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NuclearLoop — Up In the Air
Published: 2013-07-29 08:20:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 719; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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I've been up in the airOut of my head
Stuck in a moment of emotion I've destroyed.
Is this the end I feel.
Up in the air,
Fucked up our life
All of the laws I've broken,
Loves that I've sacrificed
Is this the end?
Up In the Air by Thirty Seconds to Mars
Just one of those spontaneous days I have the motivation to do a speed-painty piece again. This time featuring my dear and beloved Madrid!
I really wanted to try something out of my usual painty experiments with something a bit more composition & dynamic based I guess you could say? I think I did alright, I was actually quite happy with the result for once. Her wings were a mad pain in the butt though.
I think tomorrow I'll go back and make a few changes like increasing some highlights or something, it feels like it's missing something >:I Oh and I added some trippy filter over it with some highlight colors and I liked it so I kept it, but I may remove it later.
If anybody has crits it would be greatly appreciated!
Art & Character copyright ~NuclearLoop (Lauren Myers)
Check out the comic this chick's in: www.archibaldcomic.com
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Comments: 13
Well I think her wings turned out very well. Perspective, BAM. I like how you can just barely see through the wing membranes. I didn't notice that at first, and then when I did it made me happy. And the lighting on her shoulder is probably my favorite parts, shoulder and the arm.
I'll bet you could make the highlights stronger all over on her skin, since the sun is so bright, and maybe with a yellow tint in the brightest parts to match the clouds. Also I suggest trying a little back lighting, maybe on her tail? Depends on whether you want there to be light from mostly below her or below and also behind. Kind of hard to tell which the way it is right now. Also depends how much you want to mess with it.
I like the layout of the piece. Yay dramatic poses, and yay perspective on swirly clouds. For another time, I'm not sure if the angle of the clouds quite matches the angle we're looking at Mad. Seems from the clouds like we'd be looking almost straight up. On the other hand Mad's flying so gravity what is that. I like the contrast between the darker blue sky at the top of the piece and the lighter sky with the yellow tint below. Draw the sky, add all the colorsss 
Ergo obviously you should do more dynamic things because they look great. c:
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Thank you so much! (Also you posted twice so I hid the other one x'D)
Thanks for the advice! I figured my highlights weren't brought out enough, so eventually I'll go back and fix those puppies up. Yeah the light source confused me because sometimes I added shading to where the lights below her but it really should be behind her because she can't fly above the sun obviously x'D And yeah the clouds weren't really meant to be any which way, more or less to bring the rest of it together centering on Maddy.
I shall definitely take this advice into consideration >:V
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You're welcome! (Lol whoops sorry.)
Hmm I think you would want to have that lighting from below, too. The sunlight reflects off the ground itself, not anywhere near as bright as the sun itself and therefore not as bright as the back light would be, but can still be pretty bright. So I'd guess you would have both light from somewhere below like you already have and a brighter light source from behind. Multiple light sources, how exciting 
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I love how the background is almost symmetrical, I love everything about the wings perfectly detailed is as if I'm looking at the real thing, that tail looks as if its coming out of the picture and is going to hit something, and the lighting is just beautiful.
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Why thank you! I'm glad you like it!
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You're Welcome.
Still love the wings their so perfect. *cries of the glorious sight* T-T
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Great song^^
ahh those long, flowy tails... I love the painted effect here, it really adds something whimsical to the piece :3
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Haha yeah I love this song. Thanks!
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Pretty snazzy painting ya got there~
Those colors. =V And dat perspective. 8V
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