movie moods_update4

[lewiston]

hi everybody -
these are some guick moods I'm doing for a movie project. There are 32 more to come so I'll update this thread as the others come along.
Thanks for feedback...

EDIT:
will keep updating this first post - to have the pieces in a row...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/3589806/te3.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/3589806/te2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/3589806/te1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/3589806/te4.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/3589806/te5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/lewiston/te6.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/3589806/te7.jpg

[DanielC]

Nice work, the second one got most of my attention though.
Can't wait to see the rest !

[Justin.]

I like the 3rd the best actually! =)

[Cloister]

I'll see it!

[Donovan V]

These are really great. I'm interested in how long they took?

[trevor]

these are great dramtic realistic lighting with gestural strokes
i love em
i would love to see a little more detail on rthe man in the snow scene
its a little tough to tell whats going on
but minor nitpicking hahaha
show us more!

[Randis]

They look great. I would go for more color variations an you use a similar palette for all 3.
I would mix in some more blue values in the shadow arias.

In pic 2 i miss some elements like some blood drops on the snow and more snow flakes sticking to the victims clots. Usually people fall with some impact and snow is soft so it might spray and stick on the cloths. The guy with the dagger seems to be in motion but the victim seems to lie there longer already judging by the blood puddle. Also i think the snow would soak the blood in a different way, usually if u pee in the snow or stab someone the warm fluid instantly melts and collapses the snow, it sinks and the surounding snow will remain soaked with a brighter color as the fluid will mix with the water bla bla the guys feet looks a bit off too.
in the first image i really like the lighting and the characters, just the crest the old man is holding in his left hand looks very heavy. I like the small particles illuminated by the light. i think some of those would look great on the last image. like some dust in the air or something.
maybe some more contrast too.

cheers
Andre

[lewiston]

Daniel - Thanks for the comment, will work on putting more on...
Justin - same here, actually.
Donovan - I charge the client with 2 hours per painting. HAving a hard sitme ticking to that... In average its 2.5 I guess...
trevor - thanks for the input, agree with you, something is bugging me about that last one too...
Randis - great feedback! Thanks for that. Will look into that...

[Kan Muftić]

yami. good. more.

EDIT: star dust from me, bro.

[Randis]

its great work for 2h, u should charge some more h

[shadoman]

Agreed, these are great for 2 hours, but don't short change yourself. A little more definition on some of these will really make a world of difference.

[Arne S.]

great, waiting for more!

[Thalion]

wow! superb images! very very very good work:)

[jpmonroyal]

lewiston, those pieces are amazing! I love the mood and composition on all of them. The brushwork is cool too because its loose and focused. Hope to see even more!

[Donovan V]

Thats great for 2hrs. Do you use alot of textures to get them that defined or are you doing that mostly by hand? Its probably just my skill level talking but those seem very refined for only 2 hrs.

D

[Jas0n 0n a Bike]

The lighting is mesmerizing, I believe that's what gives all these pieces the life that they have. Splendid!

[sve]

Hello... me again... decided to share as usual my impression from your images... lets see if this comment will be worthy of your whiskey :).

This is story about a strange, powerful hate between two people... I don't know what made this young man in his prime and in the best time to enjoy life to hate this priest so much... but on every page he is trying to destroy this person, eliminate him...
He pursues the priest, not the other way around... which makes me think this death is ordered or it is a personal vendetta.
The priest is a very cold man. His skin is pale, there is so little meat on his bones, he is practicing asceticism and physical self-torture... His will is so strong and unbendable, he lost his fears and indifferent to any attractions life offers... His God is unreachable, lonely and scary too. He doesn't forgive anything...

Even candles behind the priest back looks pale and lifeless... but despite that he is hardly a human being, the life is very vivid and persistent in him, he holds tenaciously for it and it will be hard to destroy life in this thin, lean body. He is a passionate man, obsessed, with a very high concentration on the only narrow object or idea of his madness.

