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Rough landcape idea
03 Sep 2014 00:36 #5864
by microscopi
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Hey guys, I'm trying to make a cool landscape pic with creatures, this is a really rough sketch I know, i'm just trying to get an idea of what the final lighting will look like and position of everything before I get into heavy detail. I think this is a comfortable way of working for me, because I need to change what i'm doing wrong, I want the center blob to be a Brontasauraus facing off against a t-rex in the upper right corner, want it to feel like a swamp type location. Going to post updates on progress, any suggestions would be great.
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03 Sep 2014 16:19 #5884
by Charlotte
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Replied by Charlotte on topic Rough landcape idea
Well, it's hard to make any suggestions at this point except you should try to work the lighting into your dino blob. So far it's pretty much only a medium/dark silhouette.
Also, being the nitpicker I am, I'd ike to point out that it looks more like a Stegosaurus than a Brontosaurus and that Brontosauruses actually don't exist because they were found to be another already named species. They're now known as Apatosaurus and belong to those really, really huge dinos next to which a T-rex would look quite small... (The Apatosaurus was about twice as long as a T-rex.) I'm not sure Stegosaurs were around at the same time as T-Rex (they might have already died out by then) but otherwise you could consider a Hadrosaur or a Ceratopsian for the foreground dino. Or then again there were plenty of other predators besides T-Rex...
(or you can ignore facts altogether like I did when I mixed two species who lived 50 million or so years apart 
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Also, being the nitpicker I am, I'd ike to point out that it looks more like a Stegosaurus than a Brontosaurus and that Brontosauruses actually don't exist because they were found to be another already named species. They're now known as Apatosaurus and belong to those really, really huge dinos next to which a T-rex would look quite small... (The Apatosaurus was about twice as long as a T-rex.) I'm not sure Stegosaurs were around at the same time as T-Rex (they might have already died out by then) but otherwise you could consider a Hadrosaur or a Ceratopsian for the foreground dino. Or then again there were plenty of other predators besides T-Rex...
(or you can ignore facts altogether like I did when I mixed two species who lived 50 million or so years apart ) Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.
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05 Sep 2014 23:06 #5940
by microscopi
Replied by microscopi on topic Rough landcape idea
lmao Charlotte that's really precise feedback and I appreciate that, your knowledge of the jurrasic period is nothing if not impressive .. I have decided to change it to a triceratops and now I find out they never actually existed !? Well i'm not changing it again, so it will just have to be historically inaccurate.
.. I have decided to change it to a triceratops and now I find out they never actually existed !? Well i'm not changing it again, so it will just have to be historically inaccurate. Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
06 Sep 2014 12:12 #5956
by Charlotte
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Replied by Charlotte on topic Rough landcape idea
Yep, ceratopsians (including Triceratops) were living at the same time as T-rex so that'd be perfect. It was the brontosaur that never really existed.
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06 Sep 2014 13:47 #5962
by Thomgirl
Replied by Thomgirl on topic Rough landcape idea
Are you really wanting to focus on the landscape or the creatures? Right now it feels still very focused on the creatures but still in a rich area. Landscape images tend to focus on a big overall awesomeness of the area and any characters involved in the scene only take up about a third of the image. Not sure if there's a rule or something, just something I've noticed. Your piece is certainly yours to set up, just wasn't sure by your initial description what you were looking to focus on more I like how you use your brushes and rough textures though to build up all these elements you have. Very cool!
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06 Sep 2014 21:20 - 06 Sep 2014 21:41 #5975
by microscopi
Replied by microscopi on topic Rough landcape idea
Thanks guys, appreciate that on such a rough image! I never thought of using the color picker to stick to warmer or cooler colors thats a really great suggestion, If I keep the characters off to the right side that way they should just be one third the image too. i'm glad triceratops and trex shared the same time, I think one of them is going to win here but I don't know who yet.
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