12-15-2013, 08:01 AM
man, every time I drop by here it feels like ages because you upload so much in between visits lol.
That cracking ice piece looks really promising too dude, I kinda laughed because I'm guessing you ran out of stream with it and got bored so all the motivation vanished with it, which is exactly what I do all the time haha.
I tweaked a couple of bits, took about 15 mins, just to help you out. I first went on image>adjustments>brightness/contrast and upped the contrast a tiny bit and darkened it slightly, so that the brighter values could be used to pop the focal point (middle dude). Then I took one of those feet out because it made a weird tangent and move the far dude across a bit to make more depth. I also blurred that foot in the foreround some more. Finally with an overlay layer I ran a bright orange over the two figures on the head shoulder area, one to help the comp and two for some juicy orange/blue contrast. Plus over the top cracking under the feet probably doesn't make much sense but it sells the narrative some more.
It's a really sweet piece man, I hope this helps you In some way man.
![[Image: jakepaintover_zpsdae7ca5f.jpg]](http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc376/logisticpuppet/jakepaintover_zpsdae7ca5f.jpg)
This new piece is looking good too. There's only a couple of things which jump out at me at first glace. The dudes face with the sword looks mildly interested if not a bit bored to be there, the other dude's face on the other hand is showing great character and story.
Second thing is that guys sword. The way the foreground guy is positioned against the sword guy is giving the impression of them being at an angle which points towards us, yet the guys hand and sword seem to be pointing away from us, if that makes sense? Perhaps just try make the sword bigger as it gets closer to us and that might help, kind of like the rope in your previous piece at the top of the canvas.
Always awesome seeing your updates man, I love seeing your stuff evolve.
That cracking ice piece looks really promising too dude, I kinda laughed because I'm guessing you ran out of stream with it and got bored so all the motivation vanished with it, which is exactly what I do all the time haha.
I tweaked a couple of bits, took about 15 mins, just to help you out. I first went on image>adjustments>brightness/contrast and upped the contrast a tiny bit and darkened it slightly, so that the brighter values could be used to pop the focal point (middle dude). Then I took one of those feet out because it made a weird tangent and move the far dude across a bit to make more depth. I also blurred that foot in the foreround some more. Finally with an overlay layer I ran a bright orange over the two figures on the head shoulder area, one to help the comp and two for some juicy orange/blue contrast. Plus over the top cracking under the feet probably doesn't make much sense but it sells the narrative some more.
It's a really sweet piece man, I hope this helps you In some way man.
![[Image: jakepaintover_zpsdae7ca5f.jpg]](http://s1208.photobucket.com/user/logisticpuppet/media/jakepaintover_zpsdae7ca5f.jpg.html)
This new piece is looking good too. There's only a couple of things which jump out at me at first glace. The dudes face with the sword looks mildly interested if not a bit bored to be there, the other dude's face on the other hand is showing great character and story.
Second thing is that guys sword. The way the foreground guy is positioned against the sword guy is giving the impression of them being at an angle which points towards us, yet the guys hand and sword seem to be pointing away from us, if that makes sense? Perhaps just try make the sword bigger as it gets closer to us and that might help, kind of like the rope in your previous piece at the top of the canvas.
Always awesome seeing your updates man, I love seeing your stuff evolve.