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charlottei — Concrete Jungle
Published: 2012-06-25 18:09:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 756; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 952
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It feels like I've been working on this for so long!I came up with the concepts mid-May and I've been working on the layout and composition on and off since then. It was only after exams finished that I had the time to start painting it!
This was a difficult one, mainly because of the weird lighting and some tricky elements (such as water, I have honestly no idea how to draw water; this was a result of trial and error alone... I will have to learn someday) and the fact the composition was entirely my own so it was difficult to find appropriate references. Another reason it took so long was that I used a combination of programs - started off on SAI, trial ran out, lost 2 hours of work, carried on in Photoshop 7.0, bought CS6, finished it off in CS6!
Phew.
Anyway I have the full version of CS6 now so that's something I don't have to worry about any more. I love it so far.
So I am really glad to have this finished and I hope you all like it.
I'm still not fully content with my style, especially with backgrounds, but as always I'll keep working on it.
There were some themes I wanted to explore here, mainly the nature/civilisation contrast.I'd appreciate critique either officially or just in the comments!
Art by me
References from Google
Title inspired by the song 'Empire State of Mind'
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Comments: 21
This is realy good! The shadows might not match up on the whole image (if the light source is the sunset then the tiger has to be dark.) but the composition is very good and I especially like the way the foreground has many orange tones, then there's green, blue and orange again. Puts the wole thing together nicely, keep it up!
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I was trying to have the city as a secondary light source if that makes sense? But you have a very good point! I'll keep an eye on that in future pieces.
Thank you! (:
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That makes sense to me.
I love the piece, though, it's beautiful!
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And the award for most insightful comment goes to...
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Two words for this... Total Awesome.
I love those buildings with that light effects. The trees, the water and the sky are so marvelous, and I like the way you did the branches.
The tiger is also really amazing. I like its fur, especially in the head.
I just think you could maybe have made its tongue looks like it's a little wet and make it a lttle bit "curved", but they're really small details, so don't care about that. XD
Anyway, I have to go to bed now, and the last words I'll say are: Very well done. <3
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Two words for my response: Total gratitude!
Haha, thank you so much for the wonderful comment. C:
The tongue was a bit of a last minute addition, actually - I should have probably put more thought into it, you're right! ^^
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Ok great job, this is absolutely amazing, way beyond my abilities
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Thank you so much for the crit and lovely comment. :'D The redline isn't working any more but I saw it earlier so that's okay.
Wow, the back leg problem seems obvious now that you point it out! I'll definitely watch out for that in future. I tried to make a small part of the other side of the muzzle in view originally, but it didn't seem to fit. Probably should have tried harder, my fault. xD
I agree with everything you suggested and thanks again. <3
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np thanks for replying and not freaking out 
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Yeah, I've seen people respond in that way. :/ I don't understand it, honestly!
Aha thanks again.
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you're very welcome and yes.. doesn't make no sense
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Wow, this is just amazing.
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