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Edit: Canvas size is 24" by 48", to give a sense of scale.
Chain of Dogs: Work In Progress
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 04:31 AM
Still working on the background. The Chain will be crossing the light-colored plain in the middle, but the focus will be on two Wickan outriders and a cattle dog waiting on the foreground rock shelf. Still not sure if I like the layout (probably should have done something more up-close to the Chain), but it's too late to change now ...
Edit: Canvas size is 24" by 48", to give a sense of scale.
Edit: Canvas size is 24" by 48", to give a sense of scale.
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 04:36 AM
So far it looks great man.
What program are you using? I like the shadow.
What program are you using? I like the shadow.
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 04:40 AM
If you look closer, Xander, you'll see it's a canvas, on an easel. So technically, he's using paint.
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 04:44 AM
Illuyankas;255846 said:
If you look closer, Xander, you'll see it's a canvas, on an easel. So technically, he's using paint.
wow, I'm an idiot. Thanks Illy.
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 06:14 AM
Xander;255844 said:
What program are you using? I like the shadow.
Unfortunately, I'm way too drunk to think of a witty answer to this ... but, yeah, it's oils. That's why it might take me until about when TTH comes out to finish.
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 06:48 AM
OOOKAY...Canvas. WOW. I think its a wonderful start and you picked a forum favourite scene so looking forward to the rest of it. Please post the progress man and best of luck with all of it....
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 01:52 PM
I think it would be really neat to have the chain of dogs cresting the ridge in the foreground....like have dukier or coltaine painted right up front, maybe bent too...and then have a less detailed column of the chain of dogs trailing off to the right down in the valley in the background.
If you don't want to put main chars up there, like you said, maybe just an anonymous horse archer or cattle dog. Having something on that ridge would give a real sense of scale to the chain of dogs down in the valley below.
Make sure to add wagons, herds, outrider units away from the main group and...of course...lots and lots of peasants.
EDIT: Another thought, it would be neat to have dukier and bent up on the ridge alone just observing and documenting....or one of the wickan wizards casting a blessing??
If you don't want to put main chars up there, like you said, maybe just an anonymous horse archer or cattle dog. Having something on that ridge would give a real sense of scale to the chain of dogs down in the valley below.
Make sure to add wagons, herds, outrider units away from the main group and...of course...lots and lots of peasants.
EDIT: Another thought, it would be neat to have dukier and bent up on the ridge alone just observing and documenting....or one of the wickan wizards casting a blessing??
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 08:17 PM
cerveza_fiesta;255979 said:
I think it would be really neat to have the chain of dogs cresting the ridge in the foreground....like have dukier or coltaine painted right up front, maybe bent too...and then have a less detailed column of the chain of dogs trailing off to the right down in the valley in the background.
If you don't want to put main chars up there, like you said, maybe just an anonymous horse archer or cattle dog. Having something on that ridge would give a real sense of scale to the chain of dogs down in the valley below.
Make sure to add wagons, herds, outrider units away from the main group and...of course...lots and lots of peasants.
EDIT: Another thought, it would be neat to have dukier and bent up on the ridge alone just observing and documenting....or one of the wickan wizards casting a blessing??
If you don't want to put main chars up there, like you said, maybe just an anonymous horse archer or cattle dog. Having something on that ridge would give a real sense of scale to the chain of dogs down in the valley below.
Make sure to add wagons, herds, outrider units away from the main group and...of course...lots and lots of peasants.
EDIT: Another thought, it would be neat to have dukier and bent up on the ridge alone just observing and documenting....or one of the wickan wizards casting a blessing??
I like the edit idea in particular. Just pick the idea which will work best and is most time efficient too.
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 08:34 PM
That's certainly an impressive start 
I also like the idea of having duiker documenting in the foreground. And a cattle dog or two, probably
I also like the idea of having duiker documenting in the foreground. And a cattle dog or two, probably
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Posted 11 February 2008 - 11:37 AM
wow, that looks really good. Can't wait to see the progress:)
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 02:48 PM
It look "so far so good" Hope you finish it!
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:39 PM
Are you on Deviantart kmmontandon?
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 07:06 AM
Ooooh, forgot about this. Haven't worked on it in more than a year, but here's a slight update for as far as I got:
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 07:22 AM
Looks pretty good, I hope you get around to finishing it. My two small suggestions would be that the horse looks a little fat (I always pictured wickan mounts as being lithe) and that you could maybe get a better idea of the scale of the chain if it extended to the horizon instead of off the side of the picture, but I'm not sure what the scale of the people in the background will be, so that might be overdoing it.
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 08:28 AM
wooooeeee! looks like a regular cattle drive their pardner. of death, though.
looks mighty fine though, my friend. glad yeh dragged it outta yer closet!
looks mighty fine though, my friend. glad yeh dragged it outta yer closet!
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 05:04 PM
Yeah, looks really good so far 
I LOVE the background Please make sure to finish it 
I LOVE the background Please make sure to finish it
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