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Published: 2016-09-08 00:38:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 466; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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This is just the background. There will be a human figure standing in the center of the circle of light. (That's why there is a little dark patch in the middle of the ring of light.) For my last forest image , the biggest feedback I received was that it was too empty. So this time I wanted to make sure the forest was overflowing with trees and foliage.I found these three custom brushes very helpful:
fav.me/d7nshi4
fav.me/d4i411d
fav.me/d3bm3sx
I'm a little concerned I overused the grass brush, though.
Any constructive comments are always welcome, but what I'm really wanting to know is whether this image captures the essence of the forest environment.Β
Finished piece here .
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The brushes are perfectly fine, they look great and awesome! But what calls my attention (cos' I've been in the forest many times)
is that forest doesn't get "deeper", I think the colours should get darker little by little, because the trees group and there's much sun in some parts. So you should check out on that. I love how you made the bushes and the perspective, like we're poppin' out between some trees.
What maybe I would add is more branches and leafs, to show what kind of leafs the tree has..but that's the question of stylization..
Also the trees area bit blurry on the background but I think it's okay, cos' the main attention is not on them.
Also you can add detalization to the trunk of the tree, diagonally or horizontally, however you like it. You can consider your work finished or experiment with it a little bit more and it depends on you, either way it's a nice job! Grass also looks correct 
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Thanks for your comment! I see what you're saying about depth in the forest, and that is something I'll work on for the final version. I appreciate your feedback!
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You are very welcome! I wish you all the best!
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Here from Project comment ;
Maybe not the most fit person to comment about art but I am going to try my best :
First of all I really love how much of a calm feeling this drawing gives. You want t be sitting in such natural place kind of feeling.
The herbs and the leaves are very well done in my opinion.
But the trees in the back aren't there a bit blurry ?
By the way, I forgot to mention , I really like the lightning part , it decreases as you go deeper into the picture , it shows how much experience an artist has in scenery.
Overall I really love it and you did one great job ! ^^
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Thanks for your comment. (-:
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I love the vibe it gives. The dense greenery makes it appealing. However, I have to say the lack of detail on the trees (on the foreground) seems to be the weakest point in this piece. The grass/shrubs give off a very fake feel. I'd suggest that you just draw it out. Not each shrub, individually, but altogether in a painterly fashion. The texture brush that you've use for the foliage above definitely adds to the piece (giving it a dreamy-ness) but I feel like it's overdone and very unrealistic. And I understand that realism isn't something that you are going for but everything that we think and draw is derived from reality and draws heavy influence from realism. Anyways, the lighting seems a bit strange. I mean I get that it's a WIP and you are going to add a character in the drawing but the implied light shone on the grass create a sort of ring
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Thank you for your feedback! This is my first experimenting with custom brushes, so it's good to hear what works and what doesn't.
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This scene gives a fresh feel, and also has many shades of greens. The way you draw the trees and grass with different styles makes it look enchanting. Nice thing done with the perspective, by the way. The blur gives it a natural look, because it looks like it has more distance between the front and back. Having said that. You should really shade the bottom of the background trees a bit darker. If you are pinpointing a more realistic feel.Not saying you have to, but you should try. Β Same thing goes for the green behind the trees. And the tree brushes in the front shouldn't be that blurry/blurred. There style should be more focused, or it'll just look like another back-ground leaf. And there should also be different trees, not just oak and pine. It is a forest after all. Try adding some evergreens in the background, ect. What I'm trying to say, is that you should add more types of trees, so it'll look more like a forest. You should also the grass near the blurred trees should also be blurred. That was something that really stuck out to me. Everything apart from that was just spectacular, and wonderful.
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Thanks for your comments! I see what you're saying about having a more gradual shift from sharp to blurry, rather than a sudden change. I appreciate the feedback. That's very helpful.
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It's beautiful. I can also picture it with a 10-point stag in the center looking alert. That would be really awesome!
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Thank you. A stag would look amazing here! Unfortunately, I'm not great at animals yet. The finished version will have a human in the middle.
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That's cool. Will look forward to seeing the finished picture!
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It looks lovely> 
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This is one impressive background thats for sure. Inespecially like the grass and how thick and real it looks.
On the other hand. The trees in the... um. Background look really blurred, perhaps if you added some more solid lines to them they would looks less like they were painted on a flat surface.
I would also say something about a shrubbery between the background propper and the 2 trees in the front. But I misplaced my black helmet and stilts
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Thanks for the feedback!
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No problemo.
Hope it helped
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Very realistic: only one advice, try adding some black shadow in the farther points of the forest, it should give more perspective and depth
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Thanks for the feedback!
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