11-08-2020, 12:48 AM
darktiste: Excellent point regarding the wings, I reworked them significantly and hope they're much better now! Great suggestions with the bruise and the cuts on the male figure, I implement your feedback as well as your suggestion on the color palette, thank you!
JosephCow: Thank you! The myth states that she turns into a bird while approaching her husband's body, in which he turns into a bird as well... so this illustrations depicts those moments approaching their interaction, hence why she has wings. I'm happy with the pose so I hope it isn't too distracting. Excellent input regarding the attire of Alcyone, I reworked her clothes significantly and am very satisficed with how they turned out. As for the environment, I just wanted an excuse to paint some rocks and Greek architecture :) Thanks again for your input!
JyonnyNovice: My pleasure! A single image takes me quite come time to complete, especially a more fleshed out image like this as opposed to a more simple portrait. I'd say anywhere from 16-40 hours for a complex image, portraits I'm able to do much faster, maybe 7-12 hours depending on their complexity. In general I'd say I work quite fast as I draw and paint full time for my job, so I'm very lucky in that regard!! Interesting note about the facial features, never really noticed that so that was quite surprising. I'll try to be more conscious of it as I don't want to lose the intensity of the expression during the painting process!
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I managed to find some free time this week, so I painted the image to the best of my ability. I reworked the clothing and the wings of the figure, I think it's a solid improvement. Other than that, I'm pretty much ready to call this finished unless there's some really big problems with the image, so please feel free to offer any critiques or advice. Below is the final image followed by some steps of the process, I hope you find it useful!
JosephCow: Thank you! The myth states that she turns into a bird while approaching her husband's body, in which he turns into a bird as well... so this illustrations depicts those moments approaching their interaction, hence why she has wings. I'm happy with the pose so I hope it isn't too distracting. Excellent input regarding the attire of Alcyone, I reworked her clothes significantly and am very satisficed with how they turned out. As for the environment, I just wanted an excuse to paint some rocks and Greek architecture :) Thanks again for your input!
JyonnyNovice: My pleasure! A single image takes me quite come time to complete, especially a more fleshed out image like this as opposed to a more simple portrait. I'd say anywhere from 16-40 hours for a complex image, portraits I'm able to do much faster, maybe 7-12 hours depending on their complexity. In general I'd say I work quite fast as I draw and paint full time for my job, so I'm very lucky in that regard!! Interesting note about the facial features, never really noticed that so that was quite surprising. I'll try to be more conscious of it as I don't want to lose the intensity of the expression during the painting process!
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I managed to find some free time this week, so I painted the image to the best of my ability. I reworked the clothing and the wings of the figure, I think it's a solid improvement. Other than that, I'm pretty much ready to call this finished unless there's some really big problems with the image, so please feel free to offer any critiques or advice. Below is the final image followed by some steps of the process, I hope you find it useful!