06-05-2014, 11:08 AM
Bottom left one is the one to develop imo out of these as it has more interest going from fore to back, though positions of the figure could be tweaked so it is not so centered. The pose is also a tiny bit better than the standing dead upright assassins creed looking figures in the others.. The top two are pretty much identical in terms of value and comp. and it looks like a showdown not a playful bath scene. The bottom right one is fine, but again a bit flat and lifeless as a comp.
All of these could provide an ok painting but I can kind of see where they are heading and I'm a little bit bored by them from a compositional and general image impact aspect. I'm going to challenge you this time to branch out further and really explore your idea more. What can you do to make this piece unique, that has something of you in it, that has a unique point of interest within the idea of nymphs bathing. The idea of large mushies and some bioluminescence combined with bathing nymphs conjures up a potential for so much cool stuff, but I can't see this in your thumbs at all because the comps are all so flat on, like a tourist brochure landscape photograph. If you get excited by your image, this will flow on to the excitement of the viewer. You mentioned you want to branch out more from enviros so perhaps you want to showcase the figures more and make them integral to the comp rather than an addon "manwithstick" (or nymph with buttocks) in the foreground type deal. Also why only the standard film format widescreen aspect? Maybe other canvas sizes and orientations would yield more interesting results?
I googled "nymph bathing" in images and came up with all sorts of interesting ref, that engaged me in the scenes, so maybe there could be some inspiration there. Sorry I know it's not your usual advice on thumbs, and it's but early in the process but I'm trying to call out from now on anything that looks like it is going through the motions without having something interesting to say within it. Its a bit of a crusade on my part in a sense, but I want you to really think of each piece as worthy of your full creativity and be less constrained to your idea of what a piece is be it enviro or figure, concept or illustration. I think this is when the great works come out.
Then again, ultimately you should do what you want each time regardless of what people say. :)
All of these could provide an ok painting but I can kind of see where they are heading and I'm a little bit bored by them from a compositional and general image impact aspect. I'm going to challenge you this time to branch out further and really explore your idea more. What can you do to make this piece unique, that has something of you in it, that has a unique point of interest within the idea of nymphs bathing. The idea of large mushies and some bioluminescence combined with bathing nymphs conjures up a potential for so much cool stuff, but I can't see this in your thumbs at all because the comps are all so flat on, like a tourist brochure landscape photograph. If you get excited by your image, this will flow on to the excitement of the viewer. You mentioned you want to branch out more from enviros so perhaps you want to showcase the figures more and make them integral to the comp rather than an addon "manwithstick" (or nymph with buttocks) in the foreground type deal. Also why only the standard film format widescreen aspect? Maybe other canvas sizes and orientations would yield more interesting results?
I googled "nymph bathing" in images and came up with all sorts of interesting ref, that engaged me in the scenes, so maybe there could be some inspiration there. Sorry I know it's not your usual advice on thumbs, and it's but early in the process but I'm trying to call out from now on anything that looks like it is going through the motions without having something interesting to say within it. Its a bit of a crusade on my part in a sense, but I want you to really think of each piece as worthy of your full creativity and be less constrained to your idea of what a piece is be it enviro or figure, concept or illustration. I think this is when the great works come out.
Then again, ultimately you should do what you want each time regardless of what people say. :)