howdy

[deadskies]

Been following this site for a while, lurking in the shadows. Finally decided to step up. You guys kick my ass in skill and vision, hopefully I can leech some of what you got. :)

finished this guy last night. I haven't put the final save on the file though and am willing to rework parts of it pending on the critique I get.

http://www.sleepforthedreaming.com/library/on_a_paper_plate_of_course8.jpg

there has been a bit of a DNS problem with my new server, so please let me know if the image doesn't display.

word.

e.

[gekitsu]

welcome over here, eric :)

nice dali-esque idea you got there. i think it looks a bit uniform in edge quality. there also isn't a real focal point. there are culmination of chroma use as well as more pronounced use of value but all in different places.

[Zeravla]

lol, dudes head stuck in that things ass, haha, nice colors

[deadskies]

wow, all manner of jargon I don't understand. can you re-speak your post, gekitsu, but in simpler words?

[gekitsu]

the edges of forms look all the same. you can give items more weight by painting them with harder edges than others. painting everything with the same kind of edge will most likely end up flat.

also, to create a focal point (the point your eyes will feel drawn to), it is useful to use both the most intense colors (highest chroma) and the highest value contrast (dark-bright).

a combination of highest contrast, strongest colors and hardest edges (maybe highest level of detail in the picture, too) will give that point more power and make it really stick out.
when you take a look at good portrait painters, they use rich flesh tones for the faces while keeping clothing simple and a subdued color, if possible.

in your pic, i see areas with high value contrast (like the trousers of the head-in-butt guy) as well as areas of striking chroma (the butt, red arms). then, there are several edges that seem to call for their own attention: look at the hard edge if that blue tentacle at the lowest turn it makes. at its inside, you have a hard edge with huge value contrast. therefore, this area has quite some weight without actually saying anything.

prometheus|anj once posted a nice example about that value/croma thing. i forgot what the topic name was, though :(

[Loga4]

Wonderful!

[deadskies]

got several reports of being unable to see this image. probably my flaky dns at fault. I changed to a more reliable server. hopefully everyone can see it now.

thanks, e.