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D. Brent O´Gara

"Background for A new Picture" by D. Brent O´Gara

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Tag As FavoriteComment		This is the backgroung i'm doing for a pic I'm working on. I read Ursula Vernon's most excellent FARP article on computer painting, and now I'm trying to use what I learned. Of course, I'm doing this with a mouse and Photoshop, so maybe I didn't learn enough. Anyway, I'll work on the figures tomorrow.


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21 Aug 2000:-) Sean van der Meulen
very good drawing! It reminds me of the coloroverlay work of Richard Corben (the fact that the shadows define the shapes of the ruines and such). ever checked out his work?
9 Sep 200045 Doug Rubino
um... WOAH SICK!!!! holy damn. No seriously I love this. I use a tablet and photoshop 5.5, and I couldnt make something like this. Do more landscapes, no joke
Thanks, I think I just might do that.
13 Sep 200045 Cat ap Hywell
i like, just a bit blurry, but i suppose ull fix that, eh? *slaps the artist on the back* good job.
*staggering from the blow* Why yes, I will be fixing that.
20 Sep 2000:-) Patrick R Derksen
Great job on all the shadows, it seems you paid close attention to trying to keep the anles right. Wow, if this is just background, what's going to be the main focus? Huh?! I wanna know! Can't wait to see the completed version, cuz this is awesome by itself.
I'm still working on what to put here, but once it's complete, you'll be the first to know.
30 Jul 2001:-) Courtney Weger Cantrell
Ooh, leave the green as it is! Its beautiful emerald reminds me of Ireland. And I'm a sucker for skies like that--this is gorgeous!
I love green myself, and Ireland is nice too. We don't actually get skies like that here in Tacoma, but I remember them well from my years in Kansas.
26 Aug 200145 Natacha Choquet
Impressive ! I really like it, the details and the colors !

:-) D. Brent O'Gara replies: "Thanks, the details were a lot of fun to paint in."
26 Apr 2002:-) Brian Keith Cooke
Other than the hills sort of disappearing into the sky, I think it's an awesome piece. The quality of light is fantastic.

:-) D. Brent O'Gara replies: "Yeah, this was never finished, so the hills are just fuzzy."
3 Mar 2003:-) J (Proudfoot) Taylor
I really like this picture. The love the colors in the sky and I love the detail you made with the building and the mountains. Lovely picture.

:-) D. Brent O'Gara replies: "Thanks, the sky was fun to make, and I zoomed way it to make all the little buildings. I'm glad you like it."
14 Jun 2003:-) Selena V. Burlakova
Yeah, the colours are good 1
29 Dec 200345 Art lover
You should put a dragon in this pic. It would look brill

:-) D. Brent O'Gara replies: "I actually made it to be the backdrop of a picture of two wyverns chasing a much larger dragon away from their nest. It was inspired by a couple of sparrows I watched chase a huge crow that had been loitering around their nest. The sparrows were tiny, but the crow just could not get a handle on them, and eventually had to leave."
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About 'Background for A new Picture':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) D. Brent O´Gara
 • Copyright: ©D. Brent O´Gara. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: City, Sunset, Buildings, Ruins, Sky
 • Categories: Architecture, Houses, Castles, etc, Landscape, Nature, Panoramic
 • Techniques: Computer Painted from Scratch
 • Views: 378
 • Resolution: 700x233


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