My first 'proper' digital painting

[makoblue]

Inspired by MattGamer's Alien piece (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=476588&postcount=2), I thought I'd better get off my arse and do something.

Here is my rendition of Giger's 'Phallelujah' (or part of it, at least).

http://www.thirdellipsis.net/images/artwork/HRGfinalpiecesmall.jpg

Full Size (http://www.thirdellipsis.net/images/artwork/HRGfinalpiece.jpg)

Any criticism would be great.

[Jho]

Its nice, I especially like the holes on the... lungs? Thought I think you should have put more color. I don't know precisely what you should have done, cause I'm not that experienced with digital painting eighter, but it just seems to me the pice is not fully compleated.

[Tom Garden]

mm, well i think all i can say, is use a bigger brush size, it looks like you spent ages shading with small brushtrokes. If you use a bigger brush you can just deepend some of the dark points, as well as picking out highlights on the tips of the "lungs" ;) hehe

Giger is always an amazing person to draw influence from, his stuff is very intense!

[makoblue]

Thanks for the comments...

I'm not really sure if they're lungs, I've always seen them as some sort of alien/facehugger type thing, but i guess I think that because its Giger.

Regarding the lack of colour, most of Giger's pieces have a limited range of colour, this one in particular. I guess I was trying to mimick that but in a different visual style.

When you say the piece doesn't seem to be complete, what do you think needs to be added?

Cheers.

[makoblue]

mm, well i think all i can say, is use a bigger brush size, it looks like you spent ages shading with small brushtrokes. If you use a bigger brush you can just deepend some of the dark points, as well as picking out highlights on the tips of the "lungs" ;) hehe

Haha, yeah I realised that after working on the 'lung' area for about 2 hours then zoomed out properly... bugger.

[Snarfevs]

I'm not really sure if they're lungs, I've always seen them as some sort of alien/facehugger type thing, but i guess I think that because its Giger.

I believe, from the title 'Phallelujah' that it's a representation of the underside of a penile glans.

Grief I know my terminology don't I?

[Tom Garden]

:) you got it, i just didnt want to say it :P its either the tip of the penis, or a womans rear bent over.

nuff said

[makoblue]

That would make a lot more sense than my version, but I still see it as some sort of alien growth.

[makoblue]

After receiving some crits, I decided to produce a revised version:

http://www.thirdellipsis.net/images/artwork/HRGrevisedsmall.jpg
Full Size (http://www.thirdellipsis.net/images/artwork/HRGrevised.jpg)