Fantasy 2006 cover

[kemar]

Here is a cover I made for the french novel "fantasy 2006" edited by bragelonne.

I hope you'll like it.

C&C welcome :)

http://www.marcsimonetti.com/images/illustrations/anthologiefin2.jpg

And here is a close up:

http://www.marcsimonetti.com/images/illustrations/anthologiefincu.jpg

[Hiipi]

Well yes,

I like it. I like the mood and I especially like the pillar on the right and the shelf in the front of the picture. The table itself and the room behind it suffers a bit of an inconsistent lighting, it is hard to tell if the book (or what is it) on the table is glowing a light that affects the objects. They don´t seem to be affected so much. Yet there seems to be a lightsource up and leftish which creates cast shadows from the objects on the table...

Also I think you could´ve made the effects which come from the book a bit more visible... So that the viewer would see a bit better what is going on... Now it seems a tad too vague. Good work anyway.

End of crits. :D

[tgfx]

that is just cool man.

[One Down]

this is just crazy, I love it

[DSillustration]

well done.
very simple, and legible.

[Falconeye]

The art is wonderful.

[seba_boi]

The details!... Wow!... Great work!...

[kemar]

Hiipi: You're right about the main light: it comes from the upper left, while the book emits light upwards.

I just try to have a coherent light that allows me to point out details and shadows, to make it as interesting as possible even if I have to cheat. :)

tgfx: Thanks !

White Monkey: I'm glad you like it.

DS Illustration: I find your work awesome. Thanks

Falconeye: Thanks

Seba boi: Sometimes I'd like to replace details with graphics brushstrokes, but it may take quite a lot of time before I get good at that. :)
Thanks for your comment.

[iomoon]

...with plenty of room for the Graphic Designers to add their text without ruining your painting. Well done. Really nice, evocative piece.