Atlas and Dione

Painting \ Figure | 07/16/07 @609 | Diane | critiques (82) | views (7925)

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First of all, I'm sorry for having been away for so long, as always, I've been very very busy... (I must have already said it 100000 times....)

I hope you're all doing great ^^

This painting is a concept for a videogame project about Atlantis. The characters are Atlas, the king of Atlantis and a Nereid : Dione.
It had to be a little bit similar to "Deep Sea Creature" because this one has become part of the game aswell (so I've added the same features on the faces under the eyes, a similar composition, etc...)

This is some kind of a "speed painting" (10 hours...) and yeah, I know about the blurry hand... boo boo, it's ugly ^^ I'll fix it when I have more time ) so it's a little bit messy... I had to meet a deadline so I've not had time to make it look better and I'm a little bit too busy at the moment to work more on it.

Photoshop CS and my beloved wacom, my bf used as a ref for Atlas face and a mirror for the Nereid's face (each member of the team will be converted into one of the game characters and since my name is very similar to the one of this Nereid, I've painted myself as her

For the first time, this selfportrait was really required

)
More coming soon!

By the way, we're still searching for 3D artists/animators that could do models and animate them so if you're interested, please send me a message

Thanks for viewing!

By the way, if you have time, please checkout yule by

jeanne , it's the second part of the celebrations serie we're doing with my best friend

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Comments (82)

Andy--Jones

07/16/07 @610

First! Great work. Love the feeling of claustraphobia in this like it is really deep down and the bubbles are great.

Diane

07/16/07 @612

Thank you very much Andydude ^^

Freiz

07/16/07 @616

Beautiful work; the sense of depth and lighting is wonderful, as are those phantomlike eyes.

ersen-t

07/16/07 @621

awesome work.

Xenorify

07/16/07 @630

Amazing lighting, tone, and overall atmosphere. I knew it was you when I saw it.

Diane

07/16/07 @631

Thank you very much Jen, Ersen and Aaron!

Mert

07/16/07 @631

Great work, good to see you back. Great colors and lighting, nice feeling of depth.

Itzpapalotl

07/16/07 @632

i already commented on this on DA. but i felt it unfair not to drop in here and leave a vote ^.^

Diane

07/16/07 @633

Thank you very much ^^

blackshad

07/16/07 @638

fantastic work
its nice to see you posting again
well bubbles, hairs, face and so many details are excellent

+10

mysticcat

07/16/07 @653

Speed painting ? So that's why I don't see so detailed. But still enough to amaze me to death

.
+9/9

Gune

07/16/07 @660

i love it...

ARZILLIER66

07/16/07 @667

As usual Diane, This is Fantastic!
I really miss to see your incredible works

+10

Diane

07/16/07 @669

Wow, thanks so much guys

I'm really glad you like it!

gurcan

07/16/07 @694

Absolute a classic. color + style perfect amazing. Also i really like experience on their faces +8/8

alebrije

07/16/07 @697

WOW! It's cool to see new works of you here...

10 hours....

You're so good and so fast too.

JordanRoots

07/16/07 @726

I see the Jpg compression somewhat killed the details. Also, did you use the Sharpen filter before posting? because I feel the beard is just a little too sharp... but that not such a big problem. This work is very good, and even if you hadn't mentioned it in the description, it's very apparent that this is a sequel to your previous work: Deep sea creature.
the ambiance is very cold, contrarily to Deep sea creature, and you achieved that feeling very well.
I think the upper lip should be lighter given the overall lighting.
I really like the girl in the background (you). It really looks like you and I like it, you have a very pretty face.

kittyKat

07/16/07 @728

im going to have to demand you to post the photo ref

why? come on I cant be the only one who wants to see your new BF

its a perfect excuse! lol
post it!
love this one Diane!
great work!
man he has a handsome face!

Diane

07/16/07 @729

Thank you very much gurcan, alebrije, Pam and Jordan

The upper lip is very dark indeed, but the shadows under the nose / eyebrows are very dark indeed, I've painted what I've seen looking at him

I've sharpened it a little bit indeed because the jpg compression totally killed it, but I'm not pleased with the result, the original looks much better (this one looks flat, oversharpened in some areas and very blurry in some other areas, I really don't like this jpg compression!)
Thank you very much for your comment

Pam : I don't have a ref for this one, but I can still post the reference I'm using for the current painting I'm working on

kittyKat

07/16/07 @732

Diane how are you saving your files.. this is not the first time I have heard you say this about your post. you know you go to file then save to web then save it to max
and quality %100 it should save nice... and from what I can see looks very nice nothing looks off that I can see..
ps have you gotten your hands on CS3 yet??
I hear nice things about it..
PSS you know im teasing you about the ref... ok no im not I wanna see lol
im nosy

Diane

07/16/07 @735

I'm not saving them to 100% because it's too heavy when I use this method, I'm saving them to quality 70%.... It makes the image look lighter and a little bit flat... but it's not a huge problem, I just feel a little bit frustrated when something I've very detailed becomes totally blurry ^^
I've not tried CS3 yet, did you do it? I'm really curious about the new tools, it sounds great!
I've sent you a PM btw

Foxie

07/16/07 @736

just perfect!

