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[Amit Dutta]

John has some nice stuff- how do you think his style could be applied though? ie, what aspect of his work do you thnk would work well with this?
cheers ;)

Oh I just meant, sparse wintery trees, big empty looking manor houses, great use of atmospheric perspective and depth, limited palette etc etc the question should be what couldn't be applied! :)

You've changed up your value system with this update from what the thumbs were suggesting so I think there are a couple of things to keep in mind. One thing that can trip you up is to think that because something is at night and in the dark, that everything needs to be dark including the sky. The dark to bright value rule for depth still holds so before rendering, adjust your values so you get the read...right now everythign is pretty dark. Full moons light up the entire landscape quite a lot. But rather than a paintover check out Mr Grimshaw in action for moonlit scenes.








Also think about implementing some of the other suggestions I made about overlapping elements. Put stuff in front of the manor, branches, walls etc....this adds depth and interest. I'm not sure what the deal is with the spot light, but it will draw a lot of focus so make sure it doesn't detract from your comp.

Lastly this isn't directly relevant but the next is my favourite image of his showing atmospheric perspective and overlapping elements to really drive depth into the piece. Look how simple that building is!


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