Wagonband

[Catman25]

 

I think this was the longest time I've spent on one tag honestly, yet I wasn't entirely satisfied. I was browsing the old inspiration thread when this piece caught my attention. The atmosphere and stock manipulation is pretty unreal, which lead me to pursue such a piece that uses mainly layered stocks. Regardless, thanks for the votes, and congrats Night, you deserve this win.

 

 

[Yondaime]

God damn. If it wasn't for me liking smudge so much, you would have gotten my vote for sure.

Just about everything in this tag is lovely. I'm just so amazed I don't know what to say.

My one and only problem with this is it seems to have your signature "washed out look" Just in some parts though.

And don't get me wrong, this tag is so good right now as it is, but I feel it would have been so much better if it were more vibrant wasn't as bright near the top parts?

Yes I get the lighting but the lighting seems overdone. If it had some more contrast maybe I think it might be better.

Idk, I'm rambling.

Lovely tag and I congrats on second. Apparently more people are voting for you now that it ended. lol

Buuuuuuut anyways. Keep up the good work man. You keep getting better.

 

 

[Catman25]

Thanks man. Definitely trying to find that balance betweent washed out and sharp/hq/depthy. I'll continue to experiment and we'll see where it goes.

[chairman ali]

I was fascinated by the concept and surrealism. This reminded me of Dali's paintings. It has that feeling I'll give you that. So well done for creating such a feeling because it isn't easy.

 

However, you lacked on various points here. Perhaps because it is one of your first time doing manipulation.

 

Let us start off by talking about your light source. According to more of the elements, your light-source is on the right side. So everything that has the light shining on it should be lit (duh). Though it really depends on the intensity of the light. If the light is very intense then the shadows should be hard edged with no smooth transition. That's very understandable (I hope). You sci-fi planes are showing that so it is perfectly fine. But the shadow caster from the figure on the bottom left shows a different kind of light source. It shows that the light source it being casted from the middle of the tag. If that was your aim then the sci-fi planes need to be painted over with new lighting. And to me it is as if you were trying to cast the light from the middle rather than right because of the darkness on the small cliff the figure is situated upon. That is your only major mistake here; the lighting. Make sure your lighting always follows that light-source or your artwork will fall out of place.

 

Speaking of lighting, you seem to have added some phenomenon called "Coloured light interactions". This is where a coloured light is presented inside an artwork and causes some coloured highlights to exist. The blue on the bottom of the monument shows this. But you haven't highlighted the edges of those towers with blue. You HAVE to do it because it represents to trueness and realism of artificial light. I also don't understand the hard edged circle the monument is causing. If that is a light it would have to be brighter and softer in the edge. If it is an effect then it has to be spherical because the monument is a 3D object and 3D objects produce 3D effects.

 

The figure on the cliff seems a bit too big compared to the distance between the objects. Usually you want to measure the objects and divide the elements. The figure should be about 1/4 less than he already is. This is because the distance between the cliff and the towers are not huge. Unless the figure is a giant (which I doubt since his build doesn't represent it).

 

Finally, the details. The sky has some details but they're not flowing with the direction of the sky. They seem to be pasted there. Compare the sky to waves. Wherever waves go, the strokes of waters follow (even when waves crash). Make sure those yellowish lights follow the direction of the sky. Also, you need to add more shadows to the sky. It is always preferred to have the 3 tones. Shadows, midtones and highlights.

[Catman25]

The figure on the cliff seems a bit too big compared to the distance between the objects. Usually you want to measure the objects and divide the elements. The figure should be about 1/4 less than he already is. This is because the distance between the cliff and the towers are not huge. Unless the figure is a giant (which I doubt since his build doesn't represent it).

 

This is one of the things I was actually contemplating. I felt that to make an impact on the piece it'd have to be somewhat large, but I definitely see what you're saying.

 

Lighting, never my forte, I'll take what you've said into account. I never really put much thought into the directions and the sources, but I'll try to in the future.

 

Thank you for the detailed response. I honestly don't see any resemblance to Dali, but I know that's high praise.