STAFF PICK :: My Master.........

[balawax007]

Hi all,
Done entirely with CS4. It took 2 weeks to paint from the scratch.Published in the ARTSQUARED-digital painters-1 book from UK.

click the link to display the image.........

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2527/mymaster.jpg

:cheers
-bala-



[Edited on 1/1/2010 by balawax007]

[Edited on 1/1/2010 by balawax007]

[Edited on 1/1/2010 by balawax007]

[Edited on 1/3/2010 by kiwicolin]

[rAyVoLvEz]

Stunning!

[cfire]

Wow!

[rcfreas]

Awesome! :cheers
Like the facial hair, skin wrinkles and slight depth of field. The fabric texture must have been most tedious. Not so sure 'bout the little monkey though. ...wanna keep an eye on him incase he jumps out an' snatches my oreos. :D

Ron

[elemento]

oops!
fantastic,,,,

[msc1974]

One word... Stunning!

The hair, skin and overall detail and texture given to the man and the bambo is nothing less than perfect... but...

...I think the monkey needs some more work... After looking at the image initially I have gone back to it a couple of times to try and work out what it is that bothers me about it and my conclusion is:

1, The monkey's head doesn't seem to be attached to the body of the monkey... the shadow/shading looks a little rushed compared to the perfect shadow/shading given to the man hood across his head say.

2, The hair on the body of the monkey looks to perfect and needs the odd stray here or there.

3, The face and ear of the monkey needs to be desaturated so its not so pink and maybe a little more desaturated in the areas that are in shadow.

Here is a VERY quick version to show what I'm talking about.

http://www.aircreativelab.com/gallery/YourMasterEdit.jpg

Please don't take these comments the wrong way... I think the image a stunning I just thought it could only take a couple of things to make this picture perfect.

Could you tell me about the book you mentioned in your post?

Cheers and I envy your talent.

[Edited on 1/4/2010 by msc1974]

[Verathia]

I believe what makes this such an AMAZING piece of work is the wrinkles on his forehead... That combined with the lighting makes it so believable!. Marvelous!

[balawax007]

Hi msc1974,
Thanx a lot for your valuble comments and tips .i appreciate it.pls feel free to correct my mistakes.afterall still i'm a learning artist and not a master.thanx a lot.

pls tell me how you have displayed my image in this post.(i tried for the "[img]" code, not working though.how?)
:cheers
-bala-

[Verathia]

It should work with
URL

[msc1974]

Originally posted by balawax007
Hi msc1974,
Thanx a lot for your valuble comments and tips .i appreciate it.pls feel free to correct my mistakes.afterall still i'm a learning artist and not a master.thanx a lot.

pls tell me how you have displayed my image in this post.(i tried for the "[img]" code, not working though.how?)
:cheers
-bala-


I wouldn't call them mistakes... your talent is amazing but after being an artdirector/retoucher for over 17 years I find myself being very critical... I truly wish I had your talent.

I'm not sure why your post isn't working... I've just added it to my post (above) with no problem.


Copy the URL
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2527/mymaster.jpg

and then press this button:

http://www.aircreativelab.com/gallery/Screen-shot-2010-01-03-at-8.25.51-AM.jpg

Paste in the URL of the image:

http://www.aircreativelab.com/gallery/Screen-shot-2010-01-03-at-8.29.51-AM.jpg

and hit OK


That should be it... give it a go and see if it works.

Good luck and keep up the good work.


Thanks for the fix Colin

[Edited on 1/4/2010 by msc1974]

[canon5d]

That's really amazing!

I like the hair on the master-the entire piece in very cool :cheers

[kiwicolin]

I have fixed the link for you.

Congrats, even though you'r new to the CAFE, this image is worthy of a staff pick. Congrats!

[elemento]

well deserved...fantastic work....:notworthy

[Politik]

I was wondering what took ya so long Colin

Well deserved!

[balawax007]

hi all,
here is a quick making of my master............


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5996/mymaster.gif

[dogtrombone]

Very cool... thanks for that. Even though I use Photoshop pretty much exclusively with photographic and 3D rendered source material, and not brushwork, it's really interesting to see the process. Thanks for sharing.

[The Scotsmans Son]

Congratulations, well deserved Staff Pick......:notworthy

[PigeonRiver]

Stunning hardly seems enough for your image. Keep creating, you're work is superb!

[dave_100_uk2002]

Congrats on the Staff Pick.

Thanks for posting "Making the Master" too. Really interesting how you started and finished.

[jinx]

Wow great work and well deserved staff pick:cheers

[RandyToons]

Beautiful Work! Great attention to detail. It's always a treat to see how someone like yourself gets from the start to the finish.
Very nice,
Randy

[OldGuy]

Absolutely amazing work.

Congratulations on the staff pick.

[miaPR]

Inspiring. Beautiful work. Thanks for posting your process, very cool.

[JimG]

Speechless...makes me want to practice, and work harder....your work is stunning and deserves more praise than I have words for.

[ryuneo]

Oh WOW! This is Amazing! As far as I can see its flawless! Congrats on the staff pick

[balawax007]

Hi guys,
i thank everybody here for their critic , support and motivations.

:cheers
-bala-

[muzicpainter]

Wonderful! Such details.

[blackswan]

Nice artwork....

[Agvuj]

That is beautiful! :)