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~M0nkeyBread Jan 16, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Aha I see you, like me, are a fan of the flock of white birds technique! It's a good one! :P Great practice work...I'm really liking your speedpaints. I think I shall watch :) Oh just a small crit, from looking at your gallery your pieces almost border on too dark. Great atmosphere but sometimes it's a strain to see the fun....such as archer boy in this one. Barely saw him the first time round.
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*donmalo Jan 17, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Hey BigBwana,
Thanks a lot! Yeah - those birds are always awesome:) And a pretty easy way to give a sense of scale.
You're welcome! Yeah - I realized it. The interesting thing that I work on a calibrated screens and they don't look to dark. Back at home (different screen) - too dark.
Well - but it isn't that bad. In this case you spend a bit more time watching my images or at least a second time :D

Cheers
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~M0nkeyBread Jan 17, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Screen calibration is the bane of my existence....I have the same problem to of course :) It's a pleasure looking at your images so I don't mind looking a bit closer
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*donmalo Jan 19, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Yeah - pretty painful. And the other downside - sRGB. If you work with AbobeRGB the values looks much brighter and better. The problem is that most of the browser are just able to display sRGB. Meh - and this really sucks. In such case you have to save everything out twice (which sucks again!!). But well -it is as it is :D
Thanks again, buddy! Really glad you like it!
Best
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~M0nkeyBread Jan 19, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
yep I thought I had it sussed (sorry, New Zealand for "figured out") when I recalibrated my lcd (I work on a laptop mostly) but had a couple of issues because of browsers etc...I'll look into AdobeRGB instead and see if that helps.
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*donmalo Jan 23, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
It really depends on what kind of screen you use…
I'm working on a 30“ screen at work and on a laptop at home. two worlds…
And I had the pleasure to work on a eizo high - WOW!
But at the point it up on the net - I could immediately start crying:)

AdobeRGB is way better to work - especially if you decide to print your work later on:)

Cheers
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~M0nkeyBread Jan 23, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Actually I may start thinking about upgrading my display hardware soon. I used to mostly do my own amateur stuff so I didn't care, but I've been getting more freelance gigs lately, and I don't want any embarrassing issues! You reckon Eizo is the bomb eh? Will do some research.
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*donmalo Jan 23, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Yeah - I could recommend that!
Especially if you starting with more and more gigs:)
there will be a lot of issues, if you don't work with a calibrated screen (trust me:) )
Yup - Its the bomb and a hell lot expensive.
Eizo's are available in two version - the normal one and the High grade version.
Both works fine - but the high grade is the best what you could get.
We are using that for every color work we do for print and the end result is pretty great!
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~silis-nois Jan 12, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Reading the comments, I really hope you get more recognition. :) The hue in this one is fantastic. I see another flock of white birds to the left -- is there a theme to that? The dashes of red are a great way to lead you to the figure on the bridge, then back in turn to the one observing them form below. The foliage is amazing o_o I'm a complete novice when it comes to most textures -- if you don't mind my asking how did you paint them?
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*donmalo Jan 12, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Hey there :)

Thanks for your kind words. Much appreciated.
Maybe someday:)
Yup - not a real big story - just love to use those birds for giving a sense of scale. And I do use it for most of my images - kind a brand of mine.
I do use a lot of customized brushes. Especially for leaves and trees. i think I'm too lazy to paint them all separately. And on top of that - I makes life way easier. Those brushes are really easy to made. Did you ever made one for your self? if not and you might interested in it - I could do a sort of tutorial.
Just let me know:)

Cheers
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