I agree about the placement of the orc. Looks like he is just pasted on. But on the other hand, if this were a design for a card then this is perfect as most cards have this format. The maze looks awesome and so does the orc. Great job!
Maze Overlord - June 2016 COTM
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Character 3:
An orcish wizard
that is on fire
who has an impressive mustache-beard combo
Environment 3:
A giant maze
that is extremely windy
and features a demonic altar
I didn't want to do the orc and mage, but that is exactly why I did them. I don't enjoy working on stereotypical high fantasy Orcs, but I know as an illustrator I will have to do them, and the Maze just sounded like too much work.
While I'm not super happy with how this turned out, and I feel as if the placement of the orc doesn't really make for a good composition, It was still a challenging piece, and I did learn a few things working on it so mission accomplished. Next time I want to work more on making the shadows are better defined, and the character exists withing the environment, rather then being placed over it.
My WIP's can be found here http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1410353/3
This is beautiful! I love the purple flames and composition. The circular maze keeps the viewer focused on the piece beautifully
I really like the lighting and your Style.
Jeez, your lighting effects are amazing!
I'm still new at digital stuff and I kinda use a similar technique with the blurring but I've had to substitute decreasing opacity for the lighting stuff because I haven't figured out how to work the lights in GIMP yet. That was very frustrating for me in mine. I did the same pairing as you and it's really cool to see such a different take on it. My orc is a skinny reject which is why he turned to wizardry and he's summoning the demon from the center of a hedge maze (not a labyrinth) in order to try to make a deal, setting himself on fire in the process. (And summoning a sharknado)
Yours looks absolutely professional in contrast (and in general, actually). I think you have a real shot at the win. Good luck!
Yeah I agree it would be cool to have the character inside the environment, but I still like the feel of the piece. It looks like game-mat art for some mtg or Yugioh card game, you know?
Do you mind telling me a bit more about your technique? I like the rough style :)
Thanks,
Rico
Artist-Lost responds:
Thank you, I use a ton of squiggly lines, in fact pretty much the entire piece is made from using a small brush and smudge tool
For most of the painting I use a brush set up to work like acrylic painting and I use alt to sample colors from a pallet that I predetermine for each material/object in the image.
For the fire effects I first paint out the streaks in white, and then use the smudge tool to make them look a bit like fire. Then I copy that layer, blur it, and then adjust the color (in this case I darken the white and make it purple.) I take that layer and set it to hard light over the white which gives it the glowing look. I did pretty much the same thing for the embers.
I use a lot of lighting effects and gradient layers filtered over the image and masked out to give the depth and atmospheric prospective.
One of these days I will have to do a speed paint recording to show how it all works.
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