The Chase (update)

[tyboogie]

heres a piece i just started---gotta make the monster more interesting visually and the man on the horse will also be a focul point


originally i wanted the flying creature to be coming through a huge wall of thick smoke like fog--probably still try it---


any feedback appreciated---ty




http://funktion-studios.com/tyler/chase.jpg

[R_M]

Howdy Ty,
Interesting concept you have here, I allready like the horse. Just a few brush stroke and its form is well defined, ecellent base to work from.

I get the impression you want the monster to be big and menacing, and it is! but I think his wings are to big, it is very cramped inside this forest tunnel and I can't picture him flapping his wings without smashing into the threes!

But heck it is only the beginning. :D

[WildSpruceMoose]

A very strong graphic already. The composition is very enticing. You see it for a few seconds and understand what is going on. It is very pleasing to my eye to look at and reminds me of the tomato field scene from that movie "Reign of Fire" last summer or whatever.

Personally I'd suggest scales for the monster when/if you take it that far, which I think you should do. Excellent composition may I say again? ;)

[Nimrod]

Yes mad props on an awesome horse - they are so hard to draw. And it looks like a storyboard from a movie, nice composition.

I think the monster needs something... Maybe a tail. Right now it looks sort of unbalanced I think.

Anyway cant wait to see it done, I like this style, especially the trees.

[edit: BAD GRAMMAR!]

[tyboogie]

thx guys


RM--yea you were right about the size---so i made him smaller and gave him a friend

moose--thx--i actually wanted it too look slippery and slimy like a stingray--im glad its pleasing to your eye

ROD--thx bro--hope it doesnt dissapoint you but i def. had ref on the horse---i tried adding length to the beast but it just made it look too, ..eh... aquatic. too much like a stingray.



heres the update

everything is going according to my master plan--except teh man--he's just a place holder till i can come up with somn better. still got to add breaking branches from the beasts to add action and maybe the horse kicking up dirt.




thx peeps!!!!!!!

http://www.funktion-studios.com/tyler/chase2.jpg

[WildSpruceMoose]

Wow very good. What technique did you use for the monster? The shading/lighting/colours looks very well done. Please post another update asap.

[Nimrod]

ahah adding the second monster was a big improvement. Looking sharp!

[blackhand]

Hrmm...I think diminishing the size of the monsters really makes you lose the sense of impending danger.

I liked the first image, where the wings of the monster was breaking branches on the trees.

For some reason I want to see the horse and figure larger in the foreground. I feel kinda detached from the figure and his plight.

In the second image, the scale is too ambiguous--the monster and the horse are not too different in size, contributing to the diminished sense of danger.

I like where the first image was going more.

[R_M]

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I think the size works better know, but there is something wrong....
Don't want to sound like some asshole that is never satisfied, but I think you should work a bit on the composition. Don't know the rules, or if there are any, but you guide the viewers eye pretty much from top left to bottom right, and the eyes end up resting on the main caracther who is the horseman.
That is good, but then the bigger monster shouldn't be placed in the center of your image... by placing him there he competes for attention with the rider.

I really liked the broken branches from the first one.

the horse kick ass! how big do you work?

[tyboogie]

ok


spruce--technique---umm not sure---just paint in middle values and then work my way out to highlights and shadows( back and forth)


thanks NImple




blackhand--i hear you on the size --but i didnt want people thinking it looked unbelievable to fly through the forest at that scale---but i did enlarge him a bit--hes still in danger!


RM--dude youre not being an asshole--the composition suggestion was totally valid-thanks man i work pretty small --like 8x 5 at 150 dpi---i got a small tablet too--like 4X5




UPDATe---well im almost done---just gotta add some more broken branches in the air and some mud flying up from under horses feet. whatcha think?

http://funktion-studios.com/tyler/chase3.jpg

[WildSpruceMoose]

Love it I'd suggest more broken branches though :D The mud sounds like a nice addition. This is turning to be a very nice piece :)

[endregan]

sweet - definitly a cool scene. the flying is really captured. hmmm maybe some more shadow for the monsters or maybe the mist doesnt show it? Not sure but very nicely done.

[tyboogie]

thanks guys---i posted teh completed piece in the finished section

endregen--good point on the shadows

[AfroLaxMan]

great develpment in the peice, you made some really cool descions along the way.

[tyboogie]

thx afro!!