Kliface and Land of Fire

[Lake]

Dicking around with my tablet some more. Crits greatly appreciated. Last time I posted, people told me to up the contrast, so let me know how I did there :yayca:

[emily g]

I really like the atmosphere you created in the first one, though I have trouble telling what is going on. Is is a ship? Because it looks like it's connected to the mountain somehow, so I thought it was an extension of the mountain at first glance.

The second one is a little too contrasty for my taste, but I suppose it could work in this particular environment you have created.

emily

[Pascallo]

Would say the same about the first one. If it is a bridge to the ship you should decorate it more with ropes or poles or something. The person has got a very strange leg I think. But the mood and colors are great!

[Rabid]

I think that leg is supposed to be a cape but the vehicle should be darker to pull it away from looking like its cut from the mountain, little rock ship.....it seems like it is just the base coat on this painting and it can be pushed further, but its up to you....

[Theo]

your top piece has a nice composition and could end up really good with some tweaks.

crit: Try and separate foreground, midground and background better.
crit: why the blur? use sharper brushes and define your shapes better!
crit: youve hinted at some form of road going up the mountain, DEFINE IT! its a great idea and will add a flow to the entire piece once you get it right.

[Lake]

Theo - I don't really have a separate foreground, but I've pushed some of the values to knock out the background. I couldn't really see the road, so I put one in.

Rabid Peanut - Darkened the vehicle - put a second coat on - defined the figure a little.

Pascallo - 'tis a ship - separated it from the mountain and knocked in some more values.

emily g - thanks for the crits; it's helped a lot!

Update below: sharpened a lot of the shapes and redefined a couple. How the hell are you supposed to separate and render rocks while still having them be part of the same face?

[Pascallo]

yeah, much better now. the color is very helpful, gives the whole thing much more life.
really like it now, but I am asking myself weather the ship should be a bit lighter because its farer in the background and should therefore maybe not be as dark and strong in contrast as the rocks in the foreground are?

[Hyaloclastics]

Hey,i really like the updated version!It has great atmosphere.
Now put some texture on the rocks at the foreground.
Also the mountains and the bridge in the background i think they need some refinement at the edges.

[Spade]

great work on that update! I think you need to define the bottom right corner a bit more to establish more depth, as of now the background has these terrific details but the lack of definition is hindering the overall impact of the piece. Good stuff!

[Rabid]

Loving it, I dissagree with changing the ships darkness I think you defined it very well but it's your call on the atmospheric perspective, right now it could be only a 100 yrds away (given the steepness of the cliff) or a mile, the question is how you envision it in the end...