I wasn't here last week, so I wasn't exactly sure how to do this whole thing. I watched the video on Blackboard but it didn't seem to be really helpful, so I kinda just went at it. I used 4 photos, and I drew on a couple more layers to add some atmosphere.
I think you figured it out pretty well! I love your creativity with adding the clouds near the bottom of the mountains. It makes it very surreal and almost like it's a mountain in the sky. Painting more would be helpful, but thats mostly what we went through in class so I understand that that was lacking a little bit. Blurring some parts would help with that too.
ReplyDeleteI like how the photo has a similar color scheme. one thing I would edit is the light source. Your photos have different light sources coming in from different times of the day, so choosing one for the painting as a whole would really bring the piece together. Also I think that if you gradually blurred out the background would really help too because right now it looks like the farthest mountains are on the same plane yet the left one is in focus and the right one isn't.
ReplyDeletei think you did a great job on this especially for not being in class for the demo. this really reminds me of the game Far Cry. you have found a way to add a bunch of elements into a large space without making it too busy. good job
ReplyDeleteThe colors of this scene look so bright and florescent in the best possible way! The one thing I'd tweak if you were going in with more painting is that some of the light sources don't quite match up and I think if they were shifted and adjusted, just a bit it would really bring the piece the together.
ReplyDeleteFor not being class last week I think you got a good handle on the assignment. The photos you used go together very well and you did a good job blending them together without creating "seams" or edges. I would suggest adjusting the colors and lighting in the different layers so that they match up nicer. Also, adding more textures and details with the brush would benefit it.
ReplyDeleteI think you've got a good handle on seamless masking between photographs as evident by the trees in the foreground. I'd love to see some brushwork in here just to really sell the whole thing as a digital painting.
ReplyDeleteGoing back into it with brushwork is really the way to go! Only thing I wanted to point out is the vertical clip in the water in the middle right of the composition. Blending that together would create nice subtle shift in shadow and unify that space.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a great start! You did an awesome job choosing some different photos that would help make a new scene, and then the second part would be to begin to paint into it, or warp some of the images a bit more if you wanted to add new foliage, or new alternate pieces. Overall I think you did a really nice job of making it feel seamless, The color is a bit vibrant (maybe it could be a bit less saturated?) but I think that the way you're incorporating the mist / cloud textures to make more of a story. I think it gives the new piece a lot more atmosphere. I know it's a natural transition in the water, but there is this contrasty vertical line that is in the piece that looks like a photo seam - I'm sure it's not, but it is the only place where such a stark shadow is cast across the water. Maybe you could adjust the color there to blend it a bit more smoothly so it doesn't call attention to itself?
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