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First in a series of characters based on the 4 elements; earth, wind, fire, and water. We are only allowed a limited palette of two colors. These are for my midterm in Drawing the Fantastic Figure with Chris Schenck.Fire
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PhotoshopCS3: 10-12 hours
Earth ElementalΒ©RJ Palmer
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YOU are a wizard!!! Amazing! I wish I had these skills! I have a concept I want drawn up but everyone is telling me more than I can afford. I have about $100 I can put towards it. I know it's pretty difficult and I understand people's hesitation but if you would be interested I would love to at least pitch what I'm envisioning to you. Thank you either way, this work is absolutely stunning!
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This is great!!! Is this for an online class or in college??
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I love the color scheme. It really captures the mysticism. Nice piece!
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wow, this (along with the other elemental characters) is truly amazing.
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What's that in his hand??
And man, is this beautiful. I absolutely love the lighting considering you're only using two colors. Beautiful work!
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Amazing work, such a pretty and detailed piece
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This is absolutely stunning.
I love the fact that you used an older individual, who looks weathered; but at the same time, that makes him appear so much wiser and firm in what he is. I don't wish to assume too much, but the references to the Native American people can not be mistaken for anything else in this picture. If I may ask, what was your inspiration for this picture? Also, I love the "earth" connection that he has, from the moss that grows on his antlers, to the grass and lichen growing on his shoulders to the roots that spread out from his feet. That seed that he's holding in his hands really does throw me back to the movie Ferngully (I don't know if you familiar with that movie) so in my head, its like he's trying to reclaim what has been lost.
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Really nice character, but I think you should look even older
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Nice! I think the limited palette really suits you.
...Of course I could be saying this only because that variant of blue-green is my favorite in the universe. <_<
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it's sounding like a fun class, thats the digital class you use the cintiqs right
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2 colors? Wow, well done choosing a setting that works perfectly for that.
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His left arm is a little awkward, but on the positive side of things diggin the two tone lighting schemes along with the design of the character as a whole. The whole pose works except for that left arm, the growth of flora is excellent. I like how its almost growing into his feet and climbing up his legs. Bear claw knee pads are a nice touch, good luck with your midterms. Keep up the good work.
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looks amazing. Love the lighting and details.
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To me, this is one of your best pieces in terms of color. I understand you enjoy using very saturated backlight colors, but with this limited palette, it is much more harmonized and makes sense in terms of the setting. The colors you used for the backlight are found elsewhere in the image.
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fantastic! he has so many little details, from the plants growing from his shoulders to the claws on his clothes! amazing job.
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This is simply incredible! The colors contrast so greatly, yet they tie the whole thing together with the detailed shading. You truly have a gift--- be proud of it! I can't even compare my work to this amazing piece!
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Holy crap dude that's badass!!! <3333 great job!!
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Wow incredible work.
The contrasts between the blues and the reds are just melting together and making a wonderful result. Congrats !
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Oh wow, this is BEAUTIFUL! I love the non-traditional colors for earth and how incredibly vivid it is. It really identifies as the earth element and is just so so beautiful. That color combination is to die for!
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