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My entry thread,
Will post some ideas and thumbs soon.



Stephen M Mabee
Smabeeart@gmail.com

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Not sure which tale i want to take on. Everyone and there brother will be doing Red Riding hood which is one of me favs. bahh!

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Some Thumbnails of my ideas.



Here is my final rough thumbnail enlarged.



I will post a rough sketch once i get everything worked out.

Enjoy!

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Here is a very rough sketch of my final choice.

Has most of the elements i will be showing in the piece.

Let me know what you guys think. Also can somone let me know the process of adding a thumbnail to the entry.



Storyline

Quote from Wiki on "The little mermaid"
A great storm hits, and the Little Mermaid saves the prince from a near-drowning. She delivers him unconscious to the shore near a temple.

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WIP Grayscale, Still working on my values and drawing not satified yet.

Let me know if anyone has a crit.

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(WIP)

Still a ways to go but, Update none the less.

[Nickillus]

Looking wonderful already Smabeeart. Going to be a lovely image.

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thanks! Nickillus

Here is a color rough. and wash still have a long way to go.

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final color choice now to finish it, and touch it up with some more color.

Let me know what you guys think could use some suggestions.

[herrzeba]

Dear Stephen,

Your artwork is shaping up

I have a comment, but it's a minor one and totally based on my own taste. When you posted first WIP grayscale at 6:12 AM the smoke from the ship behind looked like two things: tornadoes and creature's claws. I like that very much, it's a detail, but it adds so much to the piece. And then you converted to the standard well executed smoke.

As I said, if you don't see it the way I do or you have more realistic plan for it, then do you own thing, it's pretty damn good. Unfortunately I cannot critic the color, as I am green in this field and will be struggling with my own entry when the coloring time comes.

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Thanks for the crit,

I understand what you're saying, I will probably play around with the Backdrop a bit more.
Thanks,

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Here is the finished version.

I am probably going to do a few different illustration and Themes.Then i will submit the strongest still have a lot of time for the submission at least for 2d.






Added a friend to the image, try to find and guess who it is!

[VEREHIN]

Nice work!

[beaulamb]

whaaaa!... how have a missed this thread! this peices is beautiful already! nice work!

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thanks guys!