Art a cg that took.. 20 hours....

[mystikal]

[URL=http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/-_deep_shade_-.jpg]click here to see it.[/URL]

It took me a long time, but it still sucked. I didn't like her face that much because it is, as usual, distorted XD I tried the self-shadow thing, and I did the best i could to scan every corner and see if I should put shadow in it. It looked okay up till the point when I started to shade the leaves. I don't know how to shade leaves, so i use a brush and tried to make it look bushy. Now it looks like a green sand puddle with glowing things in it.

A friend suggested that I could do a dead tree if I don't want to draw leaves. I think I am gonna redo the background and make it into a dead tree instead, cus the leaves are really annoying me.

And the picture is kinda pointless and has no interesting objects in it. I am not good with details ._. *drools upon magnificent background-ed pictures with lots of details and small decorative things*

[Guest Chris]

[color=#707875]awesome, very awesome. you do magnificent cging. i am amazed by your work. you should enter the oae contest, you have a fair chance. heh. good work.[/color]

[DarK DeatH]

That's really awesome dude! What tool do you use for coloring your stuff?

[Kaola Su]

WOW! I know you are probably already expecting me to say great work and all! But GREAT WORK! as always!

Love, Kaola

[conpiracymonki]

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Lol. You're too modest >.>
I wouldn't mind spending 20 hours ever to pull off a picture like that. And the fact that they're all CGs gives you extra kudos too ^^'[/b]

That branch behind the girl's hair is.. an odd shape though. Very unbranch-like oO;[/size]

[Rhys Mayiessen]

[color=indigo]Haha yeah Shilin you should enter the O.A.E Contest! I bet you would get in for sure! You're a much better artist than me! I love this picture! Hehe you always like drawing Aurora don't you?[/color]

[Arkadyz]

[color=red][font=times new roman]Wow mystikal thats some amazing artwork there...It has a few flaws but its still some of the best work ive seen around here(and thats saying alot considering the talent we got on these boards :D )I cant wait to see more... :cool: [/color][/font]

[mystikal]

I use photoshop. that's the only thing I've been since I started to cg XD And yes, rhys, I am obssessed with drawing Aurora 8D. It's an addiction.

[eleanor]

[size=1] Very nice work, as always. I love the way you draw and CG, it's so good! ^_^ I think you should enter the O.A.E contest.[/size]

[Guest Zeh]

I would so use that as my wallpaper, if i didn't have my taskbar at the top. It messes with the writing.

Thats amazing.

[mystikal]

Thanks for the comments ^.^ What's the OAE?

[juna]

Otaku Artist Elite, [URL="http://otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26429"]Link[/URL]

I really like the colour job, the light coming through the trees onto the branches are my fave, great work! ^_^

[DarK DeatH]

I didn't mean what program, but what tool... Like, brush? lasso? what do you use? Because it is really neat dude.

[mystikal]

oh, I used lasso to select and fill the area, then use brush to do all the shadows. I used one fo the dry media brushes to do the leaves,and the rest of the shading is all done by the fading-looking brush.

So OAE is a group or something? What do they do?

[eleanor]

[size=1] Otaku Artists Elite. Chris already picked some people, but right now he's holding a contest and we're going to pick the top five winners.[/size]

[Sara]

[size=1]Ooh--so pretty! That's simply amazing. A-maze-ing. *gives you a smiley sticker*

I adore your photoshop skills.[/size]

[treton_noir]

that is really really awesome. i really like how you did the shadows and light. that is some really nice work.

[Sara]

[size=1]And I actually really like the leaves. Very June-ish. Summer and sunlight. ^_^ June is a good month.[/size]

[mystikal]

i don't like june o_o its weather stinks. but I am glad that the sunlights actually looked like sunlights, not blobs of weird looking glowing bugs.

[Kaola Su]

Well, it depends, in June where you live what season is it? Summer where I live, but I know where Dark Death lives it is Winter so I guess that changes everything! But I love summer! But I also agree they look very June-ish!! But I like it!

Love, KS