Gone Fishin' Repost

Ok, here we are - I got some tips from my brother on how to improve this one.  This time around I added some more depth/design to the water so it would flow better. I also darkened the mountains so that the contrast would not compete with the foreground as much.  I like how it turned out!

Gone Fishin'

For those of you that have been following the blog, anxious for another post, the wait is over!  I apologize, school kind of kept me a little too busy as of late.  This is a project I had started about 4 months ago.  Recently, I finally had time to finish it up.  I mainly had the urge to practice painting water/reflections - this is what I came up with.  It was fun to work on, but I sure am glad to be done with it.  I've posted a couple of different versions because I couldn't decide if I liked a cooler or warmer feel for the color scheme.

I'll be posting a lot more regularly in the near future, so stay tuned!

Bullet Time!

Man, that last file dump was exhausting.

Alright, here's what I'll do from hereon in:  I'll update with maybe one or two each day until I'm all caught up with the stuff I've got as of today.  No more sketches, time to start posting some digital paintings.

I learned a lot when I did this one - about atmospheric perspective, textures, and color choice.  I stuck with warm colors to draw the eye towards the main focal point (the dude's face), and cooler colors to gradually push everything else back to create some depth.  Happy bullet dodging, my friends!

[Photoshop CS5, Wacom Bamboo tablet]