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First started as a sketch from the last post. Clouds were inspired by 's clouds. I had posted steps at conceptart.org and recieved some good feedback. Still could be worked a lot more. I really need to study from life more to increase my understanding.Critique's encouraged
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NICE! btw, what is your conceptart account name? Im trying to find you on the forums
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pretty good stuff here, though you may wanna tone down the hue of the grass a bit as it goes further from us, since its pretty uniform all over. maybe put some blue down on it. you may also wanna play around with the luminosity of the buildings, since they kinda get lost with the mountains behind em. and tone down the sky just a tad, maybe have a some rays popping through em. i love the limited pallete. great composition and great use of value. always ask yourself, whats the lightest/darkest/farthest/nearest and from those extremes, just work around it. great stuff. would love to see more.
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I like it but it can be a little iffy on scale. we assume that the cluster of buildings are huge but really there isn't anything concrete to compare its size to since mountains come in so many sizes... does that make sense? lol. I like the cold desaturated color scheme, one of my favs, but its is kinda weird that you decide to add one red dot and its not really a focal point. the clouds are rockin though, I see why you picked floating metropolis as the next topic! heh heh jk. they've got a great sense of energy which is ironic to me. and the best thing about it is that even though there is another artist influence I see these as being your own. great job.
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reminds me a little of Chrono Trigger to be honest. I must say I like the structure of the city and the fact that it looks so futuristic as a contrast to the very natural looking landscape. Its as though its some sort of futuristic utopia in the clouds.
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What's your username over on CA?
Kinda' reminds me of something outta' Halo 1. Pretty cool.
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Its 'LeEsquisse'
Haven't been there in a while though.
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I guess I'll have to subscribe to your sketchbook, in case you randomly decide to upload something. Lol
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Cool, you could try switching brushes for both the eraser and paint brush, it could give you even more interesting lines.
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yo Dis Iz very very good n I dont usually get into like backgrounds n landscapes,but seeing dis made me realize I need 2. U nailed erthang 4rm da colors,2 da sky, da grass n all dat. I hope u upload mo pieces like dis,I could really learn 4rm em.
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I love the detail on the rock to the left, and the way you did the clouds. Very cool!
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Gorgeous =] I love the way the tip of the land just drops and all the dark detailing on the left. I'd leave it as it is now as regards for detailing, i like the effect it has. the only crit i have is that the cloud behind the plain doesn't tail of to the left nicely, i don't know why it just doesn't sit right to me lol
Gorgeous work though =]]
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this is pretty nice man, nice work on those clouds and the rock formation in the foreground is really nice.
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maybe its a personal taste, but i think you should put more yellows in the sky. good stuff though. alway a fan of your work.
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A very nice painting!
I like the mood and the idea of this painting focusing around cliffs.
Well, but what to say concerning critique...
Maybe the grass looks a little bit too pale and in the sky the dark spots to the right are not very clear. Is it the dark shape of a mountain covered in clouds... or just a darker spot?
But maybe that's the idea such a painting ^^
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i would say focus on edge control and more dynamic lighting . because your edges are the same , it loses depth. meaning , w/e your focus of your piece is , that should be really sharp and detailed , everything should be rather implied . lighting also helps emphasize your focal point of your environment as well . and I would probably try to push the atmospheric perspective . Repeating similar shapes also helps to give a good sense of scale as well . I know these things are you already are well aware of . its just applying them each time . your shit is tight none the less i always feel weird critiquing someone i have admired through my school years
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Thanks for the input! Sometimes I feel there are a lot of known unknowns because I dont keep up with doing bgs frequently. I'll definitely keep this in mind for the next.
Thanks!
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yeah im taking james paicks environment design class a the concept design academy , so i am pretty much just passing knowledge from him to you . so your getting a free class! lol . i hope all is well . take care!!
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I gotta say thanks for the great crit too! these things are always so easy to forget. I'm glad I got reminded of them.
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haha still weird critiquing people ive always looked up to , but yeah james paick class is kicking my ass , people own me in that class all day but i am learning a lot , if your in the area we have sketchroup at boarders in the district from 7to10 its really fun come join
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It looks really good. I really like the building that's coming out of the cliff in the top left. And I like the idea of a cliff city. Nice job
But as far as some critique for it, though, I'd just suggest that you round out the perspective of the clouds a bit to give the sky an "over-head" type of feel. It just seems like the sky is too flat against behind the scenery. I hope what I'm saying isn't too confusing
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