Evil Tower

[Liscio]

I'm still pretty new at painting, I have the basics down, so right now I'm just practicing as much as I can, and trying to get a lot of crit on my work.

This one I'm working on is an evil tower type of environment. I want to know how to detail the background areas, how much detail is too much, I havent started on any of the details yet so I just dont want to overdo it.

I'm going to put a soldier in the foreground, nothing too fancy, it will just be his silhoutte, based on how the lighting is in the background.

So some ideas for detailing the background, and general composition/technique critisism would be awesome as well.

Enjoy. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/graphixdesignz/eviltowerWIP1.jpg

[evildragonfire]

Are you going to use color on this? There is really not enough information in this drawing yet to make any real suggestions since we have no idea what direction you are really going. Yes, it says evil tower, however, so what. What will make this tower evil, how do you set the mood? What type of shadows and colorings do you use? Those are all questions you must ask yourself, and decide for yourself. Once you have something more concrete on this, post again, and let's see where we can asssist you. For now, you must make some of the decisions on this peice first. :) ALso, the "tower" really looks more like a well because it is so short and fat.

[Simon.Rain]

highlights on the tower would be nice
you could also change a bit the composition of the painting like putting the mountain where the tower is more in the front part so the tower would be less in a dark corner since it is the main focal point of the image

[Liscio]

I'm not going to fully color it, just a color balance layer. Evil, I'm still thinking about some of your questions. I know I'm trying to create dramatic lighting, bright highs, and dark lows.

Simon, i moved the mountain that was directly behind thhe tower to the right so it is out of the way, and I lowered the tower and the cliff the tower is on lower so it is more out of the clouds, I might move it back though to create more of a "looking up" feeling, and i would also alter some of the perspective if i did that.

thanks for comments guys :D.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/graphixdesignz/eviltowerWIP2.jpg

[Liscio]

Update:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/graphixdesignz/eviltowerWIP3.jpg