushing yourself motivate me a lot!

[ax--hv]

I was eager to see the evolution of your great speedpainting. You saved and improved everything that i liked in it... Popeye, these are fantastic paintings!

[watmough]

its intersting how color becomes a compositional device in these paintings,popeye.
very nice.

[Affected]

I'd like to see some more reflected light in both paintings. Also, the materials look very uniform, they're all pretty matte right now. Maybe some differences in shininess would be in order?