dgowers_art's Journal

photosynthesis (Work in Progress)
( details and previous WIP stages )

First entry; no complicated metadata here. This entry at least, is hand-written.

This image came about primarily because my head got too full. I've been working hard on improving my anatomical skills, so drawing environments is even more relaxing than usual.
My mind was clearly resting on 'Flink' and 'Hocus Pocus' at the time.
I enjoy most of it, though it's very rough yet. The tree trunk invokes questions.

Technically:
I based this palette on a palette I previously built by tweaking a greyscale ramp using my recently-developed quick color adjust tools. In conjunction with 'colormap arrange' to get the colors ordered as I like, this has been very effective. The ink tool was used almost exclusively (you should know, it is hard edged on indexed images, which is very useful.) The shading, particularly on the top-left, is not right (its left.) The positioning of background objects is not final; they are on another layer so I adjust them easily. I also intend to add a midground layer (solid rock parts that are behind the foremost layer.)

NEXT:

-- added midground and the remaining foreground outline.

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-- worked on the lighting.

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-- worked on the lighting and depth.

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-- added a wonderful looking character and slightly less wonderful looking item.

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-- This update primarily improves the colors. Looks like I'm going to end up with about 32 colors. The moon is there, unrendered -- mainly for my reference, currently.

NEXT:
-- added preliminary clouds, reflected moonlight (very little direct moonlight yet)

LATEST:
-- hovering snakes, further fglayer work, mood improvements (thanks Longetech!)