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Published: 2019-01-25 13:48:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 3419; Favourites: 224; Downloads: 0
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Here it is, my entry for the WoW contest Galder is hosting: Second Brigade ContestMy illustration depicts two children of cenarius, the dryads Aeon and Aela. The young and unexperienced Aela unfortunately got corrupted by the curse of Emerald Nightmare. Aeon, her friend and an experienced healer, helps Aela to recover with the aid of her powerful pendant, The Essence of Nature .
It is definitely the most complex artwork I ever made and I threw everything into this I have learend so far: characters, scenery, lighting, story, perspective
I still feel there is something wrong about it but I cant tell what it is, so I'll be happy if you have any feedback
Nevertheless I decided to submit it now and move on. Thanks to Galder for holding this contest and answering all my questions about dryads
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Holy cow this must have taken forever! It looks amazing, all that practice has definitely led somewhere 
Though I agree that there is something that might look a little off... what I think the strong foreshortening might not really fit with the rest of the image... Did you try to map out the perspective? 
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Ha, it did indeed take forever Thanks for your comment! And for your help in finding the mistake, I think you might have gotten it.. although I still cant say how it should look like.. I havent tried something with perspective maps, just pushed everything around until it seemed okay
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Okay I hope you don't mind me nitpicking! I actually became curious as to how the perspective should have worked and tried to map it out a little, and I think the biggest issue is that the hand is on a completely different perspective that the rest of the image. If you try to act the pose that the character has, you'll notice that her hand isn't actually physically as high as the perspective makes it seem to be, it's just a teeny bit higher than her head actually. You'd need a really strong 3-point perspective for the rest of the image to fit with how it should. At least that's what I think.
I tried to illustrate my point here, I hope it's understandable ^^'
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Hey, great, thanks for the try to find out what's wrong
But I don't think it is so easy/that the hand is the (only) problem. I checked my sketches again and I think the problem is the perspective of the healer and the wounded one is a bit different and the background doesn't really fit to either. Plus the head of the healer is too small regarding her perspective, maybe that's why the hand looks weird. At least that last point is for sure because I took a reference photo of myself for the hand/arm/head/torso and used it for the sketch. Later I decided to make her head smaller because it looked too big compared to the perspective of rest of the image ^^
So overall I think its a big mess regarding the perspective part but hopefully people will miss that out because they are blinded by the many colors and details
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Gosh I'm so sorry for replying this late ;___;
Honestly I wanted to try and see if I have any eye at spotting what could help
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lol thanks for the name drop
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Wooow indeed sounds awesome! It would be great to learn feedback skills somewhere and that group sounds just perfect
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Das ist doch toll geworden! 
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oh vielen Dank, das freut mich dass die Atmosphäre rüber kommt
Ich glaub ich hab zu lang drauf geschaut, ich sehe nur noch Fehler XD
Contest läuft noch, mal schauen. Mir gings eigentlich nur darum, einen Grund zu haben was zu machen
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Ah, das mit den Fehlern kenne ich nur ALLZU gut. XD Letztendlich zeigt das aber ja nur, das wir uns selbst reflektieren können und verbessern, oder? 
Haha, der Grund ist manchmal genug!
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ja da hast du wohl recht Allerdings ist zu viel Selbstkritik auch manchmal hinderlich und hält einen davon ab überhaupt irgendwas zu machen
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Da stimme ich zu! Alles wird ab einer bestimmten Dosis schädlich...
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Damn, you may not be - as you described it - an allround creative, and that your ideas are visual in the first place... but by the Maker the power your arts have to tell a story! 
You can practically see and sense the division/barrier between life and death in both the environment + the different states of Aeon and Aela (funny as well how the two trees at the very edges of the 'canvas' have their heavily shadowed sides facing the corruption end ). Notice as well how the greenery and forest dominates the piece. I know the obvious explanation is that they're in a forest, but on the otherhand it makes one feel that Aeon has begun to pull Aela back from the brink of death. Alternatively, it really adds some serious depth to an idea once stated by Poison Ivy in one of the Batman: Arkham games: "Nature always wins".
Also I love that there's a reference to 'The Essence of Nature'. That's one of my personal favourite Galder pieces.
Good luck in the contest
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Thanks again for your detailed critique you recognize even details I didn't plan because they happened intuitively
Oh and that's what I meant, I need some input then I can visualize quite detailed stories - and Galder gave me a looot of input so this is maybe a little overdone because I could not stop
I'm happy you are seeing my main point - that nature is the most powerful force and Aeon will succeed in saving Aela
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Magical! I don't know what to say! This beautiful. Thank you for adding this to the I appreciate it.
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Oh thank you so much for adding to your featured folder I'm very happy you like it!
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The power of nature is the strongest power
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Yes it is!
And thank you
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Thank you very much!
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Amazing!
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Thank you! I'm very happy you like it and the story is transported properly
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Thank you, thats what I wanted to achieve
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this is amazing! but my heart! 
i hope shes able to lose the corruption on her sister
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Thank you! I'm not so into the stories inside WoW but Galder explained to me, Aela could recover from the corruption with the help of her friends so in my version Aeon is the friend healing her - not completely but Aela is doing okay again
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Ha there it is !
The perspective is quite bold, I feel they ended up a tad too slender looking before of it, but it's quite an impressive endeavour.
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Thank you, I'm glad about your feedback! Perspective is definitely one thing I need to practice
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This is a wonderful piece of art Stefanie! I admire the composition, the general idea of nature versus corruption, the emotion this particular scene evokes. You have done wonderful work with the background and the characters themselves. And of course the Essence of nature is spot on. Welcome aboard and good luck in the contest!
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Thank you so much for your kind comment and for sharing
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Oh wow!!! This is impressive on so many levels!
The composition is incredible and you chose a risky perspective! My favorite part has to be the choice of colors and the way it flows from a bright and green environment to a dark and reddish one, feeling absolutely organic.
Best luck on the contest! You made such a stunning work!
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Thank you for your kind words Leila
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I don't think it is! It's definitely different from your other pieces but it suits the fantasy style of WoW.
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Great, thats what I wanted to achieve
Now I can move on to other contests
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Nice! Planning to join mine?
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Sure, I will definitely! Contests are a very nice opportunity for me to draw something with more complexity than my usual mouse/portrait/landscape stuff
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