A bit more detail

Posted by liveinabin, 31 March 2008 · 117 views

Not much time for painting last couple of days. However, now the colour palette is set, I can start adding detail starting with the focal point, the snake.

From reference photos of Cobras, I'm just roughly defining the scales, and accentuating the light sources playing on it's head - partly to make it more three dimensional, partly for a bit more drama. I want a real slavering beastie. I used to love the monster artwork in the Dungeons & Dragons guide books and that's kinda where I'm going with this.

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Nathan Strum
Mar 31 2008 4:36 PM

Looking good! I especially like the eye that's in shadow - it really enhances the evil glow. Might be nice to darken or recess the other eye a little to match.

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Thomas Jentzsch
Apr 1 2008 2:03 PM

The cobra's eyes look MUCH better now.

Pretty scary! :cool:

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Thomas Jentzsch
Apr 1 2008 2:07 PM

Comment approvement? What are you afraid of? :cool:

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liveinabin
Apr 1 2008 2:26 PM

Sorry! A mistake in my blog settings. Fixed :cool:

@Nathan - Yeah, I must drop some deeper shadows in on the snake head, particularly around that eye. I do tend to favour the lighter tones when painting and I always find that I have to go back and add shadow to what always becomes a very pastel shaded picture. I really must learn to use the full tonal range when painting, I think it's a confidence thing.

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Nathan Strum
Apr 1 2008 4:08 PM

I have that problem big-time. I'm never pushing shadows as dark as they can go, and my stuff usually has a very flat look to it. I need to sit in on a painting class again sometime...