Lance McKnight Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 I like the 'Fantasy Castle.' It looks so awesome. I like how the moon peeks out. The moon was actually a planet rendered in PDN. New post - Hyper Landscape. Very interesting, don't you think? Makes you wonder what really happens on country roads that's frequented less by travelers. *cue mysterious music* I travel on these almost every day and if I saw one like yours I think the van would be in reverse a.s.a.p - that's a pretty cool, spooky effect 8) Also a nice job on the castle photo manip, it ties in perfectly IMO LOL. My wife took a look at my castle and hyper landscape and said that she could had swore she saw a person in the fractal brushes. She said if you looked at the monitor from the right side angle you could almost make the person out. Really creepy. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 I like the 'Fantasy Castle.' It looks so awesome. I like how the moon peeks out. The moon was actually a planet rendered in PDN. New post - Hyper Landscape. Very interesting, don't you think? Makes you wonder what really happens on country roads that's frequented less by travelers. *cue mysterious music* I travel on these almost every day and if I saw one like yours I think the van would be in reverse a.s.a.p - that's a pretty cool, spooky effect 8) Also a nice job on the castle photo manip, it ties in perfectly IMO LOL. My wife took a look at my castle and hyper landscape and said that she could had swore she saw a person in the fractal brushes. She said if you looked at the monitor from the right side angle you could almost make the person out. Really creepy. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 that fantasy castle one is really nice. makes me want to go on a vacation. but I don't see any person in the fractal brush. Tell the wife to get some rest she's seeing ghosties. ciao OMA My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 that fantasy castle one is really nice. makes me want to go on a vacation. but I don't see any person in the fractal brush. Tell the wife to get some rest she's seeing ghosties. ciao OMA My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Oma, my wife actually saw something. I did too when I stood up and peered at the monitor from a right angle. It was purely unintentional. :shock: Like I have said, I have a WIP. As soon as it is done, it will be posted. Edit: Coat of Arm added, that was my WIP. It took me two weeks to complete. Feedback would be appreciated. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I agree with Welshblue. I like how the cloak is rested on the helmet. It's so cute. Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nice coat of arms you have there. Have to agree with the others about the chromey bits though. Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 @Welshblue, Helen, and Goonie - Thanks for your comments, but I am going to have to disagree with y'all about the chrome. To me, that's overkill and the coat of arms is supposed to be flat and not as elaborate as you may picture it in your mind. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 I didn't say you, welshblue. I was merely saying that chrome would be a bit too much for this particular type of work. Did you check the reference link on the 1st page? A lot of the crests I looked at didn't have that kind of fancy chrome. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 That 100% PDN piece (the main, first one) is superb. Really nice work on it. Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 :shock: Surv, you speaking to me? Thanks dude, I appreciate it. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hehe, what, it's a nice gallery worth visiting... so I visited.... twice now. Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Take a look at my sig. :wink: I appreciate your comment/feedback. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I`ll have a bottle of Chateau Storm please ! Nice pic but there is something not quite right about the perspective. The top does not match the bottom. If you go by the bottom you should be looking at the bottle from above and the label should be curved to fit it. If you go by the top you`d be looking at it head on as you have drawn it.Know what I mean? Also I`d reduce the height of the white on the label so the lightning is displayed more. Other than that it looks really good. :wink: Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I`ll have a bottle of Chateau Storm please ! Nice pic but there is something not quite right about the perspective. The top does not match the bottom. If you go by the bottom you should be looking at the bottle from above and the label should be curved to fit it. If you go by the top you`d be looking at it head on as you have drawn it.Know what I mean? Also I`d reduce the height of the white on the label so the lightning is displayed more. Other than that it looks really good. :wink: I think I might need to redo the whole bottle. I just wanted to put it up. The perspective seem off? What if it was at an eye level instead of from the bottom? I tried to run a wet floor reflection on it, but for some reason the plugin wouldn't generate the reflection. I wonder if that's what throwing off the perspective. What's your thought, Goonie? Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoeman Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hey, man. I really like ur gallery! Like your digital, and the photo manipulations. Your a natural artist. We should all be... Alive... ......................................... ......................................... |Lightning|My Dome|Pokemon sig tut| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 nice wine bottle two things that might make it more realistic is a longer neck and see at the bottom not quite such a rounded curve. its looking like it might tip over. I love the label and its sure to be a quality vintage. good job. ciao OMA My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoeman Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Oh, and some :AntiAliasingOn: or feather We should all be... Alive... ......................................... ......................................... |Lightning|My Dome|Pokemon sig tut| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I`ll have a bottle of Chateau Storm please ! Nice pic but there is something not quite right about the perspective. The top does not match the bottom. If you go by the bottom you should be looking at the bottle from above and the label should be curved to fit it. If you go by the top you`d be looking at it head on as you have drawn it.Know what I mean? Also I`d reduce the height of the white on the label so the lightning is displayed more. Other than that it looks really good. :wink: I think I might need to redo the whole bottle. I just wanted to put it up. The perspective seem off? What if it was at an eye level instead of from the bottom? I tried to run a wet floor reflection on it, but for some reason the plugin wouldn't generate the reflection. I wonder if that's what throwing off the perspective. What's your thought, Goonie? If you were looking at it at eye level the bottom would not be so curved, as Oma said earlier. For the reflection, is the bottle on the background layer? Try creating a new one and moving it underneath the bottle layer. Also try using and make the selection just where you want the reflection to be. Hope this helps :wink: Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hey, man. I really like ur gallery! Like your digital, and the photo manipulations.Your a natural artist. :shock: I have never thought myself as a natural artist. Thank you for your comment. If you were looking at it at eye level the bottom would not be so curved, as Oma said earlier. For the reflection, is the bottle on the background layer? Try creating a new one and moving it underneath the bottle layer. Also try using and make the selection just where you want the reflection to be. Hope this helps :wink: I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the tip. nice wine bottle two things that might make it more realistic is a longer neck and see at the bottom not quite such a rounded curve. its looking like it might tip over. I love the label and its sure to be a quality vintage. good job.ciao OMA Thanks Oma. The label was actually several different renders over a cloud layer in a new image. Once I was satisfied, I simply changed the layer blending options. That's a nice touch with the Lightning flash on the label. :idea: Thanks man. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 That's really nice. If you want to make it transparent, use the Bevel plugin (Boltbait's), Gaussian blur it (2-3px) and then add white highlights on it. That's the easiest way I find to do it. You might want to ask the pro (Welshblue). I really like this wine bottle; it looks so real and perfect. Nice job!!!! :wink: Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 That's really nice. If you want to make it transparent, use the Bevel plugin (Boltbait's), Gaussian blur it (2-3px) and then add white highlights on it. That's the easiest way I find to do it. You might want to ask the pro (Welshblue). I really like this wine bottle; it looks so real and perfect. Nice job!!!! :wink: Thanks Helen. I plan to try a wine bottle with transparency and color, like an actual wine bottle. I will also redo the current wine bottle to fix it per Goonie, oma, and welshblue's suggestion. Stay tuned for updates....I'm typing this out on a Blackberry. Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 Added a new artwork, Wings & Sword, but I am not entirely satisfied with it. The sword looks like bloody potato, and the wings could be better. Any suggestions? Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 To make life easier for you, I think that you should keep the top of the sword a darker gray, but make the blade of the sword a whitish and shiny (very shiny). You can keep the wings the way they are, but add some "shine" to it. That way, it will look professional, simple, and shiny. Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petewolfbane Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 i agree with helen. the concept is great but i think the sword should be longer,sharper, better (i am listening to daft punk so... ) GRAPHICS CAT JOIN NOW !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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