Bas - yes in Vue.
Lemo - your wife has good taste. I said to my wife do you think he should have a blue and white stripey t-shirt and she said, “no naked!”
Did your wife recognize that you were talking about the pig? 
Lemo
I like the pig. Despite beating the odds and making it aloft and being presented with a wonderful view, it seems his eyes look only inwards. And I’m sure he is scratching his bottom with his left hand.
Rumour has it that the pig’s real name is Kevin and his flight originated from Baconfield Georgia.
Lemo :lol:
Pride and Mr Bone thanks for the smiles.
Took a look at your site Pride - “Juvenile Curiosity” is hilarious. Fabulous work fella.
Well it turn’s out they found the pig and …
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Ha, speachless. I’ll show it to the misses tomorrow morning. I’m sure I have to make breakfast after that 8).
Lemo
Boozie, I hope you don’t think that I didn’t like the pig…he’s great. I just meant the spec on the material. Acorn and pig are flawless, as they completely fit the style of the piece. Have you ever considered illustrating a children’s book? The other pic of yours, Lipstick On My Haggis, is also very illustrative.
On the other hand, I really am enjoying your tribute to the late Mr. Pig.
Brian
Mc Sloshy - no worries fella and your sensitivity is very kind.
The only way to learn is to try new things. I really should have posted wip with the image anyway as my intention is to come back to it at a later date with new vitality.
I know exactly what your driving at with the pig compared to the ground. Although there is zero specularity etc on the pig (except a touch on the balloon) the fact that the ground is so textured makes the comparison seem perhaps too smooth. It’s as if the landscape was painted on canvas and the pig was painted on paper.
Blending this further should not be difficult as it just requires some careful application of some global noise in certain areas to unify the whole.
No indeed the more negative comments about the pig made me laugh - he is intended to look like he is suffering from ennui and at the mercy of the winds of fortune and so the lumpen passivity is a requirement - more detailed meshes were abandoned in the workflow precisely because they lacked that dumb je ne sais quoi.
I’m currently working on a new image to test further whether a more detailed background approach works for me and I’ll post that soon.
Yours etc
The Flooze
on tea and buttery biscuits.