A huge amount of hand painting was used to make this image coherent, settle the lightning and modify some details. (323 days ago)
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Drivenslush says:
LOL, I was going to say, HEY that's a Potato Beetle LOL (The Irish contest got my head going) Great job
Do you think just a tiny bit of burn along the lower edge of the shell on the beetle might help with the depth ?(or maybe just some contrast to pull out the shadows NOT A LOT, it's just in the thumbnail the white area of the shell looked very flat. (Your high res is wonderful, but I'm just thinking of the overall feel, and the white area is a bit stark IMHO)
Great job anyway GOOD LUCK!!! Reply »
(325 days ago)
Wonderful work (though it is not necessary due to having sources, a nice touch would be to add a step by step to see the work)
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Love the finished texture overall, looks like a modern graphic novel image
(323 days ago)
Well, to be honest, I have started doing a step-by-step of this work, but due to the complexity of the image (I worked 3 whole weeks on it, the pds file has more than 400 layers and 577MB size) and the huge amount of my own painting, the step-by-step turned obsolete. I mean, if I would do it right, it would have had about 50-pages. Something like a 10-steps-length-thing that was what I was intending to do would have have one step so very different from the other that would be no help at all.
I am really sorry about it.