Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Environment

Considering how much I love doing environments, it's strange that I don't do them more often.  They do take a lot of time and they never turn out as good as I imagined, so maybe that's why.
I started this one for fun, then decided to keep the riverbed dry so I could use it as a base for one of the Schoolism assignments (the one on water and liquid, I'm having students paint water into the scene).

23 comments:

Aaron Wilkin said...

looks amazing!!! Awesome detail/lighting/colours/layout!!!!

sarah said...

I love the lighting. :)

Marilyn said...

Last night's water and liquid, did you draw and paint it?

Thomas Denmark said...

very nice. values, colors, composition, I like it all.

K said...

I hate this stupid comment thing. You can't see the image as you write. I was going to say: but Sam - if you put water in it, it will flood that little cottage thingy right out. How could you? I think it would, that bed, make a far better riding trail - romantic, moody, quite fun. Except the face in the bank would invariably spook the horses, and where would be then, poor things?

Nadia said...

Damn Sam! That sure looks tasty! ^^

Cosmin Podar said...

Tasty as hell, really great job from my point of view, congratulations

Nori Tominaga said...

Nice, nice

Mark Robison said...

my chin still hurts from my jaw hitting the table. amazing, as usual.

Daniel said...

This is incredible.

Heather Dixon said...

Wow, how cool! I love the buried head.

Jessa Sininger said...

We get to paint the water...SWEET!

manu cassier said...

So nice painting. Congratulations !

emiri said...

How's your book coming along :)?
Did you ever setup a preorder/subscription/whatever was decided?

M@TtHeW said...

can I live there

Margarida said...

i'm like 'WOOW'... Loved it, so much like Grimm Brothers fairy tales..
m-mindchaos.blogspot.com

SKIZO said...

Great
Work
Tank you for sharing

Jose Ramos said...

Fantastic Sam , I like the textures of the rocks , It´s very lighter and it´s melting with the background.(Is it in overlay mode?)

greetings!

Jonny Boy said...

Poxa, os desenhos são fantasticos... muito bacana. Yo!

Richtoon said...

Stunning...just..stunning!!

http://richtoon.blogspot.com/

Sam Nielson said...

Thanks everyone!

Emiri: No time for that these days, unfortunately. If things calm down in a while I might pick up the effort again.

Jose: Yes, overlay.

Ken said...

This is so cool, I love that statue head under the tree :D

Tudor Ceban said...

Looks GREAT !!!!!!
Keep it up
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