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Published: 2012-07-20 13:27:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 38099; Favourites: 1825; Downloads: 418
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More concept art slash style searching experimentation for my "mystery comic project", which now has a title, as those of you who follow stuff on the main site already know. And with that title being Stand still. Stay silent, I can finally stop referring to it as "mystery comic project."Holy moly, I completely botched the perspective on this one. And I know exactly why: it's because I justlove starting a picture with a sweeping, rounded layout, but then I completely forgot to make sure the lines of the buildings keep with that same rounded form. Now the two sides of the image don't line up at all, which becomes very apparent with the line texture on top. Sure, I could easily go back and tweak it a bit with the skew tool or something, but if I just start relying on stuff like that I'll never learn to not make these kinds of mistakes to begin with. So, hello Embarrassing Glaring Errors, please push me to improve myself! Thank you.
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The art log entry with work in progress pictures and some blabberings to go with them may be found here: link to art log entry
Photoshop CS4, wacom cintiq 12wx
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If it's any consolation, I thought that the buildings' lines were due to the buildings being worn down from lack of human inhabitation over the 90 years. The blowing snow obscures the more distant buildings enough that we can't tell if they were built of sturdy materials or of materials which would naturally warp over time.
It wasn't until looking at this picture that I realized how much the shapes of the group's distinct hairstyles are a vital part to identifying them. (This comes in handy whenever you put tiny sketches of their faces in the word balloons, too. The readers can instantly realize, "Oh! It must be Emil talking from off-screen. I recognize his hair.") I'm glad you chose to do that with their heads. Although winter hats and mufflers might be more realistic in this setting, IMO it's terrible for clarity in storytelling when the audience can't tell who is who from moment to moment.
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Great art. Kind of like a zombeastΒ apocalypse
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so they're up against recesed feral animals, interesting.
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Interesting scene. Β NiceΒ thingamajigs.
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Well don't just stand there, RUN!!!
...or shoot.
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Shoot which part though? I'm for the first plan on just running
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Yeah, running sounds like a pretty good option at this point.
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The VERY leanest, hungriest wolves I have ever seen in ANY illustration!
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It kinda gave me the impression that the camera (/frame) is swaying to the side, sort of out of control.
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I don't know, I kind of like the way the straight and curvedness of the BG frames the forefront details.
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The background reminds me of Narshe from Final Fantasy 6.
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Invisible bandaged zombie monsters? Cant wait to see more of this one........
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Well, the building thing wasn't obvious to me if it makes you feel any better. 
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I don't know what you think you did wrong there, but I think the end result was super cool! Might as well call it a happy accident, maybe.
Now as for the scene, it looks promising. Survival is always a nice topic to tell a story about.
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*lol* This picture is amazing, and I don't think the buildings look bad. Maybe the one on the right side would need to tilt the ... umm, balconies(?). They don't quite line up with the walls. I couldn't say what I really wanted in English... *fail* Do you know Swedish? Anyway, I think it looks great and the creatures are really cool and I like the contrast between the cartoony charaters to the more realistic background. Very nice!
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This image looks wicked and the perspective isnt too far off. Its a one point perspective image with a tilted horizon line, the trick to doing these is too draw it as as flat, one point perspective, image and tilt it afterwards. The background is close but i think your lead character is definitely about to fall over.
The image looks awesome, errors or not. Great work.
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honestly if that kind of perspective is considered a mistake im surprised. It looks great for that scene and i have no problem at all with it. (and in reality you may yet start a fad with it it is pretty neat!)
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I didn't see any perspective issue until you pointed it out. It looks good to me.
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Beyond the "errors" (I didn't even notice) this has totally captured my interest and I look forward to reading about your new project!
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very dynamic perspective adding chilly background, very nice!
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We'll just pretend that you were going for a fish-eye lens look.
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This is the first time in four years of being on deviantart that something has popped up on my feed that made my jaw literally drop. Hugely excited.
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This is a really beautiful work, just well, yeah, the line of the buildings is a little slanted.
Just wondering, how did you make the blotches and lines of pouring snow?
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I completely did not notice the "glaring" perspective error, Perhaps I was overcome with the "Holy mother of monkeys what IS that?!" vibe.
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my advice to those people: shoot first ask questions later.
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Lite tunna klΓ€der med tanke pΓ₯ den varg'iga vintern
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Γsch, man hΓ₯lls nog varm bara man rΓΆr pΓ₯ sig. x3
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i think the fact the two sides of the image don't line up is the reason this image is so awesome.
i mean sure it could look even and lined up but...
this way you get the feeling one side is actually displaced by ground movement.
like on the right side, it looks like the ground has moved and pushed it up a bit.
really nice.
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Do you have any art that elaborates on the creature design?
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thats awesome. i had some similar creatures innmy own "mystery comic". i also drew some that had a human form too.
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cool, really cool
I wish I can draw monsters more like that things
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WOW. Excellent mix of line art and painting. I may have to study you, good sir.
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This is starting to look like quite the horror comic. I look forward to seeing this project get under way!
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Really, the characters are too tilted. The buildings are fine.
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Wow. I can't wait to start reading this, though it'll mean an end to my current favorite read, aRTD. 
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The monsters remind me of the infected dog from the 1982 version of The Thing. Very nice!
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Ah, one of my favourite movies of all time. Yup, I've definitely been influenced by it here. xB
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Oh whoa. The detail and the background is amazing!
Make sure you don't get demon blood on your clothes! Mother wouldn't like that at all.
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This kind of reminds me of a movie called 'Phantoms'. With a splash of 'The Thing' If you haven't seen it, you should.
Great image also, despite the mistake
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