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This is page 19 to 20 of the comic "Red Lantern". You can read the comic here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4260941/
This was the first time I actually occupied myself with drawing ships and way too many hours went into this painting. It took me around five days to complete. I never believed that I could pull off something like this, a scene I'm actually quite proud of.
This image will be spread over two pages in the print version.
Thank you very much for looking! <3
This was the first time I actually occupied myself with drawing ships and way too many hours went into this painting. It took me around five days to complete. I never believed that I could pull off something like this, a scene I'm actually quite proud of.
This image will be spread over two pages in the print version.
Thank you very much for looking! <3
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Really wonderful work you did there. I had to look multiple times to recognize the big load of detail work.
That coat of arms on the sails looks gorgeous! Where did you get the inspiration for it?
Besides, I think that a similar work to this one would do great as cover for the print version.
That coat of arms on the sails looks gorgeous! Where did you get the inspiration for it?
Besides, I think that a similar work to this one would do great as cover for the print version.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5229140
There 'tis! It shall in fact make several appearances throughout the comic, so don't worry :)
There 'tis! It shall in fact make several appearances throughout the comic, so don't worry :)
I wish I were home so I could properly appreciate the beauty of this piece in it's true splendor on my own screen. I have to say, this is one of my favorite pieces from you and certainly one that surprised me! Your talent continues to swell and flow with grace and growing courage into all arenas of subject matter. Everything you touch becomes a beautiful reflection of your inner depths, of your true heart. You are by far one of my most favorite and revered artists here on FA and I somehow feel those words pale in the face of how your work actually makes me feel. Your dreams awake in me something rare and precious, places and visions I wish to chase to the ends of the universe and you make me want to try and chase them! Thank you for your visions, we are all blessed to know someone of your vision and I for one feel it my duty to thank you for having the courage to chase these visions and to share them with the world. May you never stop blooming with visions sublime. It is one thing to have technical skill to guide your painting hand, but to have, beyond that, a glimpse into a world of dreams, that is a truly rare gift..and you possess it!
I hope someday soon that I can meet you and tell you in person what your work means to me <:. In the meantime, I hope you don't mind some awkward and intense gawking..and maybe little pools of drool all over your page hee!
I hope someday soon that I can meet you and tell you in person what your work means to me <:. In the meantime, I hope you don't mind some awkward and intense gawking..and maybe little pools of drool all over your page hee!
Those are fabulous ships; so many little details look authentic, and the overall appearance of them is realistic yet a tad otherworldly; I can tell they're not ships from Earth.
(why yes, I've spent a lot of time looking at pictures of olden sailing ships, and reading about them <:) )
The thing I love love about the piece, though, is the way the sunlight is hitting the sails and hull of the foreground ship. Gorgeous.
(why yes, I've spent a lot of time looking at pictures of olden sailing ships, and reading about them <:) )
The thing I love love about the piece, though, is the way the sunlight is hitting the sails and hull of the foreground ship. Gorgeous.
There are times when it's annoying to be looking at a work like this and admiring the quality of the work you did on the ships, and having to smack down the little voice in the back of my mind that's saying "The hull layouts are 16th century and so are the fore and maintops, but the bowsprit is late 17th century; there's nothing that requires another world to have followed the same paths in naval architecture that ours did.
When I was younger and richer than I am now, I realised that there was no point in spending more than a certain amount of money on a bottle of whine, because in any case I wouldn't fully appreciate its splendour and complexity.
That's how I feel now about trying to offer critique, positive or (hypothetically) negative on this work you've done right here.
I am awed.
That's how I feel now about trying to offer critique, positive or (hypothetically) negative on this work you've done right here.
I am awed.
Just posting one comment for the three posts (meaning the two 'detail' shots). You did a really great job on this, those ships look fantastic. I was amazed when I first saw them, at the detail and how well they are done. Would totally not mind seeing more of those (though your drawing hand might feel differently)
Its amazing how much atmosphere and feel you can pull out of a fiction with a background! Two thumbs up! Go Alector!
To be frank, an image like this belongs aside of the Big Ones, artists at the industries, cover artists, the big illustrators. The air in this image reminds me of my two favourit artists, Howe and Vacher.
You can feel the time and heart that went into it, the accuracy, the amazing narration of the image concept, the light, the balance of contrast, depth and the effect of 3Dness, how little specks make the characters alive aboard the ship and some little lights on the wood show the depth of the ship, in short, I join Bagheera: I HATE UUU for eating brushes and colors like this.... And luv you so much!
To be frank, an image like this belongs aside of the Big Ones, artists at the industries, cover artists, the big illustrators. The air in this image reminds me of my two favourit artists, Howe and Vacher.
You can feel the time and heart that went into it, the accuracy, the amazing narration of the image concept, the light, the balance of contrast, depth and the effect of 3Dness, how little specks make the characters alive aboard the ship and some little lights on the wood show the depth of the ship, in short, I join Bagheera: I HATE UUU for eating brushes and colors like this.... And luv you so much!
Now that's something I don't see everyday on FurAffinitty! I appreciate it when an artist takes the trouble to get the details right.
I recall once reading a comic in which there a pirate ship was the location of most of the action. It looked vaguely ship-like -- there was a bow and a stern and it had two or three masts, with yards. But there the resemblance ended. The artist didn't go to the trouble of doing lines or shrouds, or anything else. The sails looked like bread slices and there was virtually nothing on the deck. The shape of the hull was wrong. The rudder wasn't right. It was a twelve-year-old's sketch of a pirate ship. I had a chance to talk with the artist later, and asked about this. Her answer was that it didn't matter.
Well, it darned well did matter to me! We complain about cheap special effects in movies for the same reason -- we want to believe what we see!
I recall once reading a comic in which there a pirate ship was the location of most of the action. It looked vaguely ship-like -- there was a bow and a stern and it had two or three masts, with yards. But there the resemblance ended. The artist didn't go to the trouble of doing lines or shrouds, or anything else. The sails looked like bread slices and there was virtually nothing on the deck. The shape of the hull was wrong. The rudder wasn't right. It was a twelve-year-old's sketch of a pirate ship. I had a chance to talk with the artist later, and asked about this. Her answer was that it didn't matter.
Well, it darned well did matter to me! We complain about cheap special effects in movies for the same reason -- we want to believe what we see!
You know, I have this plan to go through all these collected digital art samples I have and use them as study aides to observe and learn techniques from the various (few hundred) artists I regularly look at. They're all tiered by difficulty, and I think I have to create a new one for you. Your painting is so above and beyond, I don't even know where to start
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