or, "You Need Be Only Willing to Listen"



Image itself is link to bigger version.

Made some revisions to the original "Look Closer," mainly to the girl and the lighting. In fact, Mara aside, this is basically the exact same scene with only a difference in the lighting. I think it's neat to see the differences generated by lighting alone.

Hopefully, this time it is a bit more clear what is going on.

I doubled the "intensity" of the faces (hence the alt title). It shouldn't be immediately obvious that they're there - but the vast majority of them shouldn't be hard to locate. Mara is no longer too shy to face the "camera". I think that helps alert the viewer that there is something more to the forest than what is revealed in a quick glance. Some of the easiest faces to find are in the light beam that caught her eye.

The forest has also been broken up. As Griatch pointed out, the original forest (a solid block of foliage) wasn't quite so realistic. The gaps in the greenery allowed for more play with the light - and I took the opportunity to add in some more color. Finally, I deleted two faces. The sign has been updated accordingly. I like having a prime number.

That is a lot better. The colours are better and it's nice to see Mara's face. I particularly like the position you've got her in. My figures tend to be a little static and I need to loosen them up a bit somehow.

Much much better on an already amazing piece!

yes ,quite better

Fantastic job on the lighting. I agree with all the above comments. It makes a world of difference and takes an already great composition to a whole new level.

Thanks for the comments

By the way, here is the "solution"


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They're more obvious now I've seen the solution. Number 11 was the first I picked out.

I cannot believe how much improvement I have seen since you posted the first Mara picture compared to this one!

I thought #11 or #10 would be the first most people would see.



Thanks

I don't remember the first one I posted here. Most of them were drawn in 2008 - 2009 before I started a different section of the project. This is the first version of this painting. It was my first submission to GimpTalk.



It has faces, too, but they're much harder to see. One is on the tree to the left, and one is right under Mara. Her right (our left) foot is standing in the middle of its mouth, with two fangs on either side. There's also one eye behind her left (our right) knee. I remember trying to follow Griatch's landscape tutorial and getting frustrated with grass (hence the nighttime. If you can't draw it, hide it )

I found this. It's a different style but reminded me very much of Mara.

http://www.myspace.com/tmthomson/photos/2848304#{%22ImageId%22%3A2848304}

Oh she does! Although, Mara has a Wolfpack red tunic to show off her NCSU pride.