[Blitz]

That would be "Illustrations" I missed the "T" key hehe
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Ok..These are two pics that are going to be in the childrens story that I am illustrating for my senior Project.

The First is the Dragons Cave:
This is not compleatly finished, I am still working on the waterfalls and the background. Any tips on doing waterfalls would be a great help. Mine are in the begginging stages though...lots of fixing up needed I think.


This one is the Trail Out Of The Forest:
This one is close to being done. There is still some stuff like lighting and the leafs on the tree to work on but I am about to call it good. Any good methods for the leafs would be nice, the ones on it right now are temp. Gata hurry though, Time constraints.


Tell me what you think

Blitz

[This message has been edited by Blitz (edited March 10, 2001).]

[nova]

Hey guy

nice stuff.. i like the cave the best. that waterfall.. the third big one down, also he brightest looks good. I think partially because it almost looks like it's giving off vapor a little. Try that with the rest of them, i think you should try to create a feeling.. like what kind of environment is it? Are the waterfalls rushing or just kinda flowing? Maybe some splashies around where the water hits the rocks would help.

The forest path, see.. i think has more of an environmental feeling to it.. the sun shining instantly gives it a mood. i really like it




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[Seeg]

What program are you using. i might be able to make some suggestions about your leaves. I agree with you that they need some help.

[Blitz]

Photoshop...5.5 if it makes a difference

Yes they need some help

[Wiked Ewok]

Hey, coolies, I saw these before. Very Nice. Hrmm does it help if I said the leaves needed work? hehe, maybe some dash of different colors to liven the mood? The waterfalls indeed look neat! Great Job again!

Of topic:
When I saw the this topic(children's books), I was waiting for something like watercolored sketchy line art. Recently, I had to draw 3 kids in that fashion for a company. Took me about 30x3 pics to finally get them approved..but that was only because the print deadline was the same day...gahh. I think the worse thing to be forced to do is create something totally out of your style..yea, this has nothing to do with the beauty of your pictures

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[Flinthawk]

Hey Blitz, updating the Dragon Cave illo I see. It's coming along well. I decided to illustrate what I think would help the water/waterfalls a bit. Basically add a bit more mist as Nova said and for the pools of water make sure to add some high contrast in there to give the indication that it's water and hence reflective. I was also experimenting with making the rocks appear wet in those surrounding areas but didn't quite get the effect I was looking for...may be a rather unnecessary detail for this type of image.



Also, on the trees, from the distance we're viewing them at you won't want to draw in individual leaves so do your best to block in colors and add indications here and there of leaves...a lot like you'd do hair. I find that doing hair much like the way Enayla describes is the same way you'd paint any mass that has many fine details in it but is being viewed from a distance. You may or may not have seen this image I did when I first joined the forum but it was a first attempt at doing trees and you'll see that most of it is just broad stokes that are then gone over with smaller highlights to indicate simple forms and to give the sense that there's more detail there if you moved closer. The key to painting scenery seems to be simplification so as not to get caught up in details but to get the message across quickly and clearly.



Hope that helps any

-Flinthawk

[Blitz]

Updait to the dragon Cave

[Visionary]

Oh yeah, that looks a lot better bud.
I remember watching you color this

-Visionary

[Blitz]

Im glad you like it Vis.
I havent seen you that much at school, or for that matter I havent seen much of your art in a while.

Well Ill keep yas posted on how it is comeing

[Rag]

Hey Blitz
I love the cave image the best. One thing though, and please correct me if I'm wrong. Wouldn't the water take the path of least resistance and instead of traveling horizontally first, automatically travel vertically. here is what I mean, sorry to scribble on your work but couldn't explain it better in words.

It seems the water would travel around those rocks first and then if there were enough force behind the falls, it would travel horiz. behind the other rocks. I maybe wrong, I sometimes am. :P