The lost watchtower

[Nivbed]

http://www.nivbed.com/images/losttowerverysmall.jpg

Critiques and comments welcome. I may tweak the lighting on the tower, because it seems to be off.

Here is a link to a higher res version (http://www.nivbed.com/images/losttowersmall.jpg)

[Sketch]

Wow, very beautiful piece. A bit more of a rim light would add to it. Also the perspective on her is a bit off, she is at level perspective to the viewer while the rest of the piece is at a worms view.

[kaini]

Thats absolutely stunning, a beautiful piece !

[Ochre Face]

good lord, that sky!



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[Grooveholmes]

Fantastic color! I love the way the light clings to everything!

[jrr]

looks fantastic niv. just fantastic.

[taff]

stunning piece, niv - wow! :eek:

[Heavenly Creatures]

That's hauntingly beautiful. The sky, the colors are amazing. I especially like the dreamy atmosphere. There's poetry in your work, I love it.

[daarken]

that sky and water is just freakin beautiful!! ahh!!!!

[linK]

wow.. this is an amazing piece

did you use a reference or a photo to plan out the picture or capture the realistic sky and water and stone

[davi]

back off I saw nivbed first.

great piece niv(i've told you that already :D )

[Fipse]

really great landscape ... wish I could do that, especially the water ... the only thing that seems off to me ist the perspective of the girl ...

BTW nice site you have

Fipse

[leroy]

the entire pic is cool, it is just that the girl does seem pasted in there. i think the lighting on her is off too.

is this from ref? cuz i know you have a tendancy to do spectecular shit without it

[Nivbed]

Thanks for the replies everyone! :) :)


sketch: I see the problem with the perspective on her. :) I sacrificed technicality in order to preserve the pose that I wanted. :(

I think something that would help would be if I drew either one of her other appendages, but in this perspective I couldn't get it to look right. Hahaah.

linK: I used a ref for the bricks. I couldn't get the aged watery rocks to look right. Other than that I painted everything freehand.

Thanks again everyone. :D

[fell]

i'll play along with the others: the sky and water (and the sand ...) are just plain beauty. follow the sujestions and make posters out of this.

[Hone]

That is so beautiful... the lighting is stunning....

[gekitsu]

wow...

i hate sounding like a scratched lp but the sky and water are great.

not to forget about thr tad of frogeye-y perspective... that is cool, niv. you = ownage

[SilverStylus]

Wow! I love the lighting and atmosphere - the color choices you've made heighten the feeling of isolation and inner reflection that I felt when I saw your image.

Inspiring...

[MindCandyMan]

Nivbed I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE your stuff. I really do. All of your pieces have this realistic and true to life quality about them. How did you learn to achieve that? What techniques or things should I practice to get to that level? You rock! There is so much history and story that you have conveyed in this piece...I think that's my favorite part about it. "The lost watchtower"...Really really good man...wow.

[Lono]

this is great!

good to see you posting here niv!

-Lono

[Lono]

dont let your friends at poo find out.

they will run your underware up the flagpole and BAN you.
:)

i joke.

-Lono

[morphine]

Oh mah gah, nivbed, why oh why do you do these things?

You get.... FIVE stars. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/5stars.gif

Did you learn to make realistic skies and seas in school or by yourself?

[Soupy]

Excellent job. I love the mood of this piece. I hope to be as good as you someday. Thanx for posting!:D

[keredleung]

very nice. i set as my wallpaper.
i remeber the PS2 game "ICO" when i see this image.
Same moody. I like it.

[bwiseman]

Wow, I wanna go there...ahhhh, I can feel the breeze...