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Published: 2011-10-26 19:14:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2544; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 39
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Also did this, at some point, for my portfolio to show a weird elven alleyway, like a bunch of elves hit the industrial revolution or something and their city suddenly sucked.yeah.
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Oh yeah, it was a weird concept in my head. It'd be cool to revisit one day, I think.
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This is so cool. The detail is amazing, and you perfected perspective and shading.
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I wish I could paint like this. Next stop: painting landscapes and scenery. Artworks like yours, inspire me
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Do it! Practice make perfect.
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Hehe thanks for the words of encouragement 
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Haha, thanks! Glad you think so.
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I have always been envious of those who can create wonderful environments. I really like the lighting in this piece not to mention the roots growing out of the alleyways are a really nice touch.
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I'm actually really terrible at environments, so this was practice. Environment and atmosphere are two of my weakest traits, as in painting in general.
But thanks! Glad you like it. :>
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I'm horrible at them. I half-ass backgrounds so honestly seeing one that has a lot of effort put into it makes me smile, considering how well I think it turned out.
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Oh gosh, I used to be the same! I like characters a lot more than backgrounds, so I'd always put lots of detail on characters and nothing on the background. But I think the trick is to treat backgrounds almost like a character. Like if you put trees in the background or something--is this a rainforest? Snow? What animals live in there? Have there been any natural disasters to warrant destroyed areas? What sort of damage have people done? etc. etc. hippy talk.
Sorry, I tend to ramble!
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Nah I ramble too, no worries. I agree with you. I tend to put so much effort into the character/characters that by the time I get to the background I'm just looking for something to fill space really and have run out of steam to do anything creative with it. >.>
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Oh gosh I was the same. I still kind of am, honestly! A lot of my older pictures are seriously JUST a character standing on quite literally a flat color background. For what I was trying to do job-wise, I realized I needed to branch out a little bit. It helped, too--for my job I draw primarily buildings, haha!
I still prefer designing characters over everything else, but backgrounds are that sort of necessary evil.
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POWER TO FLAT WHITE OR COLOR BACKGROUNDS! *falls on face*
I also enjoy characters a ton more.
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Oh yeah, same! Even if I like environments somewhat, I'll still always take designing a character over an environment.
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This reminds me a small bit of the Professor Layton environment in the games... Cool work!
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very detailed...like the darkness and creepy feel you gave this, keep it up
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I love these paths in oldtowns with the lantern illumination!
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this looks lovely! i like the atmosphere and colours you've used!
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really nice perspective. and the work as a whole. well done!
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you deserve it mate. i love how you play with the ligthing and color.
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Excellent work, Just the type of shoot i like. The idea is very solid, well achieved.
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Hah! great idea! industrial elves.... preposterous!
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Wonderful. I love how you've combined slightly rotten look and somehow fair atmosphere.)
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so scary, very well done with the coloring, really like it
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I feel like I'd probably get mugged by a bunch of elves in there. Yup.
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They'd be dastardly elves that would tell you to hug trees and mock you for your non-bio-degradable wallet.
Then they'd shank you with a twig or something.
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Probably from the Dreadlock Bongs gang. Typical handy work.
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great! think if there were sigle elf looking out the window with a cigarette or throwing out some trash... but even as it is it's very great!
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Oh man, that's actually a really good idea. I think this piece is done for the time being, but if I do another in the series like it, totally adding that.
Thank you!
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Very nice work! I'm really awful at buildings. D: Lots of details. The building just left of center looks like it's leaning towards the alleyway. I suspect that was an intentional effect?
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Haha, yeah. It started as a bit of weird perspective, then I rid of that, but still liked the slant.
I'm terrible at buildings too; that was one of the reasons this was done. Thank you!
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