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Published: 2011-05-12 16:55:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1336; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 53
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Matte Painting Assignment for my college~ XDI'm pretty happy with the outcome XDDD
though I cant help but feeling something is seriously wrong with it
Would appreciate if anyone give me a constructive critique~!!
I appreciate harsh critique too~ XDD
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And for those who I owe a reply, orz im sorry, I'll reply tomorrow
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I'd say the shading, if anything. I suppose it is the moon shading, but the shadows on the right parts of the building don't seem synchronized and part of the water/shore seems darker without reason. Very nice though. Love the detail. o_o;
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Synchronized as in..
the Right Part highlight is a bit more yellow-y or orange-y than the left side?
Oh and shore, noted XD
and thanks~! XD
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Synchronized as in: look at the castle's two towers. The big tower's right side is a lot more dark then the smaller closer tower. Same applies to several of the other walls and maybe the bridge too, not sure.
The castle being lighter on the left side also feels strange-ish since the only visible lighting is at the back (the blue in the background).
There might of course be some subtle city lights to the left (out of picture), but if so then the highlights would have been fire'y orange/yellow and not straight sky-blue.
Now that I think about it, it's probably the moon? If so, then I'd try for a less contrast'y image in terms of light (as I mentioned earlier, certain parts darker for no clear reason). Moonlight should be like... everywherrrre!
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O.O You're right~
I didn't even notice that..
I was thinking of making a few certain part of the middle of the castle a highlight points, but I guess that makes the other part become dark
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/pat Always hard to spot your own mistakes.
Indeed
The highlights make it look interesting as a standalone piece, but as a matte painting that might be used together with other pieces then it might not work too well.
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I see~
I will keep that in mind then~~
Thank you so much for your inspiring word~!
I'm really happy to get such feedback~!! XDD
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Ye're welcome, glad to be able to help
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Hi! I just want to ask you a question for the correction I'll do on this one (at least I'll try *shot*) Do you want it more lively or leave it as it is but fix/add things to make it better?
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Hiyaa
Waii, thank you so much for taking time to do this correction~!!!
Well I would like to make it more lively actually o.o, like add a fire or something, but i cant get the right colour and mood for the light >.I hope you can help me with it~ xD
and thanks once again!!! XD
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You're welcome!!
Oh, and do you want a warm/less-gloomy mood too? like with people walking on the bridge etc... at least I'll do my best to help you but for that I need some informations you see?
Anyway, I bet you'd like a tut-like correction so I think I don't have to ask you "do you want a tut-like correction or your work next to my finished correction?" XD
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Yeah that would be good~~ XD
It was originally planned that way.. but I cant draw the torch lol >___<"
And yep lol, i prefer a tut like correction, coz I'm actually take things very slow 
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ok then! I'd like to start your correction now but I'm already on another one and if I start your correction I won't continue the other 
I'll start as soon as possible though!
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SOrry for the late reply... >.<
That's ok~ xD
Thank you for taking time to correct it~
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Great work! I believe you did an amazing job on this piece 
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Thank you~!! Q A Q
I was thinking of adding a torch at the beginning..
But after a few attempts.. I realize I like it darker..
(Or I just cant draw nice torches lol
I'll try to add a bit more light to it then~
Thanks so much for the advice~!! XDD
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your welcome 
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Whooooa nice Who says you bad at landscape painting? lol.
Did you use any PS embossing effect, or is it all just painted? I really like how textural and realistic a lot of the detail, especially on the ground and bridge are. Only thing I would say is that it's very very dark. Might be partially my monitor's setting is different as well, but I find it hard to see a lot of the beautiful details you put in. The water/land area under the bridge seems like it's going at a funny angle as well *dunno how to explain orz*. Really nice job on this tho XD
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Hoo~ Thanks~ XDD
LOL I am bad at it.. OTL
err.. embossing? No its actually a lot of photos (which explain why they are a lot of detail LOL) being put in one place, and then I paint over the area that was cut out and change it to night scene, so they looks connected..
The reason I make it dark, so that you cant see the extreme colour change in dark scene//shotshot
Oh now that you meantion its, the water do looks funny.. O.O
I'll fix it later then~
Thanks for the help!!! XD
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Pffft whatever, I think your landscapes look good~
LOL I only just saw in your comments that it's a matte painting //shotfornotreadingproperlyorz
So now I get what you did X'D So you used photo of a few different castle to put it together? It's blended together very well still though~
Haha yeay, at least you understood what I mean
And you're welcome XD
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I think you did an excellent job with this. The image overall is very desaturated. To fix this simply ctrl+shift+c and past into a new layer. Then go to filter, new adjustment layer, levels. Bring the triangle on the right down until it reaches the end of the graph. You may have to do this twice, but you'll probably get a huge loss in colour information, so instead try and see if you can adjust for the lightness, contrast, etc and see how that works.
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Thank you!
Erm, I tried what you've said.. But err.. I think my Photoshop have diferrent setting? O.O I cant find any adjustment layers.. Or do you mean in after effect
I try duplicating and adjusting the level though.. and it turns out darker....(Not sure if I do it right though
I try to adjust the lightning and contrast then~
Thank you so much for the advice~!! XDD
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Ack, sorry. XD Try Layer>New Adjustment Layers>Levels and if that doesn't work try Image>Adjustments>Levels.
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O_O .......... O_______O how do i say this.....
Can I like.. marry you you art god eAe *slapped*
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Sure lol //shotshotshot
And I'm nt art God Q A Q I still have to learn a lot OTL
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YEAH! and yes you are eAe even if you still have alot to learn, you still are good at it eAe <3
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Holy. Shit. How do I give advice on this? I can't tell what's wrong with it at all (though I'm not to great with realism to begin with). This is awesome.
I think my favorite things about this picture would have to be the gloomy mood and the serene yet somewhat imposing castle.
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Its alright.. Ur comment is highly appreciated~!!!
Thank you so much~!! XDD
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ASDFGH- A-AMAZING. OAO
There's so much detail... and it looks so real!
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Thank you~~ Q A Q
Its actually a few photos combined together, and I just paint on top of them and change it to night scene to make them look connected, So that's why it looks real LOL
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I really like this. The lighting seems pretty good to me, reminds me of clouds passing in front of a full moon. O:
Composition seems good too. Tis going in my faves!
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it's dark and gloomy xD you should fix the lighting a bit because with minimal light source, your objects seem to be glowing faintly. But overall, the design and the scenery is well put together :3
And i could be wrong xD
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O.O Thanks for the comment~~ XDDD
Erm fix the lightning as in makes it more dark? Or makes it more glowy lol? XD And don't worry~ You're a great helper~ ^____^~
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hmm if u make it more dark, the entire piece will be harder to see xD What i mean is, u have lights from the front (like a medium amount of light) yet there's really no light source coming from that area to make the front of the castle light (i only see it from the back of the castle as its more dim towards the front) So maybe increase the lighting from the sky? or add some light source from the building itself like lamps owo or side fire or something xD
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I can just submit a complete black picture to the lecturer and say its city on lunar eclipse LOL
Oh, you mean make the sky brighter? O.O
I was thinking of adding lamp at first.. but.. >.> I can't draw lamp huhu...
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ehh? lol very artistic sending a black lunar eclipse picture xD
Yes, probably make the sky brighter on the middle left edge owo omg i feel like im giving wrong advices >.<
Now that i see it more often, it kinda grows on me now and i like it the way it is haha xDD
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