[Loki]

Well - clearly inspired by 'Jabba's Palace' from 'Return of the Jedi'. I'm not really happy with it - those same goddamn sunset colors again - I've got to see a therapist.
Took me a couple of hours to do, while I was rendering at work.
No reference was used (obviously - otherwise it'd look a lot better )

Oh - minor webpage update - please check it out! http://www.vigilante.net/~loki

So enjoy and let me know

I'm off to SIGGRAPH tomorrow - anyone wanting to meet up?????????

Love - Loki



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[SushiMaster]

Heh I wish my pics looked that good even with references :-P

I think it's nice. :-)

Daniel

[Kyri]

The detail is gobsmacking and it has an incredible mood. Awesome as usual Loki.

[Isric]

wow, I love this image. What kind of training have you revieved?

[Binke]

fcking wicked stuff as usual Loki!!!
Ahhhhhh I wish I knew how to paint rocks/cliffs like that. Ah well, i guess I have to study more mountains and cliffs.
Whats the original res?

I wish I could goto Siggraph, but then I would have to take a airplane to the US heh.


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[Cos]

fkk me thats amazing Loki.. Did you do it for anything or was it a lunch break image? ;p

Cos

[Loki]

Thank you so much guys & gals. That'll be the last sunset image - I (kinda) promise.

Cos: more or less lunch break image - if felt like painting another 'castle on rockledge in the sunset' image. I painted it while working in 3D, doing some testrenders. There's always a lot of waiting involved - changing render value, render, wait, look at image, scratch head, change value again, render, wait again, etc.

Binke: 1200x800 or something like that - check my page, there's more info on that image. Glad you like it. How's your stuff going?

Isric: Thank you. I've only got a little bit of traditional education. I never went to art-college. I pretty much tought myself - 90% digital though.

And that lack of traditional education kicks my ass right now. I wish I could've gone to something like the 'Art Center' - but there's nothing like that in Austria and now there's no time anymore (and it's expensive!!!).
But I've started painting in water colors on the weekends. And I love it - great training and helps a lot.

Kyri: muchos!

[Farwalker]

Great to see your awesome art work here on the board again Loki.

Great painting once again! Love the ancient mood.

Have a good time at SIGGRAPH!

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[AliasMoze]

Loki,
You're one of the first people to offer me advice on painting and one of the first people here I admired.

I really like your work. This image is great.

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[akh]

hot damn! great as usual.. hehe, nice to see you around here again. i love the cliffs and the temple just outta curiosity, what dont you like about the sunset... are the colors not warm enough for you or..?
but your imagination will never cease to amaze me. great stuff!

[Tinusch]

I like when you yell at people

[psi burn]

i love the image

you said you didnt like the sunset? you should add some rolling clouds or something, and put the sun's reflection cast on them, it would really improve it

i love the fading mountains in the background too

[waylon]

Ok, you've gotten too many compliments. Time for a critique. ;)

Actually, it's just a tiny one... The area right around the citadel looks a bit washed out. It might look better if you made the shadows to the left a little cooler (either darker, or a more saturated blue.) Obviously it's going to be closer to grey due to the distance and the dust, but... I just love the crispness and the contrast of the rest of the picture, I'd really like to see that carry over into the key feature of the image.

[Matt]

I wouldn't do that - I think you'd quickly see the pic become flat, as the citadel began to approximate the contrast level of the foreground. This would in turn necessitate doing something even more radical to bring the foreground back to where it belongs, and it's an endless circle...

[mantis]

sweeet. Very nicely done. What's siggraph? Is that a demo fest or soemhting?

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[General Confusion]

good stuff Loki,

Don't know if you have left yet for Siggraph, but I was just in New Orleans about a week ago on business, and let me tell you. It was hot as a son of a bitch. 110 degress in the shade, so for anybody going to Siggraph, dress warm, and don't have too much fun.

later

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[Frost]

Hmm, I'm a little late but, nice work. =)

I like the apparent blending of ambiant over far ranges, diminishing contrast from the foreground. Nice stuff.

[Binke]

Loki - Ah well atm, I'm trying to learn some 3D now heh, havent touched photoshop for two weeks, yikes, feels like im mental capacited now or something heh, except that I'm mostly doing interfaces for the project. (boring)
ill go check the page now..

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[Gordillo]

Amazing pic.Only a little suggestion, you can add some ambient fog to the far zone of the image(sorry for my english)

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[ceenda]

That is a fantastic pic Loki!

It could be the desert palace of Arrakeen in the book DUNE.

Did you do this entirely from memory or did you use any reference material?

The rocks remind me of pictures I've seen of the giant's causeway in Ireland.

[tanis]

Great pic as always Loki!
The sunset is looking good.. maybe some more reds here and there..

[Loki]

I'm back ... SIGGRAPH was hot and stressful - but New Orleans is always great.

ceenda: this is done entirely from memory. I should've looked at somke reference before I started it though ...

I think 99% of the suggestions you guys had are totally valid - I'll keeop 'em in mind for the next painting I'll do!

Til then - thanks, glad that you liked it,

Loki