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Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: Belark on March 18, 2006, 09:27:49 pm

Title: My first attempt in an unofficial Fan Art contest[Preparing]
Post by: Belark on March 18, 2006, 09:27:49 pm

Here\'s the original pic:
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/Belark/KranWatchtower2.jpg)
Got feedback so here\'s the \"fixed\" version. I didn\'t do anything to it, just darken the lines by multiplying the layers.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/Belark/kranwatchtower.jpg)

These two are feedback-tanks for the \"Unofficial Fanart thread #2\". I\'ve chosen to try out my luck and see if this really works hehe. Have fun with the pictures^^

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Post by: Gentar on March 18, 2006, 10:04:21 pm

Pretty nice concept, You obviously need to clean up all the excess splotches and marks around the actual image which can easily be done with Photoshop.  Also if you like, try adding some texture to the top section of your piece if you werent up to that already.

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Post by: Baldur on March 19, 2006, 12:46:47 am

As shadows aren\'t my favorite object i was a bit unenthusisastic to doing this, but i\'ll try. Got no scanner so will have to wait until school opens.

Thanks for the texturing tips and i\'ll make my besst to keep the paper clean.

edit: [It\'s Belark, lol.]

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Post by: ArcaneFalcon on March 19, 2006, 01:34:47 am

If you don\'t have access to photoshop (it isn\'t cheap) you can do the same things in GIMP (which is free).  I have more to say, but I can\'t (I think Gentar hit the obvious stuff). :P

:emerald:

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Post by: Baldur on March 19, 2006, 01:40:55 am

Cleaned it. Gonna add some shadow to the upper parts and more less random shadows to the tower hehe.
Got some other sketches later but they\'re for another day. The challenge has really taken the best outta me so far.:)

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Post by: Baldur on March 19, 2006, 02:13:49 pm

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/Belark/ImprovedKranWatchtowercopycopy2.jpg)

Removed the shadows on the wall for a bit more detailed view, removed the most of the scrubs and added the shadow  to the top.

Forced me to stay up all night so i had to go to 5\'ish and retake the work early in the morning^^

Think this is better as for a black/white picture. Blurred shadows don\'t really fit unless they\'re really small, like under those stones at the walls steps.

Hehe, so here it is. Don\'t fry it too much:D

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Post by: Rolf Blacksmith on March 19, 2006, 02:52:16 pm

@ Baldur:

I don\'t know if I\'m the only one, but I don\'t really get the perspective of the top of the tower. Although the are some shadows it still looks rather flat.

But commenting is always easy ...

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Post by: Baldur on March 19, 2006, 03:39:19 pm

You\'re right, Rolf. I have great trouble with the perspective and the shadows. I still have alot to learn. I feel i\'ll never be finished with this:P

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Post by: Baldur on March 19, 2006, 03:42:37 pm

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/Belark/ImprovedKranWatchtowercopycopycopy.jpg)

made the lines to the \"iron arms\" to make them stand out more, i think that one was one of the problems others i do not know.

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Post by: Rolf Blacksmith on March 19, 2006, 04:30:42 pm

Hmm, I think the \"net\" at the top could need some finish, so the edges of the holes line up with the reinforcements running down, so they don\'t look so randomly put into the hull. And the reinforcements themselves look somewhat like paper stuck into the walls, I think they should have some more dges running down.

However, just my opinion ...

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Post by: Baldur on March 19, 2006, 05:56:16 pm

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/Belark/ImprovedKranWatchtowercopycopycopyc.jpg)

Lol, oh well. Got sick of this. There\'s too much with Photoshop as i could find no scanner. All the improvements you\'ve seen are made in Photoshop. I could\'ve made them better imo but as i\'ve gone so far in PS i\'ve decided to add this as the last and let you feedback on the last. This is the rough picture of my idea.

I\'m going to send pics and sketches as soon as I find something better to do. I am atm sketching on a Kran Armorpiece.

Take this pic^ as my final addition to the contest.

*Edit* Thanks to Falcon, Rolf and Gentus for helping me out with the tweaking;)

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Post by: Rolf Blacksmith on March 19, 2006, 07:23:46 pm

Sometimes less is more ...

Looks good!