i would like some feed back on this before i go any further on it. i know that there are some problems with the composition behind the gunman. what do you guys think?
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- madmounty
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- I was born and raised in France. I came to Toronto to study animation. I am currently living in Vancouver where i work as a concept artist!
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I dunno about the composition behind the man, but I would move him more to the left (closer to the tail), and then the angle of the light would be more extreme. Maybe some more water behind the man? Rats running away maybe?
Hey Thomas...It's Jesus from Gord's party. How's it going? Your designs for compostions and creatures are really awesome. Where do you come up with them? It always looks well thought out and IS always rendered beautifully. Can't wait to see what you would create next. PEACE!
Geez Thomas! Hell of a way to star a morning. First of all, this is an amazing rendering. I mean wow! Anyway, here's my suggestion for the comp. Arch the monster's left arm so that it makes a broken circle following the curve of his tentacle, his torso and out his arm to his hand which should land somewhere in that problem left corner. This will add a drawing in element to that corner and the circle it creates will vignette the gunman. You may have to cheat the gunman down or right to avoid cutting off his head. Anyway, that's my theory on it.
No worries, man. Although, I don't think I could give you more info than that. You kept calling me Jesus, for some reason, probably due to the Moosehead Beers around the pool. Ha ha ...anyway that's cool.
AWESOME and DRAMATIC!
i would add more detail to the gunman. its looking good, maybe crop it a bit to make it seem more claustrophobic. i dunno. looks good
Hello Thomas. Looks great. I commented on your photoshop paintings below which are super and would make exellent production bgs, a visual product that is somewhat different than a stand alone painting or illustration. But if you want a bit more...I can't imagine you had problems in bg painting when you were at school unless you were having difficulties manipulating gouache, which is a lovely medium but very tricky to get the hang of sometimes, especially in a course that only gives you a bit over a week of working time in class. (56hrs?) Nobody's fault there, that's just the way it is with taking a course, any course. Of course. What can you do in a week, or two if you double that with with home-work? A limited amount. As an instructor I was always amazed at how much students could actually accomplish, and how well they could get the hang of using finicky gouache. Probably a reflection of the talent that is around and that Max could work with with their exellent and very comprehensive program. So, if you did have struggles, and you were working with opaque watercolour, I have no doubt that it was just that you had some issues with the medium, as it appears you paint very well. Perhaps your learning curve for taking to the gouache is a little longer than some others; everyone is different; given time I am confident you would master it. Keep in mind, though, that most, heck, almost all work for film virtually, is now digital, so, although working with the traditional media would have been very useful at the time you'd do better to concentrate on working in the photoshop. Your work with it is super, and has a painterly feel, something that is difficult to get digitally for a lot of people, including me, who came to paint through the computer interface late in my working life.
Best, have a good break and regards to Maxine, Tina, Ed, Rudi etc. at the school. C.
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