7/7

kittyKat

07/16/07 @737

thank you very very much that made my day I tell yah

and you should save them to 100% you have a new external hard drive right?? so then it shouldn't be a problem

and no CS3 for me yet maybe someday *sigh*

Diane

07/16/07 @739

Thank you very much Foxie

Pam : you're welcome

And you're right, I'm gonna save them to 100% now, I was used to save them to 70% but I have much more space now

I hope you can have CS3 soon, it really seems to be a hell of a software!

GuillaumeLeTual

07/16/07 @765

I guess the term speed painting is relative

Great work, especially in 10 hours, I would have guessed more in the 20 hours

This image is very well executed, but the composition doesn’t have quite as much "punch" as some of your other work, such as your "lord of nightmares".

CS3 extended, is indeed quite nice, CS3 "standard" isn’t worth it... it feels more like CS 2.2 with some interface changes.

MertAcar

07/16/07 @768

Nice to see you here again!

Great painting! +10
Mert

Wallace

07/16/07 @785

Good to see you Diane

Great work! Not your best though, but remarkable as this is a speedpaint(!)

Lovely colours,
great lighting

Composition is definately the 'weakest' element,
it feels thrown in a bit.

Overall an impressive work of art, love those bubbels

+ 9

zahara

07/16/07 @802

I was wondering where you were, its delightful to have you back Diane

As usual your work is AMAZING!!
I love the feeling of breathing underwater which youve created perfectly here...
My tops ofcourse

Diane

07/16/07 @809

Thank you guys ^^

Vincent : yes, I think that adding some extra space on the left and working more on the hand would have done the trick (and also working more on the nereid, she's very sketchy....) but I had to meet a deadline, so here's the result, an unbalanced speedpaint ^^ Thanks a lot for your crit!

Tommyguns

07/16/07 @819

You are one of my favorite artists! Your works are outstanding! Well done!

Tommyguns

alsnyder

07/16/07 @824

Very mysterious and haunting imagery, I wouldn't add a whole lot of of detail to the hand in the foreground. You might wind up with competing focal points with the main subjects face But that's just me. Very beautiful. 8/8

Daykan

07/16/07 @837

Absolutely PERFECT!!
LOve the colours!!! It´s wonderful, maybe one of your best!

ThruMyEyez

07/16/07 @862

Beautiful work as always Diane!

Diane

07/16/07 @863

Wow, thank you sooo much Tommy, alsnyder, Daykan and Gary

I'm so happy to be back so I can see you again ^^

Cre8iv

07/16/07 @873

Wonderful work Diane.

You produce a lot of quality in only 10 hours.
I wish I could have a little bit of your speed

+ 10 naturally

Almost-Human

07/16/07 @888

WOW !

Well its not that often I say it ! 10+

Diane

07/16/07 @889

Thank you very much Emile

I don't know if using painter allows the used to paint in a quick way... but I'm sure you're painting quite fast, the amount of details in your works would have taken me years to do ^^
Edit : thank you very much Brian *hugs*

tomato04

07/16/07 @916

aaaaaaactually i dont know what to say

if i would i'd have said it earlier^^ sooo....i'm just gonna say AMAZING but i guess you already know it is

i love seeing new artworks from you!

Gavade

07/17/07 @086

You are awesome, wonderful colours and lighting, what an awesome piece of art!

The hairs have a good flow, perhaps have a few of the bubbles not so out of focus . . . .

Can't wait for your next work . . . .

Petra

07/17/07 @194

beautiful work!
i think the blue lighting is very well used to make the mysterious look

!

glad to see you back!

Saimain

07/17/07 @288

I love your work! Always so detailed and breathtaking and original. ^__^

starqueen

07/17/07 @298

This is so lovely! I think I like the upper lip being darker; from the angle of the light, I think it should be that dark. This is stunning. +10

dakoo

07/17/07 @362

Awesome work !!!
Top Marks Diane ! Nice to see U back

!!!

ARTOONATOR

07/17/07 @413

I see you've used your bf for your next piece aswell. He can't be atlas and the wolfman at the same time!

Sorry, just jealous

Great work. The double focus works really well, I love how you direct the viewers eye from the background to forground and vice versa.

Diane

07/17/07 @483

Thank you very much Gavade, Petra, Adele, Starqueen, Dakoo and Arne!

Arne : would you like to be a wolfman aswell?

Eminli

07/17/07 @491

It's really amazing job. I Must say that I couldn't get what's Atlas's gender from 1st look...Atlas has a similar face to woman but beard. But eh, it looks great. Özdamar ? Are you Turkish ?

ratcatcher

07/17/07 @566

Amazing! +10/10!

cupcake

07/17/07 @567

Very good work Diane.

