First post: End of civilization

[thenass]

Hey guys

My first post on CA :bashful:. Normally I only color comics, but I decided to expand my horizons a lil here and started this from scratch in PS CS. There's lots of stuff wrong here, but that's why I'm posting it :P

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7656/theendofcivilizationbythenass5.jpg

Greets

- The Nass

[Tigermilk]

nice strokes man, good job.

[thenass]

First of all: I'm very sorry for posting this in the wrong section :bashful:

Thx Tigermilk. Glad you like it!

[jfwalls]

If you hadn't made it the title I wouldn't have thought this was the end of civilization. Try adding some more depth to the background. A ruined city would definately give it the feeling you want.

[Layil]

good start. its got nice ambiance and i like the color pallet, but it looks like youve just begun it. push it a bit farther!

[Orifice]

Its good. But try to make it more sharp, n try out different brushes and whatnot. Ya should try to make the lightsource more clear. Meaning that you should make one part o the sky more light, and make all the shadows match up with the direction of that light source. But its not to shabby... especially like that classic cean-coloured light from them houses.

[thenass]

@ jfwalls: heh I know, crappy title xD I just wanted to refer to what's behind that wall, so that ruined city is a very good idea! Thank you

@ layil: thx! Ye, still in a kinda sketchstadium. Wasn't really sure whether it was worth pushing further. Thx for the comment.

@Orifice: Thx :) With the different brushes ,do you mean for different surfaces (dunno whether this is the right word) like the rocks and metal?

[Orifice]

Yes exactly! like for example for the sand, some rust on the metal n somethin for the rocks. Im not experienced in that department, but still i really think it would help. You should keep the background kinda blurry, them mountains just a little bit visible, so that the viewer focuses on the important stuff. You should really continue on this, it looks good.

[N.T.Somnambulist]

D: ... This is quite gorgeous.

I'm in LOVE with your colour choices, very lively, very eye-catching. Although, if this is the end of civilization, it looks a bit too peaceful. [[ Not unless it's post-ending ]] Go with jfwalls' idea and add the city ruins, maybe add some dark clouds over said ruins with traces of embers from a fire of some sort. I really don't think we'd all go to ruin calmly, really. ;)

Also agreeing with Orifice, make things sharper according to how close they are. The balcony and structure closest to us the viewer should be crisp and clear, whilst everything gets a little more hazy the further back you look. Define the buildings and the rocks around them a little bit more.

Vary your clouds a bit more, they seem to all have the same general shape. Add some wispy bits here and there.

Last but not least, more places on the rocks & buildings would have that yellow highlight from the beams of light coming down, not just those slight bits on the buildings. :]


Hope this helps, can't wait to see an update.
Cheers!