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Photoshop CS3+Wacom Intuos3
5040x3200px
Lots of layers
Lots of time
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UPDATE:
Lots of stuff: added more detail to pretty much everything, and made things look a bit more natural, for instance, the shadows on the water and the sky, which had previously been just a single gradient.
The original can be viewed here: [link]
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Oh God, it's done.
Not satisfied with the shading in the front or the level of detail, but I couldn't be more satisfied with the scenery in the background. I daresay that those are the best clouds that I've drawn so far, and probably the one aspect of this picture that I spent the most time on. Overall I don't like it much, and I'm in something of a rut right now. I'll probably try out another style in the next drawing; I don't think the painting-ish style that I tried for the background works too well with the style of characters that I like to draw, and my style in general. Also, the colors look off, somehow.
As usual, critique, comments, and all manner of pointing out my various mistakes is highly appreciated.
5040x3200px
Lots of layers
Lots of time
______________
UPDATE:
Lots of stuff: added more detail to pretty much everything, and made things look a bit more natural, for instance, the shadows on the water and the sky, which had previously been just a single gradient.
The original can be viewed here: [link]
![[link]](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee191/imdaruler2/An_Alchemist__s_Sunrise_by_aoi_hosh.png){kind=link}
____
Oh God, it's done.
Not satisfied with the shading in the front or the level of detail, but I couldn't be more satisfied with the scenery in the background. I daresay that those are the best clouds that I've drawn so far, and probably the one aspect of this picture that I spent the most time on. Overall I don't like it much, and I'm in something of a rut right now. I'll probably try out another style in the next drawing; I don't think the painting-ish style that I tried for the background works too well with the style of characters that I like to draw, and my style in general. Also, the colors look off, somehow.
As usual, critique, comments, and all manner of pointing out my various mistakes is highly appreciated.
Image size
970x588px 563.92 KB
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactAn attention-grabbing scene! I think, overall, this looks pretty good.
By painting the subject so small in relation to the atmosphere, you have generated a sublime effect (atmosphere overpowering the person) which is particularly relevant in the mood you were trying to create. I like how you have positioned the girl just a tad off center, to provide balance between the subject and the bright light on the right. Throughout the composition you have used curves, which tie in together very nicely (such as those around the subject & around the light). I think that's very clever.
What I would like to see though, is more of a contrast between the foreground & the background. currently it seems a little flat. If you had rendered the tones lighter in the background it would have been better... or even just draw something small & light in the background to indicate depth of field.