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Published: 2017-05-14 03:08:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1094; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 3
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Almost forgot to upload this! Finished this a while ago...This is a new method I as trying out, scanning pencil drawings and using that as line art. I really love the result! (especially since I can skip the line art stage!) Has a textured, tactile feel. This is the style i was thinking of doing my graphic novel in. (potentially) I'm reasonably happy with the background! First time ever lol! Might need some refinement but I've decided that it's done. XD Can't mess with it anymore. Very loose but I still like it.About the creatures, I don't have names for them. All were designed in math class (what else is math class for?) I am especially happy with my herbivore. The legs were a pain to figure out. XD I took inspirations from horses, antelope, dinosaurs and fish. Coloration is based on the giant gland. They form small herds with a head stallion and his harem. This here is a juvenile male who is (was) searching for a heard of his own, sadly he wasn't able to join a bachelor herd before these predators found him.
The two predators are based on rattlesnakes, collared lizard, dinosaurs, wolves, some big cat and sharks. They are normally pretty solitary but during their mating season males and females bond for a short period of time to mate. Here, this female has chosen this brightly colored male and they are hunting together. Once the female lays her eggs the male will depart and look for a new mate or return to his territory.
Critique welcome! I'll do more with these creatures soon.
Name suggestions welcomeProducts relating to this piece can be found here: www.redbubble.com/people/denec…
(c) Denece the sylcoe
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To start, the composition on this piece is wonderful, the leg on the "long creature" helps the image feel full. However. centering all your subjects can be a little bland, In the sense that your eye isn't guided throughout the image. The issue here mainly is your three creatures guide the viewer toward a point between them, rather than one of the subjects. Although Im guilty of this too, and the arrangement of the characters in the composition is superb. Moving onto the technique, I think all the textures are insanely well done, and I agree the use of a sketch beforehand gives a certain rawness to the image. However I would work on some of your shadows, all the lighting is directed from a single source.. which looks great. However given the double blockade on the shadow beneath the creature furthest to the left.. It should be noticeably darker then the other two. The background in general is great! I really love the clouds and honestly cant stop looking at them, I dont have any criticism for it lol. I'm assuming you are going for a more stylistic less developed background.. I think it looks awesome. On the subject of the anatomy of these characters, the two on the right look good, (great in fact) but the one on the left looks a little off, It may be the orientation of the legs or the head bend but I can not solidify what portion is off. The rest of it looks just as good as the rest. For the top character... The blue-yellow piece appears to have sun shining directly on it... but the one in the foreground looks like the sun is directly above, just make sure you focus on maintaining one light source e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Hey thanks so much for your insight! I agree with all your points! (that left hand creature was a real pain lol. XD ) I agree I could not get her to look "right", proportions are potbelly off.
I realized the center thing once I was half way through...I will definitely remember to be more careful with the composition. I'll also be more careful with the lighting, I see that now. Thanks for pointing that out! 
Thanks so much! 
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Glad to help
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Beautiful
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Lovely work... at first glance I could have sworn this was another of your traditional pieces but to see it's a digital piece... nice work there! The whole piece feels really natural and the creature designs work nicely too. While I do like the herbivore, I adore the carnivore designs. As for a name for the carnivores, how about carcharocerasaurs, given they are sort of shark-faced and lizardlike? Though I can understand if you don't want to use that name because it does sound quite close to carcharodontosaurs 
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Thanks so much! 
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That works too 
Really random question: got any digital painting tips? As I'm sure you've noticed given your comments on my recent works (thanks for them btw!) I've moved into proper digital painting so was wondering if you had any tips
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lol I like those names! Thanks for your ideas?
Sorry for the later reply, I was contemplating your question. What kind of tips, or for what specifically? The biggest tip is to study the fundamentals of light, color and value. Never use black as a shadow color, study reflected light and how it affects the shadow color. Study color relatiobaips and how they change. Make sure you know how to create perspective. Know color theory. Study value relationships. Have fun with layer modes, expirement with brushes. Oh, never forget that brushes and tools don't make works great. I see a lot of artists begging more advanced artists for their brushes or tool settings and those don't mean anything. It's all skill. With that said brushes are fun to try and and expirement with, and it's a lot fo fun playing with them and getting fun textures. Try out different artists tool setting and see if you like what they are doing. Practice traditionally with real paint, nothing better to help your understanding of color mixing. Label your layers and keep them straight! Merge layers often, use color adjustment layers. Study anatomy no matter what. Get a tablet. Relax, have fun, it takes time to get used to.
If you want anything more specific just ask. 
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That's alright, an earlier reply wouldn't have mattered anyway since I was in bed
Labelling layers... very much yes. I even go as far as having layer folders for different elements of a painting because I'm often working with many layers and it's just easier, say if I want to hide a creature to work on the background. Still doesn't stop me from sometimes painting (or trying to - locking and semi-locking layers is also pretty useful) on the wrong layer...
Sorry for the long reply... whoops wasn't supposed to be that long ha ha
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Thanks so much!
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