Thanks you guys for all the fine comments. I really wasn't thinking about Halloween when I posted the image, but I guess it is fitting.
Mokonafan wrote:
What is next to the cheese? Is that a broken piece or a mouse?
Just to the right of the cheese-wedge is a mouse.
Mice can sometimes be very inconspicuous even in plain sight. It is rather tiny, but I think I got it's scale right nonetheless.
I wasn't very happy with the bottle either, but I liked it's bottle's color in the image so I left it as it was.
sallyanne wrote:
Very nice artwork Wallace.
Only thing i will say is why is the shadow so high up on the bottle? (I can only think of the one that would be the base).
Maybe I need to study it longer I wouldn't go nuts studying it, I know there are some flaws especially with the shadows.
silk wrote:
It seems like the below half of the knife is in shadow.
This could'nt be. From the point where the light is coming there could'nt be a shadow on the knife itself
Yes your right that does appear to be the case. I didn't apply a shadow to the knife as you suggested. It just ended up that way.
Ecirbaf wrote:
Maybe you could improve the shadows and lights? by retouching this way for example?
Thanks for taking the time to post some examples. You are without a doubt correct with your examples.
Caz wrote:
It looks good. Great work on getting the driftwood to look like a tabletop and the shadows look pretty much spot on. The only exception is the shadow from the knife. I'm still learning about shadows, and so could well be completely wrong, but as the knife shadow falls on the bread I thought it's direction might distort slightly with the curvature of the bread. Like I say not sure though. Everything else looks blended in real well. Nice job.
It seems that I'm always working on my shadows and lighting. My brain sometimes wants me to do things backward and I always struggle with this.
Thanks for your comment and your completely right about the shadowing.