Traditional Art on a journey

Discussion in 'Arts & Graphics' started by Korra, Apr 15, 2012.

  1. Korra my other car is a polar bear dog

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    If the world we dreamed of exists anywhere, let’s go look for it.
    Beyond the wind, the freezing dawn, the parched midday, the trembling night.
    Let’s go see what’s at their end.


    ...So I recently got into Journey
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    This larger version probably looks better, if not blame the image host site.

    I wanted to keep it as simple as possible, so it's done entirely in Illustrator.
    Only thing is that Illustrator and I don't get along together well, so there's some stuff I might go back and fix up later because it was being an uncooperative jackass.
    I might do more of this to help get over this massive art block I've had since...January because all I've been doing is assignment-based work lately.
    Cnc etc.
     
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    That looks pretty good I think. Like the colors used and the shading (though the shading on the red...guy[?] looks a bit off to me). Maybe add more color depth to the sky as well.

    But I have no clue how to use Illustrator so I can't really give much more support :[

    (also I need to play Journey still!)
     
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    ~Moved to traditional art

    I really like this piece, the colours seem quite earthy and natural, I may have never heard of Journey but I just adore the simplicity of this whole piece. The sparkles do look slightly random but that is me just being picky. You have the clouds arround the mountain spot on and it really adds to the drawing.
     
  4. Korra my other car is a polar bear dog

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    I didn't really do any shading on the characters actually, just slight variations of a base color so it wasn't just a blob of one single color. I was thinking about doing something with the sky but I'd run the risk of it becoming blocky, though I could probably export it as a .psd and mess with it a bit in Photoshop.
    No worries, haha. Illustrator's a bit tricky to get used to anyway. xD
    (but yes play it it's an incredible game)

    Not entirely sure why you moved this, lol, it's a purely digital piece without going from a sketch or anything?
    But thank you, and the sparkles are actually something present in the game, when they fly light comes out of their scarves.
    The whole game is pretty simple, but there's deeper symbols all over the place, I think it's something everyone should play at least once.
     
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    I never seen this Journey before, but I do like the simplicity in it.

    I like the rough coloring, as in clear definition of shade and highlights with no to little gradient to blend them. I really like how the color of the sky is not blue, but almost a light green. With the color of the sand, it actually visually complements that, making it hardly noticeable in a good way.

    I like those two fellas. Clear and distinct from the entirety of the piece. The only thing I'm not certain on is the white splashes, but they do help eye flow so good job there.

    I'd like to see more of this kind of stuff. Very cute. Great job!