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niyya00 — The Magical Orb
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Published: 2016-07-04 20:01:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1571; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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Description
This piece is specifically created for the contest hosted by The Imaginarium .Contest Journal
GIRL:
Model - By Svp-Stock
ARMOR:
Torso - By FairieGoodMother
Chest Piece & Shoulder - By MuttStock
Chain Mail - By FairieGoodMother
Hand Piece - By Stock-Farmerownia
BACKGROUND:
Balcony - By Peace-Of-Art
Wall - By Free-Stock-By-Wayne
Destroyed Temple - By Free-Stock-By-Wayne
Birds - By Selunia
Fog is created using Photoshop Brush.
TEXTURES:
CgTextures - Wall Texture, Water Texture etc.
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Comments: 18
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I am Luna from Project Comment.
I do love the overall effect of the work itself and I love how the orb just kinda works. Makes me imagine many stories and magical orbs and epic quests etc etc etc. Very pretty.
Honestly I would have done the mist with more than just one tone. It does make it a bit one dimensional. Real mist has its mysterious air in the subtle depth. Personally I would have also made her back itself darker or presented a reason in the painting for the light reflecting on her back. Even the mist can be use to do that.
I feel as if most of the improvements could have been done using the mist. I don't know if you wanted the background to be that super blurry so personally I think making it sharper or using more mist in ways to kind of make it make sense would have helped, however that also would have only worked if you could make it so mist would be more than in your face but also have the depth of distance. Some up close, some far away. It is a quite beautiful piece, but those are how I would improve upon it in the style used.
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Thank you so much for letting me know how I can improve the background.
By the way, I just uploaded the background this time, only as a separate piece of artwork. I don't intend get a free feedback... but I would really love if you could just check out the work and if you like, you can leave a comment too
I tried making some improvements...
Here is the Link: The Abandoned Temple
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I can see well what you did and I like the improvements. I caught the little details as well, I think those give it a nice touch. More of an atmosphere and now the light on the warriors back makes more sense as well. I will go take a look at the standalone. I noticed it wasn't blurred on its own and so far as I have seen you used some nice textures for it. I think the choice to make it less grey itself made things pop a little more. The whole work is more eye catching and her vibrancy doesn't seem entirely unnatural against the backdrop, in general it just fits better together. I have to say, you took a beautiful work and made it even more beautiful and more so overall but still managed to keep the focus where I have no doubt you wanted to keep the focus.
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The Armor is put together well, and I like the orb and the lighting, I would like to say one thing on it and that is that it looks like two pictures put together, The background doesn't feel grounded with the foreground. I love what you are going for, it feels like an amazing piece is in there, and you are so close! I think if you pulled the background in a bit tighter, you will have such and awesome picture!
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Thank you so much for letting me know how I can further improve my work. I will take this point into note and will make sure to blend the background with the foreground better.
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Nice photomanip. It blends together very well, and the extra lighting makes it virtually seamless. It makes me want to put together some sort of story to tie into it.
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Thank you so much for appreciating my work.
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Hello, I'm from ProjectComment! (*drumroll*...)
This is an impressive composite work (different artists tend to have too different art styles for them to be joined together without too many flaws).
The gemstone in the character's hand has a much more detailed surface than what I'm used to seeing on gemstones in artworks. It is like it possesses a life all of its own.
The light shining does convincingly reflect off of the character's armour.
The armour itself is exquisitely detailed, and I like the layered metals and floral patterns on the armguard and shoulder pads in particular.
The character's face looks more intrigued and thoughtful rather than surprised by her find, and the light from the stone has left as convincing a shine on her face and hair as on the armour.
The nearest thing I can come to a negative comment on this is that the background is a slight bit dull and monotonous, but that can be useful for making the lady and the shining stone stand out all the more. It is unclear on where the character is standing: a floor, a bridge, some kind of balcony?
The signature is placed on a good spot where it doesn't distract the viewer too much from enjoying the image.
All in all, this is a nice pic with an adventure-y feel to it that I like.
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Thank you for appreciating my work. Every single critique I receive mean a lot to me as it allows me to see things that I have missed.
my idea here was to show a brave fighter /warrior who retrieves the magical orb from an abandoned temple/place.
Plus, I took a balcony portion as I believe it goes with the background and doesn't look so odd. This is to show that she is standing on a higher position safe from any danger and has successfully retrieved the orb.
last but not the least, I wanted the background to have less attention but also give a general idea of where the character is. But if the background seems monotonous then I will try to make it more vibrant & better next time.
thank you so much for the critique
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