Wishing Well

[Tag]

This is the image that almost wasn't. When I first started laying out the well and walls, I almost gave up on it, but decided to persevere and see what it became. I like how it turned out in the end, so I'm glad I didn't give up on it. Hope you all enjoy.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1029819596ewb.jpg

[filament9]

A rather nice story book image Tami. Glad you hung in there with this one.

[juandel]

ahhhh, well done, Tami! my favs in there are the flowers, right from the gorgeous rosebush to the tiny ones. the grass looks a bit dark (on my monitor at least), but that adds to the mystery feel. bravissimo!!!

- juandel

[Ron Harris]

very nice job Tami. I saw this last night before I hit the sack. I waited to reply coz I wanted to think a bit more about the piece. Very detailed for sure. And its nicely done. I know you are trying to really really go for the gusto....the fact that you stayed with the piece proves that and it paid off.. You did not ask for 121, but I am going to add this for your next piece just as something to think about and maybe consider. (btw this is better to me than any scene I have done truly) The roof of the wishing well appears almost attached, to me, to the wall though it's obviously away from the wall via the stone walls of the well. I don't know how to recommend showing the depth of the roof away from the wall to demonstrate distance. Maybe blurring a bit of the background? I am not quite sure. It maybe a perspective issue. Other than that I would not have anything else to add to a very well done piece. Your hard work paid off in this one for sure. :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:


Edit...I know what it was now (to me)...the edges of the roof would be wider than the mouth of the well. Guess you would say the pitch is too sharp....also I would shade the inside mouth of the well a bit too..that would add some more depth to the image. And I have one question .....or request....could ya give me a tut on that beautiful brick wall...I meant to mention how much I loved that....very kewl...
:tu:

[DMerchen]

I'm glad you proceeded with this one, it turned out quite well. One thing I see that you might try to improve a bit is the lighting. I can see the shadow from the tree leaves on the wall, and it is well lit, but I don't quite get the sun feel. It is sitting close to the tree, so possibly it is being shaded also. Hmm.. It still looks great!

[DeeVee]

I am also happy that you continued with this image Tami. It reminds me of some of those wells seen while visiting farmers in Quebec.
Very well done, congratulations :ex: :tu: :tu: :tu: :)

[robotalk]

An Idyllic setting --absolutely beautiful..great work --thanks for keepin' on ! :D :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :D

[DM]

Lovely image, excellent detail and very definite 3D appearence. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:
Dave

[Stargo]

Nice work Tami :tu: :tu: :tu:

stargo

[Northstarr]

wow! ever nice! You are really getting textures down to a fine art!!! Very pretty picture... :)

[Tag]

Thank you all so much for your comments.
Ron, as I looked at the image I could see that the roof blended in to the wall too much. I think the pink roses would have better off on the other wall. I used global perspective rather than placing the objects as I usually would. It was very easy to get the angles, but I think I need to play with it a bit more. The roof did turn out narrower looking than it started out and the back wall, although it looked fine placing it, seems to be floating above the ground and leaning towards the front. The tree and brush on the back were tough to place and the whole scene is extremely narrow. I was going to render with depth cue but it was too narrow. I touched up the image below with the blur brush to simulate the depth cue. About the wall... I can do a tutorial if you would like, but it's just a simple plane with a brick texture applied and a bumpy material.
DMerchan, I still struggle with lighting in my images. Just when I think I learn more, I do my next image and end up struggling again <sighs> The render phase of my images usually ends up taking a few hours and several reloads to get the lighting right. I wanted the light to look like sunshine coming through the shadows and used a pale yellow shading. Any suggestions anyone has as far as lighting would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Juandel for pointing out the grass being dark originally, and thanks everyone else for your support and kind words :D
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1029887876ryu.jpg

[Ron Harris]

Tami, those touches look like they worked pretty good to me...you are doing very well...do not get discouraged...I love this pic truly :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[JOHNVQ3]

:) I think every bit of work paid off in this image, Great job :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[DMerchen]

This is very nice! Believe me when I say lighting is also a struggle for me. Some of these people make it look so easy! I hope you don't mind the suggestions posted by myself. They are simply suggestions. I always hope that people make suggestions for my postings, simply because I might have missed something. Anyway, I feel I am rambling. This is still very nice work you've done here. :)

[Flycatcher]

Nice update to an already good painting, Tami. I love the textures on the wall and tree trunk particularly. :tu: :tu:

[Tag]

Thank you all once again. I really appreciate the comments and suggestions from everyone. I don't find them discouraging, but helpful. There have been a few times when you are working on an image and look at it so much that you become blinded to some of the details that another person can easily pick out. Other times, you may sense that the image didn't quite turn out as you expected and can't quite put your finger on what it is, but another can. My images wouldn't be so far along if not for the help and advice of everyone on the forum, thanks :D