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Published: 2011-12-06 03:37:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 7353; Favourites: 188; Downloads: 136
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some armored vehicles guard the perimeter of an alien crash site as some response teams helicopter in to the site. i started doing a landscape. then i added the vehicles for fun and then finally the space ship as the subject.Related content
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Of course,greet this possibly nice alien with TONS OF GUNS POINTED AT HIS HEAD!
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It's hard for me to see a lot of detail due to my small screen area. However, the landscape is great as are the military vehicles. This setting and terrain kind of put me in mind of the region in and around the Alps. Am I close?
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i think id agree especially after seeing burtn's photos of it. at the time though i was just after some cliffy interesting landscaping
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thanks! this one is inspired by all the saturday moring cartoons i loved watching i think. robotec especially
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When will you continue the story oon this subject aka what happened next....
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good question. i think ill do another then. thanks for the comment...
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just make it big like you usually do
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go big or go home right!!!
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hey thanks for the comments. i can see what your saying. good observations! thanks. you have picked up on some things that were bothering me too about the green foreground stuff blending into the backdrop. thanks for making me think about some really great points!
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Hey man! I love the derelict, you pulled that off really well. You could separate the foreground objects better, not so much for realism, more like for illustration purposes. Soldier dude on the left and the tanks are fading into the distant greenery a bit too much. You can use saturation, highlights and contrast with background to make them stick out more. The distant copter looks on same level as derelict due to values, making the derelict look smaller than intended in comparison. Make your object less contrasty using less value range as they fade, again, mainly for illustration purposes. Good luck with everything.
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Awesome work!!
I only thing i would recommend, is to add some more atmosphere as the view goes to the crash and beyond, so the feeling of great distance gets more strong, otherwise everything looks too flat. But the details and perspective are flawless.
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that's an interesting suggestion. i'll try that when i get home tonight to see how i feel about it. thanks
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ah a classic scene seems like you found some inspiration from robotech
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when i was working on it and it was coming out i was thinking that it looked like a, and im probably going to miss-spell this, a zentroni battle ship. the two tone coloring and organic shapes. lots of blisters and holes. that show is also certainly one of my influences for sure. thanks for the comments
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also i noticed how good you are at making military vehicles and soldiers,you should focus on them more
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you may be right about that. i grew up making tons of plastic models of them. thanks.
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i think i am definitely influenced by star wars. so yeah it practically could be. did i copy it? no. that would be too tedious for me. the distinction is still slight i'd agree. i might also be influenced by james gurneys sci fi stuff too. he does these really crazy 50's style space ships on steroids that are fun. ive been looking at both those things lately.
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yeah it look similar
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to that
but it does look very good
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thanks for the quick link. yeah it does. thanks
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it came out that good 'cause you drew it by accident?
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well i'd put it this way. sometimes i like to not know the end point. that way i can still be surprised. its a way to keep me interested in the outcome. i dont always do it that way. alot of the time im painting im really meditating at the same time. i think my subconscious is definitely playing a role.
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ha ha thanks 
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thanks very much. im glad you liked it.
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