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Published: 2015-07-10 13:31:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1963; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 0
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MY FIRST Art Trade!! Once i free from my test, i started continue drawing this artwork. Finally finished it after a long delay!Dear Lydia, sorry for the super looooooooooooong wait! I can't draw her abs (not yet TT_TT ), but i hope you like it ^^
Lulu is an Ice Mage. She lives in ancient holy shrine that surrounded by waterscape. No one really knows why she has that ice power except her master. With great power comes great responsibility. She has a duty as guardian of the shrine's relic. She fights with spear and ice as her weapon~
Tools used:
- Background done in sketchup 2015, with lots of help from 3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/ stocks. Rendering in Photoshop CS.
- Lulu done in SAI and Photoshop CS 5
- Ice done in SAI and Photoshop CS 5
- I used photo reference for her pose ^^
The real challenge in this one is blending the character with the background. I work really hard on that, but still need to improve. I love combining architectural scenery with anime ^^
The white fog surround her is a frosty fog, it's really cold near her.
I also did this for 100 themes challenge : #18 Magic
Link to 100 themes fehnwrites.deviantart.com/art/…
And the group for it
Please give me your comments or critiques to help me improve ^^
Enjoy~
lydiakencana 's part for this AT:
Lulu belongs to
Artwork belongs to me.
OPEN COMMISSION
Open Commission
Hello, everyone~
I finally open commission again!
Up to 4 slots open for this month.
PAYPAL ONLY
all prices are in USD.
DIGITAL DRAWING [OPEN]
1) Chibi ( transparent/ simple BG) $15
2) One Character simple BG
Head - waist up : $ 20
3/4 - full body : $ 30
Extra character = +$15 (MAX 3 CHARACTERs)
If you request a detailed Background, price depends on details and difficulty (+$10 - $20)
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Comments: 102
This is really cool, first off.
Second, as a critique, anatomy and portrait studies would be a future recommendation coming from me. Shading also does not need to be nearly as dark, 'cause remember, this scene is set outside. Also, the hard shading slightly takes away from the center piece, which is where you wanted our focus to be on.
Some studies on lighting and light sources could also be a future reference for practice.
Aside from all that though, the background is nice, the ice attack is cool, the coliseum feel makes this really neat.
Keep up with the good work!
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Thank you so much for your critiques and advice! I really appreciate it ~
I did use photo reference for this one, to improve my anatomy.
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I think the composition is set up pretty nicely but there is quite a bit that could be done with the background. I'll start off by mentioning in passing that the anatomy/pose/proportions could use a bit of work on the character but the background holds more precedence in this piece so let's focus on that. What I notice is that with the ice crystals forming around her body there is no real depth to them. There isn't a strong shadow to establish an opposing light source. If the ice is creating light and emanating it then that should be told more through her surroundings. Where the floor would be lighter around her the pillars would be much darker on the planes that are facing us. It's also a bit more difficult to show this properly with there being a general overcast light source through the entire environment. It might be better to show off more shadows on the ice then even if they are emanating light because the two light sources would be conflicting. Another thing to note is the textures of the rocks look like they may be taken from photographs, even in some areas they are transparent and you can see through them to the background. When utilizing photographic textures it's a good idea to incorporate them into the piece with paint. Don't just have them set in then mess with their opacity/hue and saturation/whateverothermenu. Make sure you take a bit of time to paint them into the piece so they appear natural instead of vastly different from what is painted in.
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First of all, thanks for your criticism, i appreciate it ^^
About this artwork, I'm trying to combined digital drawing (the character) with 3d rendering ( the background). I already repainted some parts on the background. The texture itself is given from the software. I don't repainted all of the texture, because wanna make more realistic looks. I'll try to make the see-through line fading away next time. I'm still experimenting to find better techniques, though.
I got difficulties on lighting. Because the background has overcast lighting, while the character itself has lighting source in those crystals. Even though you already give me some tips on multiple lighting some time ago, Multiple lighting still confused me in this one. TT.TT
Need more works on that~
I don't really get it with star rating, but how do i can improve the technique?
Thank you~
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Even when including 3d models and textures to get a more realistic look you'll most likely still need to paint them in on some areas in order to get them to look coherent with the rest of your painting. Otherwise you'll end up with a jarring look where the two elements look vastly different from eachother. What this is kind of going along the lines of is what some artists call "Photobashing" it's not the same method as photobashing that you're doing but the idea is the same. What Photobashing is, is when an artist takes parts of real photographs and cuts/warps/mends them together while incorporating them with paint on certain areas to unify them and make them look natural as if they always belonged to eachother. You can search up that term Photobash on youtube or even google and there's bound to be a lot of resources going further into what it is.
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aahhh i see, so this technique is called photo bashing? I can't find good tutorial that suits with this one because i didn't know what technique is this one. Well i just like experimenting~
So, i just need to repaint some parts, not everything, right?
Are photobashing and photo manipulation the same thing?
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As i already said I'm sorry for the long wait but to follow up on this they have similar qualities but they are not the same exactly. The idea is to manipulate photos and incorporate them into a painting so that they look more natural and more painterly as if they should be there instead of standing out and looking off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke62pd… This is a fairly good tutorial to look through. Also another thing to look up is Matte Painting which is essentially the same thing that might yield more results and tutorials for you.
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Great concept and composition. Keep the good work!
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I have to second the others who already gave critiques.