I'm not sure but I think that the priest laying down on the floor of the empty church is not the same person ... it is another priest, there is much more flesh and life in this one. Just general feeling that he is much more attached to physical pleasures. His hand is meatier, his figure is stocky, full of energy and force... He likes his own authority and probably women... there is some self-adoration in him... how he wears his priest's clock and his gray hair... he might be attractive to woman... I can't see his face... but he is still not too old... I don't know, he seems like a man with vanity, weakness comparing to the first character.

But he certainly did something evil or interfered with interests of some very powerful people... the rider came fro him and he came for him at his territory, in church.
It seems like a cold day outside, close to evening in the first picture... the Church is empty. I wonder why this warm light is coming from a rider. He doesn't have any fear or respect to this place... riding a horse into church...
He could be hired for the job. but it looks to me he is a loner, on his own.
This picture is not very expressive in mood I think... the benches look too monotone and too sharp. Windows too. Not a lot of air in this image... I wish it was a bit darker and with signs of people coming to this church everyday... it looks a bit brand-new, not worn out...

The second picture is wonderful... this snow carries information... how this person struggled with death, how much he wanted to live... He tried to escape and the snow shows his attempts, he didn't want to go away quietly. He lost and blood is spreading away, soaking into snow, making the opposite motion... going away into oblivion, silence...
I wish the blood stain didn't have this sharp outline, be more diffused...

As much this priest is pale and dried up... the same way his destiny is young and romantic and full of juices. He wears his hat with chic... he is not your regular honorable guy,,, he is outcast probably... but he is not self-forgetting... life attracts him in many ways. His colors are colors of earth and fire... Man in his prime. I wonder about his sword... it has magic glow... it looks like a fantasy story...
The last picture... despite that it is fresh tomb, the image doesn't look lonely and desperate... it is a big busy world, full of new things which need to be taken care of, they don't allow to ponder and dwell... Life goes on.

In the last one maybe the two focal points are too far from each other and they are of the same size... hardly connected...Composition is a bit scattered and passive I think....Eyes going between those two groups and don't go to a distance...because you didn't place any interest there.. Maybe I would like the sky taking more space...
Added:
Maybe the three figures going away are tad too parallel to each other, strangely alike in motion like soldiers making steps together. that makes the picture passive and derived of life a bit.

[Unbreakable]

Wow! those are awesome keep them coming sir!

[lewiston]

Everybody, thanks a lot for the flattering comments. I appreciate this a lot!

Chupacabra: Thanks for your comment!
Randis: I guess you're right... but I really wanted to get that job... Plus - the director is a great guy, paying this stuff out of his private pocket. so I didn't want to be to precise on that one...
shadoman:It's really hard to assess, where to put more detail in and where not in that short of a time - basically I take it as a lesson to work quickly (and efficiently). But I really agree - although its hard to filter, where to flesh out the details, the right decision on that one makes quite a difference...
Arne: Ich werd sicher noch was nachlegen. Lass Du auch nochmal ein paar Sachen von Dir sehen - Das asiatische Girl mit der Klinge ist sofort in meinem inspiration folder gelandet!
Thalion: Thanks for the props!
jpmonroyal: Appreciate it. Thanks man.
Donovan: That depends. For the snow and the flames I used some testures - they are too much work to paint properly in that short amount of time. The rest is pretty much painted from scratch... But I really don't hesitate to make use of anything I get a hold of...
Jas0n 0n a Bike: That is a great compliment, Jason. I do believe in the importance of light. It is (obviously, I guess) the key to the atmosphere of a painting. I am really glad you do appreciate it.
sve: I love you. Unfortunately I ran out of whiskey, but I had a proper glass of wine while reading your (again) wonderful interpretation of the paintings. This time I really made it hard for you, because I postet pictures that are really uncoherent and giving false hints. How on earth could you know that they are two different priests? And you did hit the characterdescription on the spot! Its really spooky and highly inspiering at the same time to read your lines. The critiques are really spot-on and helpful as well.
Best time of the day... Thanks - again.
Unbreakable: Thanks - I will keep them coming (25 more paintings to come... pfffff...)

