S. Bloodhowl Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Just finished this over in the WIP section and thought people over hear might like to see it. It's my first piece of Digital art ever and made with 3 pictures (each model and background) combined together and manipulated in GIMP over the last few days. C&C welcome, Sincerely, Bloodhowl PS I know the outcome of the fight isn't ideal for us Marine Lovers but the disintegration effect I wanted to try would work the other way round :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks, unfortunately I made it too small and cant use it as a wallpaper :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Even for the combination of three objects it's superb, with the only flaw seeming the blurring slightly of the background but that's easy to explain away as the focus being on the figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 The blurring is just because the background needed stretched a bit, I might try sharpening it but it seems good as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 The blurring is just because the background needed stretched a bit, I might try sharpening it but it seems good as it is Like I say, it's not a major issue.. The focus should be on the characters after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yeah, it does work well with it all, probably would have blurred it anyway :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Styphus Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 That's a neat dissolving effect, though your lighting is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tiberus Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Very nice work. My only critiques are: 1.) Check the edges on the model cut-outs, they look a little crunchy. In Photoshop, feathering is your friend. I'm not sure what it's called in GIMP but I would recommend using it. 2.) Check your lighting. I think the pic could be even better if you extend the glow effects onto the models themselves. Keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 thanks for the comments guys, I'll work on it a bit more soon and post it up. I think the most likely things I'll do are up the shadow contrast, blur the marin a tiny bit and add green lighting tom them both ans maybe the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Honesty mode is on today, I hope you don't hate me. However, it doesn't look like much. The lighting is way off, with shadows all over the place. The marine is looking and aiming in a completely different direction, which makes it look like he doesn't really fight with the Necron. It's also very visible that the Marine is cut-out from a picture of a miniature. Which reminds of the Christmas wish lists I did as a kid, where I would cut out pictures of toys from magazines etc and glue them on a sheet of paper. The firing effect looks good, but has no visible effect on the marine than to light him up in pretty colors. You did what you could with the ressources on hand, but in the end it's just a couple of pictures thrown together. It would look a lot better if you just cut away the left half of the picture, as the marine is the biggest let-down in the artwork. Then again, you wouldn't be allowed to put it here :lol: So, I can't agree with the other comments, I'd say your best bet would be to find a better Space Marine picture and start over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 @cathar: I don't hate you. This is just a wee thing to try a technique, i didn't meant to go so far with it so that's why its no the best. I have only spent a couple of hours here and there on it. It's also very hard to find a picture taken from behind a model, and so i reckoned the marine could be looking over his shoulder (might add scarabs coming from the right) As for the pretty colour lighting, there's a bit of adimantium and plasteel to take of first, this is meant to be it only just hitting him, hence little damage to most of the armour. Also I can't for the life me get the marine to stop hovering. Thank you for the honesty it is much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 So, I can't agree with the other comments, I'd say your best bet would be to find a better Space Marine picture and start over again. I comment as someone without any skills or knowledge in the area at all.. That's why it looks good to me, but obviously you know what you're talking about :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Good news, it finally struck me as to why the marine is floating: its a model so every surface has highlights! I've burned it a bit and added more shadow, taking the beam as my light source. Let me know what you think PS I might leave it at that seeing as how this is dangerously becoming a WiP thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 @Captain Juan: Your attempt at sarcasm is noted ;) I don't know anything about making digital artwork. I do know something about constructive criticism and I try to give it when I have the chance. @S.Bloodhowl: Looks a lot better now. The only "floating" thing now is the top of the helmet. Maybe if you add a little more shadow over the thin white lines there, and it would be as good as it can get :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 @Captain Juan: Your attempt at sarcasm is noted :) I don't know anything about making digital artwork. I do know something about constructive criticism and I try to give it when I have the chance. The you misread what I said, there was no sarcasm involved. My knowledge of artwork revolves around "Do I like how it looks..?", hence the only criticism I mentioned was blurring of the background. You obviously know something about art - if not the digital kind - to give constructive criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zincite Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 MY BRAIN DOESN'T LIKE IT!! IS IT REAL OR NOT?!?!?!?!?! Apart from that, very nice... Will you do more? Oh, and I got it as a wallpaper, just made it so's there's some black around it ^_^ The marine is looking and aiming in a completely different direction, which makes it look like he doesn't really fight with the Necron. I just thought it made him look like he's trying to ward off the Death-Ray thing? (Sorry, the name just won't come to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Yes! Yes! The marine is now perfect! My faith in you is proven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Apostle Thirst Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I have an issue with the pose... The Immortal is shooting him, yes, but why was he on the ground when he got shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pueriexdeus Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Only change I would make is having the DA SM pointing his BP at the Necron, defiance in death, I'll take you with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thanks guys @Chapter Master Ignis Domus: thank you @Dark Apsotle Thirst: I was just doing this with models I could find since my tablet had yet to arrive and I couldn't draw the scene, hence I propose he was wounded earlier and the immortal has arrived to finish him off. @pueriexdeus: Like I said above and earlier, this piece is made with pics I found on the internet, hence pose was always an issue. The marine, however, was the closest model I could find with a pose that sort of worked with the Immortal. I know a real Marine would try to take the Immortal with him rather than shield himself, but what I had meant to put in (and forgot to) was a swarm of Scarabs andvancing from the right towards the Marine, so he would be shooting the when the Immortal arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Perhaps the shot pushed him over or he was already wounded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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