Queen of the raven flock -DONE ,check the Finished thread -

[maxetormer]

This is my lastest proyect, the
queen of ravens calling her flock,
i have made several perspective
studies, and i would like to know your
opinion, since this it is just preliminar
lots of detalis are missing but i want
to know if i got the strucure right.

So... first i drawed the blocked
structure, then i am placing the
image with both anatomy and
blocked structure overlaped, and in
the third image the final composition

with the ravens included,

comments and constructive critiques
are as usual wellcome. :D

see ya


http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/structure.jpg

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/all.jpg

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/raven7.jpg

[maxetormer]

MORE UPDATES:
i it came to my attencion that the figure
was off balance, i think i have fixed it
mostly =)

I advanced on the detalied line work,
I have the goal of finishing up this pic betewen
today and tomorrow if posible :D

tell your opinions =)

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/raven12.jpg

[Sularia]

Great perspective! And I like the motion of the cloak, too.
Can't wait to see what you do with it.

Sularia

[maxetormer]

hi, all

Sularia: thanks for posting
I am like half the way on coloring this
it will have more detail, (and yup i love to paint cloths when they are movend by the wind =) )

Still a long way to go
My advancment on coloring this:

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/raven14.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

this is really looking awesome! love how you started it out on a strong foundation. a suggestion I would have is to have a raven very close to us maybe in the lower left -lower mid left corner of the picture. I say this to get a dynamic of ravens flying in towards and around her. I dunno, something you could throw in on another layer and see if it works I guess.

[maxetormer]

thanks i will try to make
all my images like this
one from now on, i learn more
this way =)

as for the crow on the foregraound idea.
I will give it a try =) be sure of that =)

[Sularia]

Just a thought, but maybe the river should get a bit broader in front of the castle.

Sularia

[Pete MacDonald]

I thought it was going great until the color version. The colors seem too crayola (grass=green, sky=blue). I think the lighting you are trying to get would be easier to develop in tones without color complicating things.

On your color version try dropping the saturation way down, then work the lighting around your central figure and in the sky, then slowly add subtle color back in...

good luck and nice birds!

[J May]

Good stuff Max, really appreciate how you started thinking the process through right from the beginning.

Any crits have been mentioned so I'll just throw you a thumbs up and encourage you to keep pushing.

Cheers,
jm

[fukifino]

Alright, new maxetormer work! :D

I'm diggin' this one, max. I really like those ravens right now...they have a lot of energy. Don't lose that in the final piece.

[maxetormer]

Ok, so i this is as far i go now, like %70 done i guess.
I tryed to push the light more and to manage my colors a
bit better =)

hope you like it =) i still got to detail some things more,
and some i will leave on a more sckechy way.

JackalAnubis:
request granted =)
i placed a crow in the
foreground and i liked it =)
thanks for the idea.

Sularia: i changed the river a bit
i hope you like it =) thanks for the
heads up.

Pete MacDonald: I made several
changes on the colors and the ligth,
tell me what do you think about it =)
thanks for the post

J May: thank for the support, i
made several changes on the image,
and yup, ill try to do all my images, with perspective studies, it saves
time at the end of the process =)

fukifino: hi man! i been bussy but i
got time now =) thanks for
showing interest
(I tried to keep the
movement on the crows what
do you think of them ?=)
see ya.

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/raven18.jpg

[Sularia]

It's looking fantastic - very nice work, indeed.
I get the feeling that she's on the lookout for an approaching army or something epic is about to happen. :D

I guess you will define the falling feathers a bit more? At first I thought the large one was an odd-shaped raven. hee hee

Sularia

[fukifino]

Hey, that's great! The crow that JackalAnubis suggested works really well, drawing the viewer in. And I love the addition of the storm clouds in the background. It definately adds more drama to the scene. The rest of the crows still look great!

[maxetormer]

I am done :D

Thanks so much
everyone for your
support and for the nice and
usefull comments =)

Sularia:
i cleaned up the ravens a lot more =)
thanks for posting

fukifino: thanks for the nice words =)


check the results on the
finished thread:

raven (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19282)

[Sularia]

I saw that. :D

The final version looks great. If I could ask a favor, I'm going to post an update to my rogue picture soon - next couple of days, if you could give some critique on the painting, I would very much appreciate it. Even if you think it looks crappy. lol

Sularia