[JohnSilva]

Cursed, Great start! i prefer the left one aswell, a good tip is that for environments its easier if you start with a hard brush and then soft it as you go, at the moment it could be even more easy to read due if certain parts of the focus would be harder

Vaejoun, A lot better now! I got some suggestions, so instead of writing huge text, i did a paintover which is more accurate .
some of the things i did was:

1- soften the sides of the building in front of us (it was too sharp and out of focus).
2- Give a blue washout color to the hall, outside in front of us is a very hot and warm wether, so wherever you're inside it will became alot more desaturated and some parts reflect the sky color, so the result would be blue somewhat a bit saturated here and there.
3- Changed the color of the door too a variation of red/orange/yellow, so that it wouldn't be the same as the outdoors lightning.
4- Add more tall buildings in the background can give alot of depth.
5- Adding more details on the building in front of us, it was too empty
6- Sharpeded the end of the hall, this creates and illusion that what's outside is more in depth and we're inside its closer.
7- I would still add stuff lying aroundin the floor, people walking, some birds either flying or sitting somewhere (maybe eating something off the floor).

Paintover:


Paintover steps:


Hope it helps!

asahi-superdry-, Aggh super awesome, it tourned out great man!! can't see anything to make it better, good work

[alola]

hello i begin on my piece

here is my reference





AND Here is my WIP pic

[Patrik_P]

So everyone liked The left one more so i worked on it
Ps: how do you make window look like a window? Tried to put some reflection on it but it just didn't look right

[Vaejoun]

@John Silva: Thanks man, I tried to bring in most of what you said. ( I usually do the edges as the very last step, thats why there isnt much before)

@Alola: nice scenery, pay attention to the darks, I dont think the "dark side" of the stairs would be THAT dark, there is just too much light reflected by the bright ground around. ... Or make the surroundings way darker, like in the 1st ref picture.

@Cursed: I like the long narrow way and that strange atmosphere.
I think what you need now are 2 things: A good idea of what and where the place actually is, why are there street lanterns, what is that chimney-pipe like thing and so on.
the other thing is: Refs. To paint a window, just look out of yours or search for pictzures until you get a nice one.
(The thread say we should post refs anyway)
Keep it up!

So here is my last big step. I went a little tired over the far bg though. ^^

[alola]

@Vaejoun : thank u i hear ur word & working on it

i love ur piece & my vote goes for it from now

[Patrik_P]

@Vaejoun: I like Japanese culture so i figured it could be in japan, and what comes to the chimney it was supposed to be piece of plumbing first but i could'nt put in it good angle so i "turned" it into a chimney type of thing, but it still didnt look good so i removed it completely
and sorry i forgot to post refs but heres some i've been looking at

Still lot to do but so little time..

[parpica]

@ asahi : that's a serious piece there.
@ vaejoun : love the overexposed building far back.

Ok, no lurking around for me.
here's my initial 15 min or so doodle.
Going for a ghetto sci-fi alley.
So are we really limited to only 2 light sources? Or maybe a little flexibility allowed here?

[Vaejoun]

@Parpica: Nice doodle. In the process look out for the VP, right now the one for the windows is way higher than for the doors below.

How about some freaky big pipes going through the bg? Would give its some industrial feel I think.

[JohnSilva]

parpica, great start! the minimum ammount of light sources are 2, but you are free to do more then 2

I'll be sure to answer to all you guys are doing an awesome job!!
Don't forget today is the last day!!

[alola]

Another Wip Pics

[washka]

1 hour speedpainting, result is quite minimalistic, no ref, just wanted to share this one.

[Vaejoun]

@Alola: I like the top part of the door.

@Washka:
Minimalistic is a nice way to put it. I would call it abstract surrealism XD

Oh yes, shoulndt the final thread be up by now?

[Patrik_P]

it's 2am here and i've been waiting from 12 for finals thread so im going to leave mine here just in case if it's made and deadline has closed when i wake up, feel free to post it in finals thread or leave me out of it (witch would be unfortunate)

EDIT: Finals thread was not posted yet so i removed my entry and wait till its up

[asahiart]

well same here ,i'm leaving tomorrow for the whole week end i won't be able to put my work on final thread .

[Vaejoun]

In case it doesnt come up today, just post the final piece here. I hope our admin will be kind enough to copy it over to the final thread.