Lonely Outpost WIP

[zoephoenix]

here's what I'm working on for the gnomon workshop's contest for February, themed "a lonely outpost"...

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry3.jpg

Will update with more progress soon. :)

[Nexus]

Hmm, I like the way youve managed to capture a night scene. That kind of lighting or lack thereof is very hard to work with. On another note the entire piece looks rather...soft. I would suggest using some brushes with a bit more of a hard edge. Not everywhere mind you. Just here and there to really accent things. Good job thus far tho.

[zoephoenix]

heh, the progress that I've made and haven't posted yet has more light to it... ;)

And as for the hardness of my brushes, I use about 90% hardness a lot of the time... but I'll go over what I have done with a fully hard brush and see what that gets me... more to come soon, probably before the end of the night... the clouds are a bit more defined in what I have done right now, I'm just not ready to post it yet. :p

[zoephoenix]

More progress... still haven't done anything about the hardness of the brushes yet, I'm just posting what I did last night... haven't worked on it any tonight yet. :-p

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry4.jpg

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry5.jpg

[zoephoenix]

more progress... took out the terrace-type thing... might end up using it later, but I think the image can do without it, especially with the lighting that I had planned for the terrace... takes away from the tower on top and the lighting I had planned for it.

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry6.jpg

[zoephoenix]

in progress... decided there needed to be a foreground element of some kind and I couldn't figure out what else to do, so... here it is

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry7.jpg

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry8.jpg

[Jacob Bouton]

Very Very Cool! I love the light and darks in this. There is something to see in every inch. Nice details. I love the wave cresting in the bottom right side. Just catchs my eye. But, love the picture over all. I would hang this in my house.

[zoephoenix]

heh, thank you bunches..! :-) I'm still not done, though... got another two weeks almost before the contest deadline... ;-) I'll post more when I make some more significant changes as long as people want me to keep posting progress.

[zoephoenix]

made a few changes... significant changes, actually... this image is a bit smaller than the others I've posted so far, though, obviously :p

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry11.jpg

[MoonVisionStudio]

I would consider leaving just one structure instead of two. You might also want to put in some lightning closer to give you some light source to work with. Good Luck.

[zoephoenix]

I considered leaving just the one spire in there, but I'm not quite sure what I want to do with the second one yet. I wasn't planning on it being inhabited, so no lights or anything. I was hoping to make it look abandoned... maybe take out the bridge between the two or something. I'm not sure yet. Thanks for the reply. :)

[zoephoenix]

even more changes...

http://sgtphoenix.ctcsg.no-ip.com/LonelyOutpostEntry14.jpg