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For Vectorness' Monthly Contest (November/Fantasy).
I chose the scan for the fantasy elements and because it had reflections. I love reflections, and I liked how the still water reflected like glass.
I kept most of the image the same, but chose to have only water and sky (to increase the isolation of the picture and to enhance the idea of space) and decided to go for some larger, more dynamic clouds instead of the cute little fluffy things in the original scan. The cloud placement was also used to enhance the idea of Wataru being bright (good) and Mitsuru being dark (evil). The background began with stock photos which were then repainted in Painter using the blender brushes. Then a number of color tweaks were employed to give it a more washed out feeling, to increase the greys and offer a more gloomy mood. After all, Wataru looks like he's in quite the pickle.
Before and after:
The title is based off of a Maaya Sakamoto song of which I am quite fond of.
P.S. If you couldn't tell, this was my attempt to employ Candy's style of painted clouds into a wall. As an experiment, it's okay. Lessons for next time: Plan ahead. Make sure the stocks you use are enough so that you can paint at 200% (3840x2400) size, so that you can scale down and smooth out any roughness. Also, canvas should be extended slightly (~100pixels around) because otherwise Painter starts pulling in white canvas at the edges.
P.P.S: More sizes at DA! I'd suggest using the widest aspect ratio possible; it just looks squeezed in at a 5x4 ratio.
I chose the scan for the fantasy elements and because it had reflections. I love reflections, and I liked how the still water reflected like glass.
I kept most of the image the same, but chose to have only water and sky (to increase the isolation of the picture and to enhance the idea of space) and decided to go for some larger, more dynamic clouds instead of the cute little fluffy things in the original scan. The cloud placement was also used to enhance the idea of Wataru being bright (good) and Mitsuru being dark (evil). The background began with stock photos which were then repainted in Painter using the blender brushes. Then a number of color tweaks were employed to give it a more washed out feeling, to increase the greys and offer a more gloomy mood. After all, Wataru looks like he's in quite the pickle.
Before and after:
The title is based off of a Maaya Sakamoto song of which I am quite fond of.
P.S. If you couldn't tell, this was my attempt to employ Candy's style of painted clouds into a wall. As an experiment, it's okay. Lessons for next time: Plan ahead. Make sure the stocks you use are enough so that you can paint at 200% (3840x2400) size, so that you can scale down and smooth out any roughness. Also, canvas should be extended slightly (~100pixels around) because otherwise Painter starts pulling in white canvas at the edges.
P.P.S: More sizes at DA! I'd suggest using the widest aspect ratio possible; it just looks squeezed in at a 5x4 ratio.
