My first post/finished art thread!:)

[matellis]

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3888/crashfinal107pg.jpg
title: Crash landing
by: Matt Ellis
programs: photoshop & painter

Hey everyone! this is my first time posting in this site. I actually I just heard about it not to long ago and this is probly my first detailed look into the site :)
So I thought I would give and share my art. I hope you enjoy and crits are most welcome:)

[SupaFightingRobot]

I had alot of trouble making out what it is at first. Less muddy colors and useless white hues. The light in the ship is really nice and, once one knows what he's looking at, establishes a great feel. Welcome to Conceptart.org; where you can be sure to get better critiques from people much better than I

[morningbloom915]

I'm not 100% sure what I"m looking at...perhaps if it was not quite so dark? I love the right half of the picture though, but the lefthand side is a bit confusing. Digging the clouds.

[cmr8286]

Hey man... I just posted a thread that's title is very similar to yours (look about three threads up from yours). I think that if I didnt know the title was "crash landing" I wouldnt really get what it was either... my advice is to throw a light source in front of spaceship and add some detail. You seem to know what your doing with the program, so id say just work up the ship a little more... or not, noone ever regretted not listening to me before. As far as I know

[Theo]

cmr is right.

Adding another lightsource (or perhaps strengthening the sun) would certainly do this pic good, it really needs to be clarified. I like the mood though, nice clouds/mountains!

[matellis]

hey everyone and thanks for the crits and kind words, yeah I agree about the light source , I think this week I will give that a try and see how it turns out!

Thanks again :)

[sir nicholas]

it could use some hard edges, chief. it looks like you've been scratching lines out with a glow brush or color dodge tool. take the eyedropper, run it over the average color of an edge. then use an opaque, hard edged brush to really bring out the edges that will 1) clarify the design and 2) support the composition by leading the eye around the piece. don't go overboard, use the hard edges to bring out the most important area of the piece.

also, the bright white lighting in the background is not only unnatural looking, it makes it a little bit washed out and overexposed. The light is coming from the rear of the scene; while this is dramatic it takes a lot of skill to make everything read well. Finally, the brightness of the background is competing with the crashed ship itself, which should get the most emphasis since it's the title of the piece.

[matellis]

Great advise sir nicholas, ya maybe I will put some more time into this painting. I have never taken any art classes so these crits really come in hand for me :)