Share your knowledge darn it. I am finished so before I submit I guess just wanna get some c&C.

final:


original:


My description is:
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The Flowing: Creatures are called 'the flowing'. When they make the journey before the bad season, they travel towards the homes in the trees. From above, it looks like a river of water flowing, as the moonlight reflects from the creatures' fur.

Bad Season: Stronger hunter type creatures emerge from their slumber and hunt accross the grasslands. They do not enter the forests where the trees protect those not of ill will.

The world is no way an attempt at realism, but a fantasy setting.
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Thanks guys :)


Edited by buloght - 14 September 2006 at 5:47pm

Thanks jalonso . I could decorate the frame somewhat, not my strong point. :)

It's not a stone path, it is the creatures (the flowing). :) I wanted it to stand out. I'm not sure if I did it correctly.

If those are the creatures then there may be a detail problem there. Maybe if you add some mid sized ones just coming over the hill it would show clearer that those are creatures too. Or otherwise show some perpective on them so that its clearer?

ps. Ignore the frame comment.

Oh, that looks better color wise. They still stand out but are not so bright. On to other things that may be of importance but may not be. Looking at the bottom right hand corner where the curly branch is. The slope of the branch is very similiar to the slope of the hill next to it. Perhaps if the purple shaded area would follow the shrubs more it would make for better composition. This is a minor thing but since you're anal about your pixels I thought I should mention it 
One other thing which I don't think is needed at all but refers to BBs comment on the two hills and their blending. Perhaps a bit of a shadow from hill #1 casted over hill #2 would make it more obvious. Again I don't think its needed at all. Ignore BB on that I (dare) say.
I now see why the creatures appeared to be stepstones. The tree and the shrubs below it even they are of the gigantic kind so dwarf the creatures closest to the shrubs that they seem to be a bit out of scale. its like the creatures are the size of a leaf. Perhaps they are as you envision them. My impression is that the creatures are human scale and the tree/srubs are gigantic?

hmmm, that may not be possible. Maybe others have ideas. I think your description for this piece explains it all and does help to envision these things. Because you do mention "looks like a river of water flowing, as the moonlight reflects from the creatures' fur" I know think I led you in the wrong direction on the brightness of the "flow". Maybe put a bit more sparkle back in. I'm sorry I missed that detail 

EDIT: In my defense descriptions are not always read so I was looking as the average viewer, yeah, that's it.


Edited by jalonso - 13 September 2006 at 11:55am

I'm just looking at this quite differently than intended it seems. I saw 4 total hills. The trees/shrubs being part of hill #2. This explains my scale problem there. I now understand that you drew 5 hills. The tree and tree tops being hill #3. Knowing this shadowing hill #2 will only add to the confusion as you say. Maybe this whole matter should be left to the viewer to interpret. To make hill #3 more obvious some indication of trunks could be added on the very darkest area on the bottom right. This whole thing may be over thinking it however. Since my first overall impression was that it all worked well, and the description explains things further. I suppose everyone could envision this landscape differently and crit accordingly. Since its a fanstasy landscape it would only be an opinion. If it were a real landscape it would be different.
I did not mention it before but the slope and movement of the stars are beautiful.

Fantastic work buloght, i could probably say it's your best piece to date. The colours are superb, and really calming on the eye, really makes me want to absorb the piece.

Awesome concepts. DAMN. I wonder if you're into H.P. Lovecraft... I can always confide in him with the fascination of creating alien worlds and societies. Lawl. Okay, I can't relaly give a crit on these, as I am really not worthy, so I'll just say... AMAZINK. <3

Lovely pallate and awesome shading. :)