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yea so.. it doesnt work on my chrome very well i dont know why T_T. i'm glad i inspire you although i could never figure out why you liked my work so much, you are much more technically proficient than i am :P.

i've been doing a lot better actually. went through a tough period when my ex and i broke up but i'm kind of passed that tough stage. i'm glad to be walling again though i don't know how large my commitment is yet :D

when are you done with school? man school was busy but working is just on another LEVEL. its like i had time at duke to wall but now i never have any free time, its kind of crazy. i really admire people like sjade who can wall and work at the same time

did you need 1920x1080 ;_; EDD doesnt currently support that resolution so i can PM it to you. otherwise 1920 x 1200 is available :)

yooo, nice to see you again :D! anyways, which aspect ratio did you need? I posted new ones on EDD but realized that 1920 x 1080 is not supported by the site (yet) so if you need that, i might have to generate you one :D

how have you been? AP look so different from before but is super laggy :(

hey, sorry for the late response, i'm not very active anymore, but if you PM me the question i will try my best to answer it (and in a timely manner)

thanks for using my tutorial :)

i am only online later in the evenings because i work during the day.

center piece = luffy. applying more contrast(use levels, not contrast) will help people focus on his better.

also just as a point of clarification, when painters refer to "more yellow" in highlights or "more violets in the shadows" they aren't saying that you should actually make it that color, they are referring to your hues. more yellow will help balance out your skin so it looks less flat, like the scan. if you want to be mroe "true to one piece" you should still add some more yellows, but you should darken your pinks and add more blues to the shadows.

also IMO, whenever you do a reCG, while it is important to retain the style of the original piece, you always want to at least modernize, if not reinterpret the style =]

i REALLY think this peice would be so much more powerful if you applied more contrasted curves to your center piece and lightened the sky ever so slightly. his skin also needs some more yellowish tones, right now its too flat + pink, esp around the highlights/where his muscles are defined.

but aside from those issues, i love your simplified brushstrokes and the way you've warped the background due to "heat wave" or whatever its called (conduction? possibly? lol idk). i also want to point out to anyone else drawing buildings to follow your example and roughen up the lines a bit, it will still look neat but will seem more like it fits.

good job with the recg, would like to see you tackle something more challenging with the things you've learned from this wall

lawl i have to admit that i am not a true duke fan, i am only a duke fan when they are WINNING muahaha. i WILL goto duke homecoming though bc it will be shitshow =]

i really love where this wall is going, though (don't kill me) i think it just needs some extra touches to make it feel really finished. the bottom left cloud is well executed, but the top clouds are still a little too rough, esp in the shadows. i am biased, but i really think you should make their faces brighter to draw focus on the three. i know its bright sky, dark ground, almost twilight-esque, but i feel that composition only works when the characters are facing away from the viewer.

aside from those rather minor comments, i really love the way you've drawn inspiration from the scan and created the landscape with a very deliberate decision to add tension and movement. everything is put together really well and the colors are magnificently rural-1800's-European. fantastic!

absolutely wonderful! i am so impressed with the way you shaded (even though there are some parts that are overblurred, these can easily be remedied by adding some darker cellshading against the sharp shadows in her arm), it really shows your understanding of shapes and color. I would say if you run with this style you will certainly create even better works.

i've seen this scan where she was pushed forward so to see her so far back in this is rather unexpected but really amazing since you concentrated on setting up perspective. i cant say enough about how much i love the sense that shes almost fading into the background.

i think this was a very ambitious project, combining both detailed vectoring and perspective. you did well in creating a ghostly aura with the cold. steely blues and purples. there are just some things that you will probably learn over time but i'll say them anyways =]

1) i think a forced centered perspective would have worked better. it would add to the eerie aura by adding a seemingly endless darkness behind her (rather than the cut off perspective we have now) as well as adding some focus at your center object. i also think because shes facing head on, that the current perspective you chose is a bit awkward

2) geometric shapes need to follow the correct perspective, but be weary of making their edges too "clean" esp for your "painted" style. it isnt difficult to add some cracks and dirt with textures though it takes some time

3) as you make more walls your technique will certainly improve, but for now you should concentrate on not overblurring. when hyou want to paint, you have to paint with multiple colors and hues (at least 3 if not 5). areas between midtones and shadows should be more saturated while shadows should be cooler.

i hope this helps!

well you dont need illustrator to do shape layer lines, you can vector perfectly well in photoshop

shape layer lineart means actually tracing the lineart like:http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/tutorials/?qh=&section=&q=vector#/d17rtjyas opposed to just making the path and stroking.

what an interesting composition! i love the perspective and although it would normally be a little too big for my taste, i think it works. the background though would have worked better on some sort of tilt to complement the movement in the foreground.

additionally, your technique on the vector, since its the first thing we see, needs to be worked on. your edges are too chaotic and the colors are too monotonous to really give your character depth. you need more highlights oh her face, and at this level, you should give shape layer lineart a try.

i'm not a huge fan of the color composition, that shade of red is difficult to use without looking tacky, especially when it overpowers the background. although im anti-monochrome, i feel that a more monotonous take on this scan would have helped alot =]

very cool, though i wish you did more with the character's clothes/face (some light lineart / shadows perhaps

<3 white chocolate >D you mentioned cupcakes first ._.

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hey! i'm actually not from germany, but i used to live there so i speak german. thanks for reading THEwaller >D i'm glad we have readership at AP too

the color composition is great on this one, though i think some warmer tones would have given the scene a little more life. though as some have mentioned, the face + hair need more work. hair is tricky but you should paint them in wider chunks rather than strand by strand at first, then add detail. also while the background is really well done, the face is where the focus will ultimately lie so its always wise to spend some more time on that =]

great job none the less and i hope to see your painting develop further.

im with you, i hope spain fails hard

im gonna cry.

lol i hate strawberries and california is not going to change that >D and uhhh shortcake isnt all that great either >_>