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Published: 2009-09-06 18:53:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 2194; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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Sometimes you just head down the wrong tunnel ...Made for a contest on GIMPtalk.
MyPaint + GIMP in about equal quantities.
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Griatch
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This is an excellent, classic example of a D&D scenario. I think that having the adventurers run away adds a nice comedic element and uniqueness; most pictures of this type would show an heroic stand against great odds.
I particularly like the walls of the tunnel. I have no trouble believing that they were chewed out by that horrible mouth at the end of the tunnel. Similarly, I think the lighting looks very good (for the most part - see below), and I can believe that it's a dark subterranean lair, lit only by a pair of torches.
Perspective on the tunnel and beast looks very good, too. I think this in where things break down a bit with the characters, however. The woman, and the man on the far right of the image, seem to be running into the walls. The woman seems closer to being on a 1-point line, but if she is supposed to be running forward, the perspective and foreshortening of her feet has to be fixed.
The lighting trouble I mentioned above is with the wizard. Base on the position of their feet, it looks like the wizard is a bit in front of his companions, but he looks like he is lit from the side, possibly the side&slightly in front. The way the cape is drawn, it would be throwing most of his body into shadow from any light source in the rear.
His clothes and his carriage are somewhat at odds, as well. I think that if he were running flat out (a sensible thing to be doing) his cape would be floating more, and his hat would probably either be pushed back on his head by the passage of the wind, or the brim would be pushed down. As it stands now, his body language and the fact that he's holding on his hat both say "running for it," but the careful arrangement of his clothing is just too fussy to support it.
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i kow waht the wizard is thinking
"NOPE NOPE NOPE NOEPNOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOEPN"
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Heh, indeed!
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Griatch
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Surely an amazing piece, Griatch! Hehe, I envy your skill level with gimp, still wishing that I'll reach yours. Beyond doubt that you have a secret or two using the program with ease 
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Lol, thanks! Don't think I have any secrets beyond having used it for a while though. 
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Griatch
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I have to wonder why I never just searched MyPaint on DA before to find the rest of your pieces. They're brilliant.
"Are you sure this is the right tunnel."
"Yes I'm sure."
"Well, because I mean it just looks..."
"Yes I am bloody sure... this is the wrong tunnel!"
And then they ran.
The scenario gives me giggles.
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Hehe, nice dialogue there. 
Glad you like my work! MyPaint is a good little piece of software indeed, and the next release (sometime nov-dec) will be a vast improvement.
Thanks a lot for the fave and watch!
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Griatch
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Iv been wondering how your workflow works with gimp and Mypaint ?
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Thanks!
Was there anything in particular you were wondering about the workflow? Otherwise my MyPaint+GIMP workflow is pretty much described in my tutorial on this, found here:
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Griatch
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ha I see Its half half , I though you transition alot more like mypaint to gimp then gimp to paint then on and on
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As mentioned above the two characters on the sides seem to be running into the walls, but other than that this is a really fun piece. I really like the colors used on the background, both on the walls and the mouth and teeth of whatever is threatening them, lol. It makes it dark without being dark, or maybe the other way around, which makes no sense...but either way, it looks good 
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THanks for the comment; I have been meaning to fix the running directions of the two on the sides, but it turns out to be a quite complex problem to fix so I've not have time to sit down with it so far.
It's really a bad choice of adventuring, indeed ...
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Griatch
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Cool, thanks. I put a lot of work into the mood and colouring here, so glad you appreciate it.
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Griatch
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Cool, thanks! I'm glad you like it and thanks for the fave!
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Griatch
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Thats wicked! Fantastic work on the colors and lighting!
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Thanks! Plenty of work went into the colours and lighting so I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for the fave too!
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Griatch
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Gah, I hate it when I'm playing Final Fantasy and I randomly encounter some worm type monster in a cave.
Great piece!
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Yes, random worm encounters seem to happen now and then in various rpgs; usually they are of smaller stature though (unless the game / gamemaster is evil).
Thanks for the comment!
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Griatch
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Griatch, I havent seen a single thing from you when I HAVENT dropped my jaw.
Amazing work.
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Wow, that's high praise! Thanks a lot!
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Griatch
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I love the humor of this piece!
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Glad you like it.
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Griatch
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This is awesome! It looks just like you painted it on canvas and took a photo.
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Thanks, that's good to hear.
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Griatch
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Reminds me of that one thing off of Star Wars when they land inside the giant worm
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Lol, yes it does resemble the concept of the Caysh in Star wars a bit. Thanks for the comment!
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Griatch
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Thanks! And thanks a lot for the fave too!
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Griatch
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