I like the colors,
but I always have trouble with the blank stare .
[ no eyes].
+10

IraMelanox

07/17/07 @580

Hi Diane

I think you did a great job on the faces; I have a problem with the guy's hair though, it does not appear to have enough consistency and it does not blend with the head very well.. dunno how to explain it

Cheers,
Raluca

Pirotess

07/17/07 @667

fantastic work! I have to work much faster, if I want to produce something like that in only 10 hours

great! top marks

folioware

07/17/07 @668

amazing. totaly superb!!
really impressed

hady

07/17/07 @689

just perfect! and amazing artwork
i would i can give you more than 10+

10+

Wallace

07/17/07 @722

G-spot?

It's a clean sweep Diane,
but very rightly earned, just wanted to say that

Congrats

trevorm

07/17/07 @878

You never cease to amaze me... (nothing else to say)

BaronImpossible

07/17/07 @887

An excellent work all round. Atlas' face really makes this piece and his eyes are hypnotising. His red lips are a nice touch too, although I have to say the colour looks a bit like an afterthought.

A couple of problems, though: His hand was difficult to make out at first. To me it seems a little awkward and perhaps too blurred. I'd also expect his fingers to be stronger, less lady-like, or even webbed would be cool.

As I said, his eyes are amazing, but the woman's eyes don't work so well. It looks like she has closed her eyes and we're looking at her eyelids. A bit of shadow on the top lid and a speck of highlight where the lower lid meets the eye would sort it out.

The rest is superb!
+9/10

Ikaa

07/17/07 @911

Excellent work!

Diane

07/18/07 @973

Wow, I'm overwhelmed by such a warm response, thank you so much people!

Raluca : thanks

The creator of the game wanted me to erase even more hair though, he said that there was too much hair on his head ^^

BaronImpossible : thank you very much for your extended comment, much appreciated!

I totally agree with you about the hands and the eyes of the lady, these are the most sketchy parts and I'm not satisfied at all with them... I think that I'll take time to fix it soon, it may look much better!

The red lips weren't an afterthought (actually, it was one of the first things I've done), but I see what you mean since I've not worked a lot on them, they look a little bit sketchy and artificial. Thank you very much!

chickenfingers

07/18/07 @033

Not that you need more comments (

) but of course I think this is super. Mr. Atlas has a killer face. Luminescent polyp thingies (well, hell if I know what--or if--they have a technical name, heh) flanking the eyes are muy cool, too. Somehow, his shoulder doesn't look rounded to me (perhaps a touch of shading would convince me?), but I really didn't notice that until after I'd ~~licked~~ looked at all the shiny, detaily stuff. Mmmm.

Tribal-Hand

07/18/07 @577

Great work, good to see you back.

monjo

07/18/07 @700

Excellent work Diane. I like this piece a lot.
John

Diane

07/18/07 @935

Thank you very much

The shoulder is not rounded on purpose, but I think that I should have made it more pointy (his left shoulder is also too round... I really should fix it ^^) Thanks

Madanapale

07/19/07 @054

Excellent work as usual!!
Carlos

makart

07/19/07 @229

Î really like the way you painted those eyes...well done! +5

mefisto

07/19/07 @318

wow nice one!!!
your skill paint faces is astronomic

max points

Diane

07/19/07 @435

Thank you Carlos, makart and mefisto !

Excorbac

07/19/07 @846

Salut Diane.
About this blurry effect on his hand, I don't find it too disturbing 'cos it adds depth to the view, like blurred bubbles do. But these hands are too thin like BaronImpossible said. Anyway +10... oops I forgot I am not at this stage where I can vote more than +9. So...
Oh and thanks a lot for having listed me in your favourite artists list. I feel very honoured

Diane

07/20/07 @612

Merci ^^
The hands are too thin indeed, and too blurry (actually, too "airbrushy", it could be blurry in another way ^^)
Thanks again! =)

MustafaTaskin

07/20/07 @701

very nice picture diane

slickgreekgeo

07/20/07 @913

I gotta say, this is my favorite work from you so far; The color scheme is well done, and the lightning effects are very rich; It has a nice, rendered quality to it. The details are precise, and not overworked. I might be in the minority, but I dig the hand; It adds a sense of depth to the image, contributed to the watery environment, and attracts attention to the face. So I dig it.

+10 well earned.

zaclab

07/21/07 @350

Very very beautiful!

+10 +add to favs

Diane

07/21/07 @431

Thank you very much Mustafa, George and zaclab

Nandrysha

07/23/07 @045

Diane, your work is awesome, the lighting is very well used, it´s an excellent piece as all your work....
amazing!

Thanks a lot for visit my gallery, for your suggest and comments, is pleasant for me find you in my pieces.
+9

XeriuX

07/23/07 @678

amazing in only 10 hours...

really beautiful!

Jane

07/24/07 @394

This is wonderful! I don't think the blurry hand is bad; it puts more focus on the face.

*saved*

Jenna20

07/26/07 @536

Awesome!!!

Skyllberg

07/26/07 @629

wow awesome =O

Garthim

07/30/07 @374

rock!

Aranor

08/01/07 @038

Wow, what a strong image! I'm not totally sure what I think about the blurry parts, but at least it puts focus on the face. Which is stunning, by the way.