I routinely have a few images floating around on my hard drive that I am never satisfied with. I keep tinkering with them a little here, a little there.
I've been fiddling around with this one long enough - so time to post!
(Edit: I made a minor adjustment to the background and re-posted the image)
You are on a level I dream to one day be. Technically, how were the rocks made? Did you use photo as a texture or did you paint it digitally? Its captivating. The ship is by my standards extremely well done. I like the texture and the structure of it.
Thanks very much This is entirely painted in Photoshop. The rocks were built up from a number of layers. Actually, the ship was too, come to think of it. I tend to rough things out very quickly, and the painting looks very abstract at that point. Then I start adding details, and this can be time consuming. I work on multiple layers, so I can vary the transparency. For something like the rocks, I use some custom brushes to give them the very granular look. It's pretty much just a lot of trial and error until the image starts to feel complete. Sometimes the hardest thing is to know when to stop working on something!
But, yeah always that word, im not seeing ahistory here, maybe just me...
This is entirely painted in Photoshop. The rocks were built up from a number of layers. Actually, the ship was too, come to think of it.
I tend to rough things out very quickly, and the painting looks very abstract at that point. Then I start adding details, and this can be time consuming. I work on multiple layers, so I can vary the transparency. For something like the rocks, I use some custom brushes to give them the very granular look.
It's pretty much just a lot of trial and error until the image starts to feel complete. Sometimes the hardest thing is to know when to stop working on something!
You have an appealing style. It would be of great advantage in my short "Asassin".