[sve]

Love you back :). both are married... heh..
Thanks for kind words... but it is hard to believe... but does the second priest really love women? Wow! ;).

[hope]

Those are lovely. I dig the snow piece, looking down on the fallen body. Tricky foreshortening , and you nailed it.

[merl1n]

wow, I've fallen in love with the first one! And all of them have wonderful mood! I can't wait to see next pieces! :)

[lewiston]

some additional pencil sketches, I wanted to post...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/lewiston/pencils.jpg

[Jason Snair]

just loving the style man. it's easy on the eyes.

[Hitsys]

I really like the point of view of each image. I think you choose it right to try to say more about what it is happening in the image or to push a little more the sensation you can feel to see what is going on there.
These images are incredible and all of them have the freshness that it is really difficult to keep it in an image. I can't wait to see the rest of work or the movie, you cached my eye and my interest in this one.
I think you use very well the colors but I'm agree with some that say that would be nice to have a little more variation of the tones... I won't repeat that.

This is a great work!!!

The last images are really cool as well, they still have the same freshness and the give to me the same cool feeling like the others one, pleas keep showing us your work, it is awesome!!!!!
:D

[HunterKiller_]

Wow, very atmospheric indeed. Love 3rd, 4th and 5th.
I wonder for what movie this is...

[sve]

Hello... Greetings from Texas... you keep posting, I keep guessing... you will be slightly drunk every other day :). .. Nah, not gonna happen... I will trip over pretty soon with my voodoo stuff :).
But... I have to guess... that's how I am :). Curiosity trumps sensibility :).

So... in the new image I see a partly new face, or at least a connection to the funeral picture before it. This is one of children leaving the lonely tomb.
Tomb of loved one, someone dear... because of the simply looking wreath woven from field flowers. Which makes me think it is a women, their mother and someone's wife in this tomb... Tomb of tough, lonely man will not receive flowers I think...maybe it would, but I think it is a woman who lies under those rocks.
So this woman was a reason of vendetta, her death or her fall...
In the last image... this hand could be of a friend or enemy... but it is the same bony, thin fingers, pale lifeless skin... I guess it is the priest who died in bloody way laying on the new snow. I surprised that it was not his rosary he carried in two of the pictures... well in one actually, but he holds his hands in the way like it is rosary just below the crop.
He shows this rosary to the girl as a proof... and she recognizes it. Friend would return the thing in less demonstrative, less dramatic way. He would try to avoid suffering. This person enjoys, tests and prolongs the reaction form orchestrated by him scene... he manipulates the child.
Girl has terror in her eyes... she has her guards down and in few moments she will receive a final blow.
I think the rosary belongs to her mother. Mother might be still alive... major factor to manipulate for desirable action from the cornered relatives.
Crits... a little one:
The thumb of the priest's hand... I think it is a tiny bit short, especially middle phalanx.
Shrubbery is painted beautifully, made me touched and charmed with simplicity and truth. just a suggestion, half said words, hint... better than long flowery phrases of mine in million times.

[Arne S.]

Das asiatische Girl mit der Klinge ist sofort in meinem inspiration folder gelandet!

hey danke! großartige updates, sehr stimmungsvoll. ich hoffe, der film wird dann auch so gut!
das hier ist derzeit mein lieblingsthread im forum!

[Alex Alexandrov]

Wow i love it

[wilson jr]

awesome dude....
great mood as well...
thanks to share! i hope that u send some more great work to us
cheers from brazil

[Ellingsworth]

Sorry, but I've been trying to stop posting except for in my sketchbook area and after seeing these images, I just had to say, Fan-FUCKING-Tastic. :rendered:

Most of these went straight into my inspiration folder. Keep it up man, my favorite out of the bunch is the very last one in the first post, the girls eyes are beautiful and I love everything about it.

[Matt Smith]

great work man, i am really diggin it.

[Robert.B]

The way you drafted this is just awsome!

[Fellah.]

Love it all, man - I have no idea how the hell you can do such awesome pieces in such short time! The additional pencil sketches are beautiful also! Thanks for the nice words about my stuff, mate!