Tree [Finished?]

[Opacus]

Pretty happy with it so far. Inspired by Henk Nieborg. Also looked carefully at the techniques, colours etc he used.
11 colours ex BG.

[ndchristie]

wonderful job so far, my only 2 suggestions would be A.) finish it and B.) add in some direct cast shadows from the leafy bits

[piotrek255]

i'm not in a position to judge so fantastic artwork, but you should add some darker shading on the part of the tree where shadows drop, it depends on the direction of light.  but i guess you figured it out already.

PS: how long it took you making it?

[Opacus]

Thanks guys.

Adarias: 1): I like it too much not to finish it   2): Ah, yes, indeed.

Piotrek: Hmm, well, yes, partially true, but light also reflects of the ground and bounces back to the back side. It might make it slightly darker because the light becomes less strong when it reflects, but there's NEVER a place where there's no light at all. If so, it'd be pure black. Though I'll look a little deepere into that.
Ehm, about 1 and a half hour so far I think? Maybe 2.


Keep them comment comming.

[Opacus]

Finished:

12 colours inc trans.

[Helm]

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Here's a fast and rough edit of why trees should cast shadows on themselves, also brightness addition in places, skimmed a few colors and made the tree trunk have a more interesting shift going, hope I help.

[Zee]

Wow, I like it alot.

But what's up with the purple love around here? Every edit I see seems to get purples injected into them.

[Helm]

There's a dull blue and a pink in my edit. I try to avoid strong saturated purple.

And it goes well with most things that have earth-toned stuff on them like yellows and oranges because it's the complementary color.

[ndchristie]

There's a dull blue and a pink in my edit. I try to avoid strong saturated purple.

And it goes well with most things that have earth-toned stuff on them like yellows and oranges because it's the complementary color.

I can't help but feel that, for this particular case though, it wouldnt be better to include regions that have none of those purples, as much a fan of the color as i am.  with that color uniformly applied, it doesnt compliment at all - rather, it desaturates the entire piece.

I think, for a vibrant jungle piece, i'd suggest something betwen the two with a bit more "oomph"



as far as matching nieborg, i think opac's original palette was the closest of any.. though perhaps change a few colors out for straight-up grays and browns

the contrast in helm's edit of course though is right-on for nieborg and art in general, and should be kept regardless of hues chosen

[Gil]

Adarias is on to something...