Hey guys,
This is just a sketch I drew of an actuall place, Spirit Island on the Maligne Lakes in Alberta. I thought the place looked really nice so I decided to draw it.
Hope you’s like it:
And sorry about the crappy photo Scanner wasn’t big enough.
Very nice. Love the rock formations you have in the foreground, the texture on those is great. I used to wish i could go out and draw landscapeslike this from life, but i lived in Florida so it was palm trees and parking lots as far as the eye could see. Now that i live in the mountains i should get off my ass and go drawing, but it’s so dang cold now, hehe.
I keep seeing these awesome images of Canada and it makes me want to go on vacation, but it’s so much colder there, i don’t know if i’d last very long outside. Did i mention i lived in Florida until a couple weeks ago?
The atmospheric perspective is really good as well, gives a nice sense of depth.
Thanks for the reply, Squiggly P. I’d love to go on vacation to Canada as well, the landscapes there are great, and they’d be a nice change from here in Australia. You should take some photo’s of the mountains where you live, I’d love to see what the area looks like.
Nicely rendered. Proportions are good, things are generally well done. My only critique would be a lack of contrast, though I suppose that’s your scanner. Good attention to detail there too.
Very nice! Those rocks in the foreground are indeed very good.
If you’re looking for a little critique, though, I think the cluster of trees on the island look a little “flat”. It might help to use a kneaded eraser and very gently lighten the shading on one side of each tree. Getting something like that right is incredibly hard, though, and you’ve done a good job already.
You also might also get a dirty tortillion and rub in some clouds at the top (I’m guessing it was cloudy…).
BTW, I also really like the mountains in the background, the way they just barely contrast with the pure white of the paper.
Thanks for all the replies guys, it’s always good to have some feedback :D.
Ditto: The lack of contrast would have been my fault, that’s one of the areas I need to work at more. I had to take a photo of the picture, scanner wasn’t big enough.
Clean3D: Thanks for the comment, I actually hadn’t done much on the sky at all when I took the photo, since posting I’ve worked a lot more on the clouds.
Graphik: Yeah, the mountains were covered in snow, look up ‘maligne lake, alberta’ on google for some actual photo’s of what the place looks like, it’s great.
Aidan: What’s up dawg.