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Owl and the Pussycat

This is a little something I have been playing with while I wait for my new G5 (yipeee) so I can actually make big resolution work. :smiley: I thought I would post it as a WIP for feedback.

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Based on the poem by Edward Lear:
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
“O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, you are,
What a beautiful Pussy you are.”
Pussy said to the Owl “You elegant fowl,*
How charmingly sweet you sing.
O let us be married, too long we have tarried;
But what shall we do for a ring?”
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose, his nose, his nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?”
*Said the Piggy, “I will”
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand.
They danced by the light of the moon, the moon, the moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

great scene love the moons face :slight_smile: :+1: :+1: :+1:

:sunglasses: :+1: :+1: :slight_smile:

Wonderful! The cat is purrfect. Sorry.

i’m a bit lear-ey too -

maybe the boat should be
half the pod of a pea -
if you see
what i see?
:lol:
'specially since you seem to have no problem with textures…

My first boat was in fact half a peapod :slight_smile:

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Great like a G5!! But I think we need a G10 with this ZBrush program :smiley:
I like the cat, nice hair and the owl, great!!!. The moon and the boat are taking too much attention in this illustration. I think the owl and the cat has to be the most important in color and contrast. If you make this two more bright and when you lower the colors of the surrounding scene… please :slight_smile:

Great work and style on them all. :wink:

Bas you’re right. I will work on the composition and post when I have corrected “the look”. I really value your input :+1: Thanks guys :slight_smile:

Well here is my next try:

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Greetings hawkline13, I love your subject matter. Great poem to illustrate, and you have done that very well. Good colors, too. I like the second composition more, it is well-balanced and you have room for your beautifull blue fish. I can tell you enjoyed making it. 50.

Well done Hawkline13, my goodness !!! your improvement from the first attempt to this picture is very noticable. I like both of the compositions but I do prefer the second. I also get the feeling from this picture that you have also gained a lot of enjoyment in painting this image, and to me that is so important in the creative process. Just one suggestion from me (hope you do not mind) the pea shell boat could do with a bit more detail to rid it of a plastic kind of look.

The subject of course is just wonderfull and you are really on to a winner with this pic and developing a style that I am sure many will appreciate just like me :slight_smile:

Again Well Done my friend

Bill

Much better this composition! You gonna put more details on the bird and the cat? I hope so! :+1: :+1:

I will start putting more detail on the boat and characters, just wanted to see if I was on the right track :slight_smile:

These are beautifully done. Cant wait to see more ! :slight_smile:

Pilou

Again, thx for all the good feedback and criticism it really helps :+1: :+1:
I am not happy with the lighting yet, I’ll work on that next. Any suggestions?
Here is my latest effort:

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You’ve been working hard on your “Owl and Pussycat” Shannon !
It now looks more like " Owl and Panther " …you have lost the " Kitty" and gained a rough looking predator …The feathers on the owl look very good:+1:
The colors are look very saturated and full…it’s hard to put the finger on it but i liked your last image ,before this one, more !
But its difficult to say why…and perhaps its just me …the waves against the boat seem to wild and strong for this sea…the sky looks much better…the stem on the peapot boat looks tho big or to straight, for the composition i mean , the idea for the stem with leave’s and vine is perfect but for me it does not work in this image…i hope i’m not to negative !..i’m just trying to understand why i like the former image more…but perhaps i should just shut up and let other people say what they think…Bas Mazur is a real pro-illustrator i would like to hear what he has to say !

jantim

Hawkline, Jantim, in my opinion the colors are too strong and are fighting with eachother. If there are a lot of details in a painting try to temper the colors. I tried in a rough way to show what I mean. Jantim is right, the composition is ok but something is wrong. But go on with the painting, it will be nice with this creative idea! Maybe put it away for a while and look again, you get a fresh look at it. Try not to shoot all your gunpowder in one time (dutch saying)

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The colors are too strong, I will follow your advice and put it away for awhile. I know what I want – more mood less plastic :slight_smile: So I will give it a rest for awhile and see what I can come up with… Thx for the advice :+1: :+1: