12-09-2013, 02:25 PM
(12-07-2013, 08:44 PM)Ward217 Wrote: Hey guys, long time no post so i thought I'd whack this on.
Would love any advice on how to make this scene have a bit more impact, i may add some fog around the bottome of the mountain.
The concept is a fortress built into a mountain, which is connected to the structure on the right (not 100% what its doing there apart from being a nice perspective marker! ideas?).
Sorry this is vague, its one of those late night doodles that evolved, so no pre planning etc, i just liked the pallette and winged it.
I want to give it a moody, epic feel to it, almost a cinematic feel.
Its pretty much only rouged out at this stage, hence why the ground is so messy and nothing is clearly defined.
Anyway, any help would be awesome, love y'all.
If you want impact, try changing the whole perspective of the composition. Right now it is very horizontal in a lot of ways, and that gives a calm, stable, tranquil feeling to the piece, especially when the stuff portrayed in there are also calm, stable stuff - plants, buildings. The point of view is also very sturdily low on the ground. Try have more diagonal lines, or a strange viewing angle, or have the image open up to a vista, or have a cloud-scape that's dynamic (brilliant color, storm-approaching, bad weather in general).