Tuesday, October 6, 2009

In Progress

So I've basically been in a rut for most of this year, as of now. The end result of my projects haven't really been fitting my expectations, so I've been severely lacking with the blog updates. As the semester progresses I'll have more work, for better or for worse. Hopefully for better!

This piece isn't really close to being done yet. I've spent most the time establishing the lighting and values. It's actually a real pool I saw a few months ago and have been dying to have a go at, and I was fortunate enough to be able to incorporate it into one of my assignments. I'm debating adding another figure to help balance the composition.



100% photoshop. Feel free to crit! There's still some changes to be made/major refinement, but still.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 6, 2009 at 12:57 AM

    it sucks

    -anonymous

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  2. CalebOctober 6, 2009 at 1:35 AM

    even though the ladder is pretty rendered, it feels fairly flat. Maybe approach it more like you approach the legs? They look great already.
    In terms of perspective, the angle that the pool has is funky, but I'm guessing it was just like that. The ladder doesnt sit on the edge of the pool well.
    Despite that, its looking great. I like how still the water is, dunno if you're adding ripples

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  3. B.WallzOctober 6, 2009 at 1:57 AM

    Love how much your color and sense of form have improved dude. I'm sure your getting to it, but the surface of the water is'nt quite reading as water yet. That's the only major thing that needs to be tightened up. Can't wait to see the finished piece.

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  4. CaitlynOctober 6, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    Reiterating what Caleb said, there's something going on with the right side of the piece. The ladder seems to stick out from the pool too far, and the angle of the pool's edge is strange. I think that could be because you lose the shadow from the ledge a little bit, so it looks like the blue tiles are sitting on top of the cement, or whatever the side of the patio around the pool is made of.
    But the left side feels really solid and believable, and the color of the water is nasty - in a good way. Why does that kid even want to go swimming in there?

    P.S. Somehow I think "Anonymous" is Zach. Maybe.

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  5. Alex GraceyOctober 8, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    Learn to draw. No this looks pretty sweet dude. How the right hand is cropped feels a little bit funny to me but I don't really have a reason why. Also due to the water bending light all of the stuff under water would be slightly skewed instead of lining up well like you have it. Good color and texture though, well done man well done

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  6. CraigOctober 9, 2009 at 2:34 PM

    Thanks for the comments guys.

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