The idea is really cool, but some fundamental things are missing,
such as believable lighting with clear cast shadows and bounced light.
I think it'd help if you did some black and white form studies, like practicing
breaking down the human body into basic shapes and painting them with
a clear single light source using only black and white. This would help you to
understand how to paint the human body as well as any other form with
proper lighting and shadows from your imagination.
I would recommend this book for you: Figure Drawing Invention Book
His style isn't very sophisticated but his basic process of building up the
human body with basic shapes is solid.
I hope that helps ^ ^;
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Thank you very much for your critiques and advice!!!
Yes, i think i need learn more about lighting since i love experimenting with multiple lighting~
Lately i like drawing in Black & white style to help studying contrast~ ^^
Thanks for your recommendation!!
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You're welcome! I'm glad my feedback helped you in some way ` v `
I love experimenting with lighting too, it's so much fun.
Good luck! : )
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I like the location a lot. Ancient ruins sticking out of the water - really great setting!
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Thank you~ Glad you like it ^^
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great movement here, especially with the ice crystals! I think the background is really interesting, though perhaps it could have been rendered more since some of the blocks seem see-through, unless that was your intention 
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Thank you very much for your critiques and compliments~! I really appreciate it ^^
I'll try to improve next time ^^
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This is so very pretty and I can see her appearing in a fighting game of some sort. I like the fact she has the ability to summon up ice and use that to her advantage. Stunning work
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Aww thank you very much! Glad you like it ^^
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Nice! Even though the surroundings are 3D and the character 2D, you really managed to fit her in.
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I really love the background on this piece, I suck at them myself and need to work on them so seeing this with this much impact is really amazing!
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Awww thank you very much!! Yeah,, background can be difficult, i used to hate this part, practice is the key.
You can use photo reference for inspiration in your background. Make background as environment of your character, make them interact with it so it cam become more lively.
The important thing in background is perspective. Find tutorials of perspective to help you improve ^^
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This looks really cool! Love the ice at her feet.
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Thank you so much! Glad you like it ^^
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I have to admit, the combo of 3D mixed with 2D elements in this picture, certainly looks good. It's a neat picture, and I like it.
First off, I like how you kept the 3D elements similar towards the 2D drawn character. One compliments the other, and they aren't obvious from a glance. Great job on that. The background looks very good, and I like how you took the time in making your background in sketchup. Effects around the character look nice. Overall the character in the center of the image goes well. They seem anatomically correct so far, and they are not awkward- I like the pose done.
Now onto some things that could be improved upon. The lighting of the effect on the bottom could be done better, as it's not reflecting light off of the background. Also, you could export your background in layers rather than a single image. This goes with integrating your layers together- the columns are see through and looking up close I can see that the ice effect doesn't seem to continue behind the columns. If they're are see through, you can make the columns on a separate layer (solid) and then in Photoshop make them transparent to achieve the same effect.
Overall a good image, and keep up the work. You've done a great on this. 
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Thank you for your critiques and compliments! Those layers tips are really nice advice, I'll take a note for future reference~ ^^
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You're welcome, I'm glad it helped a bit.
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I think the concept here is really quite great and really reminds me the area of dark soul 2 near Heide's Tower of Flame.....Though i feel this concept is really too ambitious for your skill level (i think its too much for me! xD ), i feel like trying to tackle an environment like this along with the character is quite a lot, so try an make some environments first that are easy, like beaches, grass fields, clouds-scapes, mountain ranges, then move on to man-made structures within (knowledge of perspective is a must here). So try to work your way up to this concept with easier ones. Also, if you utilize 3D and photo-elements try to render them in such a way that makes everything blend and flow together, there are many easy and advanced techniques used to do this, i recommend tutorials from the pros here for this.... thanks for sharing
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Hhe thank you very much~ I'm trying to make epic background XD
For perspective and human proportion, i put 3d human model inside the shrine, so it'll help me when drawing Lulu. Yeahh..... i need more work on 3d rendering and adding texture. Still searching tutorial for better blending TT.TT
Anyway, thank you for your criticism! I'll try to improve my background next time~
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It seems like I agree with everyone else in the comments, epic background is EPIC!!!! It is just a beautiful composition, and I love the other temples in the background, and the fuzzy reflection in the water is just MAGNIFICENT!!!!! I think the only thing you are lacking is people skills, primarily the face, but with practice it won't be long before you are a great artist in lots of different areas it looks like!
p.s. I read the one critique.... I don't really agree with it 
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Aww thank you very much for your praise and critiques!
i truly appreciate it ^^
Yeahh about that, I have confusion how should i add the shadow, too :/
Maybe by adding more contrast or something like that.
thanks ^^
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very nice. love the focal point you've created and your ice and water looks stunning. i think you could give more definition to the girl's face and possibly more shadow work in the foreground to really make this piece pop!
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Thank you very much for your kind words and advice! ^^
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hi, The 3-D is very well done in this picture, you made it with enough detail to where the viewer has to study the whole thing. i also like how the ice is really textured and pops out so much that you could almost feel it. the water in the background blends in very smoothly with the building. Lasty, i like your spear design, people should make more spears, it's always a magic sword, i want a magic spear. definitely be looking for more work from you
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Aww thank you so much for your kind words, dear! Glad you like it. It's my friend's OC. She made the spear design~
i really appreciate your thoughtful feedback ^^
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Thank you very much! Glad you like it~
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