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Published: 2011-11-15 10:23:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 260; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 3
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Oh, Aeon Flux and Trevor Goodchild. You are always getting into trouble.I am really annoyed at this picture because I'm having a DAMN hard time figuring out how you convey depth and volume with a fluid. I really ought to take more art classes. I did shade it, and even remembered to put Aeon's shadow on the glass, but now I'm feeling like i ought to have done a reflection too since GLASS and argh, there are many things about this picture I could not figure out how to do right!
Why do it all then, you ask? Why, because I promised I would for this year's Bro-Fist calendar. I'm not entirely sure Aeon and Trevor would bro-fist, but they would totally tongue-kiss to trade secret information while fighting each other with guns, if they were both on the same side of that glass.
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Awesome! Glad you were able to finish this up, I love it
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YESSS I AM LEGEND time for sleeps now
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Reflection is probably the main way to show depth within a fluid... have a little bit of Aeon's reflection on the surface of it, and then, where you have the lines to show ripples, make them highlights instead of lines (white or a paler shade of the fluid color. Then you'd still do shading on the floor, but it'd be underneath the highlights layer, so then people get a clear idea of both the top and bottom of your liquid volume.
That being said, this is an awesome picture! You picked a challenging pose in an even more challenging setting, I like it.
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Oh, that's such good advice!! Thank you, I'll definitely have to try that next time! (Or maybe update this one in a few weeks...right now I don't have time!)
I'm so happy for the help, seriously, you made my day!
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