Cave Tomb (Gah, another rejected background)

[fovmester]

Wow! You really know how to work with colour, Andail!

[loominous]

I agree that coloring sounds like you ve merely chosen a colorscheme or used the paintbucket tool, so I would be hesitant to use the term myself. What you could do (and imo should do) is just to include: "Linework by X", which indicates that you ve done everything but the linework.

Anyway, I really like the overall values, lighting and color (I would ve made the some areas more saturated though). What I d spend some time on would be the wooden boards which have too even values imo, and on the clock, the upper portion mostly which, although very old and probably covered with dust, doesn't look metalic.

I'll wip up an edit I think when I get some time. Getting really hard to find areas improve though.

[stuh505]

Two rejects in a row -- that stinks.

Well, we've had a chance to see your first rejected one...the cowboyish one...and we've also seen the version that chapter11 DID choose.

...and I think that is really helpful for determinging WHY yours was rejected.

It seems to be merely a matter of your style.  The background they chose does not show evidence of the brushes etc used, it is much less impressionistic than your painting...which is much more painterly!

This image, like your old one, is in the same slightly impressionistic style.  If you took this painting that you had here and continued to refine it to the stage where you cannot see the indivdual brush strokes...by blurring and smuding in the right places...I think that you would have a much better shot with chapter11.

[=The=Brat=]

anybody been thinking about the idea with Paco Vink. You could be BIG!. 

d'oh its no use. 

[jrl2222]

I have to make a comment about the copyright issue. If you were to take any black and white comic from the sunday paper and color it, no matter how wonderful you make it look, it is still copywrited. Your piece is wonderful art, thats true, but it is still someone elses design.
Hmmm some of what I just said thoug may have to do with the likeness being copyrighted. Anyways it's a gorgeous image in either case.