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Medusa WIP (NSFW) updated again! 2007-05-28
Sam :)
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Update: I'm finally done!
I'm not touching this thing anymore. It is done. Final.
detail:
Large version (1500x1000 pixels)
Original post follows: (however, due to my change of hosts and domain name the links don't worry - sorry. You can still reach the entire WIP on my website here)
Title: Medusa
Medium: Digital
Tools: Photoshop, Wacom tablet
Dimensions: 3544×5316 pixels, 30×45cm @ 300 ppi
Large version (1500x1000 pixels)
For those interested there ismore info about the piece and the symbolism involved on my website:
http://www.asymmetric-art.com/2006/10/17/medusa/
My original post follows:
My first thread.
I'm about done with everything down to the chest area - everything below that is in progress. I will be adding color later. Comments?
I'm not touching this thing anymore. It is done. Final.
detail:
Large version (1500x1000 pixels)
Original post follows: (however, due to my change of hosts and domain name the links don't worry - sorry. You can still reach the entire WIP on my website here)
Title: Medusa
Medium: Digital
Tools: Photoshop, Wacom tablet
Dimensions: 3544×5316 pixels, 30×45cm @ 300 ppi
Large version (1500x1000 pixels)
For those interested there ismore info about the piece and the symbolism involved on my website:
http://www.asymmetric-art.com/2006/10/17/medusa/
My original post follows:
My first thread.
I'm about done with everything down to the chest area - everything below that is in progress. I will be adding color later. Comments?
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I'm mostly impressed by the detail
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Am I going crazy or can I actually see some of the bones? Just wondering.
INSTAGRAM
Sorry, nuthin helpful to say.
I dare you to make less sense.
INSTAGRAM
ditto
I dare you to make less sense.
sorry about that - it should work now
I don't have a stop-watch so it's hard to say. I'm not very time efficient when I paint - I take looong breaks to contemplate. In total I've spent the last 2 weeks pretty much 24/7 working on this pic, but off of that maybe 10% or less is actual crunch time.
Yeah, I havn't started on the final rendering on the arms and stuff below the boobs, so it's still kinda sketchy, if you mean the ribcage I guess I defined those bones a bit much, I will try to tone them down a bit.
I had a LOT of problems there as I painted the snakes and head separeate from eachother and then discovered they didn't quite match... I don't know how to fix that though.
Contrast!
It needs some contrast hardcore bad. No contrast+dead center compisition= not interesting. One of the best ways to do this, would be to add a strong lightsource or two. Then move the gray background somehwere, either darker, lighter, or to an actual enviroment.
maybe something in that direction.
There are still problem spots though in the compisition i would try and change. Like where her hand covers that thing in the back (right) it creates some confusion. That could be avoided by moving the whole circle thing up, which would also take care the blank space above her head.
Greatnation - I see what you mean, the composition as it stands is no good - but I think it will look better when I have all the elements in place. Contrast- and compsition-wise.
Duck4M4n - Does it makes more sence if I told you the hands are pressed against the wall?
Also, I agree with Greatnation, it needs something more. Even a brick pattern on the "wall" behind her (it?) would help.
I dare you to make less sense.
The wall will have texture.
The digital image is currently about 3500x5300pixels. It will be printed to approximately 45x65cm @ 200dpi (17.7 x 26.6 inches). I want people to be able to stand back and see the whole painting and its's compostion and then walk up to it and see the brushstokes and fine detail.
Had a shot at fixing up the hairline issue by adding a multiply layer to it, adding shadows that the snakes might be casting on the forehead.
Top: Original
Middle: with multiply layer
Bottom: Multiply layer only.
INSTAGRAM
hottest monster ever
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
What I have left to work on:
* finish the background (still at conceptual stage - I'm working on some variations on the same theme)
* background still needs texture and color
* color (skin, snakes etc)
* the forehead issue... -_-;
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Also, I think the shades on the body need more contrast to better match just about everything else in the picture.
also also, you have been working on this for MONTHS. Even if you haven't really been working on it that whole time, I think its about time you just finished it already.
Also, I'd also like to see a full resolution picture if that's possible. This one's too small to see all the details.
Somewhat BOTP:
It is true that not every one can crank out a masterpiece in a few days. But much of the work being done on the pic is making it look over-produced. The wire thingies hanging from above, the circular tribal thing, they don't really add anything to the overall picture. I think you could really finish this up if you just buckled down on it, and addressed its problems.
I would work more on making the wall look more wallish. To me, that would tie the figure in with the enviornment.
INSTAGRAM
I'm not going to post a full res image - however, here is a detail of the tentacles:
well, it is a flat image - she is pressed against the wall. What do you mean by drop vs cast shadows? If you mean to say that my shadows are too diffuse - so may be the case. I was going for a rather diffuse and soft lighting.
Anyways, you cant be perfectly pressed against the wall. Especially because of how her arms, head(snakes and all that) and torso are placed. And with the shadows you need to make them look like they are on different planes. Right now everything looks like it is on the exact same level, especially the tentacles. There needs to be some coming at the viewer instead of all of them fallin back.
Medusa is such an interesting character that I commend your choosing her as a subject. I think you approached it in a unique way and I find myself staring at it intently for a long period of time just to see all that is going on within it. I imagine that is one goal for an artist, so good work there.
I hope you will post a link to this in full detail when you finish. I am very impressed!
Title: Medusa
Medium: Digital
Tools: Photoshop, Wacom tablet
Dimensions: 3544×5316 pixels, 30×45cm @ 300 ppi
Large version (1500x1000 pixels)
For those interested there's more info about the piece and the symbolism involved on my website:
http://www.asymmetric-art.com/2006/10/17/medusa/
Overall though, I like it a lot.
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You better get a good mark on this, or I'll personally hunt your instructors down and shampoo their heads while they sleep.
With REAL POO!!
EDIT
Oh heck, good things come in threes. You've done a great job.
It looks ok at a distance but up close this paint job is terrible - hence why I say I would do this in the future. Personally I feel that the weakest part of the image besides the color is the negative space over her head. In my previous version I had dangling wires. Which do you preferr? I noticed that this new version looks better in a larger size for some reason - I'm going to have to print it out to see if it works at the size I intended (mental note).
Anyways. I think it'll be at least 2 more weeks before I'll have any more updates on this.