08-31-2015, 07:59 PM
@Bookend: Thanks man! My intent for the "dust cloud" wasn't technically for it to be a cloud, although that is how it turned out, haha. The plan was just to bump down the contrast in the BG behind the character... but it definitely ended up looking like dust lol. I guess I should have spent more time preserving the details behind the char while just clamping the value range... instead of using Mr. Radial Gradient Tool and being lazy :)
You're 100% right about emphasizing that hip tilt more - the videos I've been following always say the same thing. I'll try to keep that in mind going forward!
@ZombieChinchilla: THANK YOU for the paintover! Paintovers are ALWAYS welcome. I've seen a bunch of Ctrl+paint stuff before, that guy is the bee's knees. Although I don't know if I've seen the ep you're thinking of... As for the painting vs. photobash thing, not that I know the first thing about photobashing (this was my first one), but in theory the principles should be the same between painting and photo stuff. So no worries there. I definitely agree that the FG/MG/BG separation is lacking. Your suggestions are on point, especially the extra FG tree and bumping up the atmospheric perspective on the mountains. Definitely helps push things forward/back more! I don't know if I will go back to this piece at the moment but if I do later, I will incorporate your suggestions! And please feel free to throw down paintovers at any time :)
I think I kind of just screwed up the BG by making it with the character not in the frame and then trying to insert him... The left tree is sized such that the char can't really be that big in the frame without the scale of that tree looking broken... so lesson learned, if I do a BG after the fact, plan it carefully around the character :P
Anyhow, today's study was head unit measurement... next up is that neat-o cranial unit measurement which I think I will like more. But, figured I might as well take a look at this system, too.
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You're 100% right about emphasizing that hip tilt more - the videos I've been following always say the same thing. I'll try to keep that in mind going forward!
@ZombieChinchilla: THANK YOU for the paintover! Paintovers are ALWAYS welcome. I've seen a bunch of Ctrl+paint stuff before, that guy is the bee's knees. Although I don't know if I've seen the ep you're thinking of... As for the painting vs. photobash thing, not that I know the first thing about photobashing (this was my first one), but in theory the principles should be the same between painting and photo stuff. So no worries there. I definitely agree that the FG/MG/BG separation is lacking. Your suggestions are on point, especially the extra FG tree and bumping up the atmospheric perspective on the mountains. Definitely helps push things forward/back more! I don't know if I will go back to this piece at the moment but if I do later, I will incorporate your suggestions! And please feel free to throw down paintovers at any time :)
I think I kind of just screwed up the BG by making it with the character not in the frame and then trying to insert him... The left tree is sized such that the char can't really be that big in the frame without the scale of that tree looking broken... so lesson learned, if I do a BG after the fact, plan it carefully around the character :P
Anyhow, today's study was head unit measurement... next up is that neat-o cranial unit measurement which I think I will like more. But, figured I might as well take a look at this system, too.
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