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A.Alvarez · 11-06-2006

Ok everyone... time for the November contest thread.

This month's theme is the landscape.
Bear in mind that this doesn't necessarily mean 'earth' as seen by 'human' eyes.

Contest ends November 30th.

edit:

Ok, so here are the winners!

We added a fifth place as we just couldn't get it down to four again!

Mike Corriero, your submission is really amazing... ! For a sec I thought Christian Lorenz Scheurer had entered the contest.

Congratz everyone... so much cool stuff. Dec contest coming soon...

-Alex

maz · 11-07-2006

it?s an old exercise over a National geographic image

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looks nice because the original photo was great , despite to have posted it , i agree that something more "unreal" or fantastic is what the contest needs,

this one is what i am doing for the contest , still on it?s begginnings dont be rude

niq3d · 11-07-2006

Excellent! thats set the bar nice and high for this month (

), seriously though, well done to last months winners, and good luck to all this months participants, may the scribbling begin!

niq

RicardoGarces · 11-07-2006

I am certainly entering this one! Best luck to all.

Alex, we can enter with mattepaintings right? or it has to be digital painting only?

Kind regards,

Ricardo.

metalpiss · 11-07-2006

as far as I know, it can be in any media with any techniques.

zoster · 11-08-2006

i like the first post..has a monumental fell to it..nice exercise

Cloudmover.net · 11-13-2006

Hello everyone.

This is my first post on these boards. Gnomon make the best instructional DVDs and I can honestly say my switch from being a traditional to digital artist would not have been as pleasant without Gnomon!

On to the post...

My entry into the November contest was done as the cover for Rifts Worldbook 29- Madhaven published by Palladium Books. "Madhaven" is the name given to the haunted ruins of Manhattan.

The painting utilizes many of the techniques I learned from the Gnomon Workshop's DVD The Techniques of Christian Lorenz Scheurer Advanced Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop? Volume # 2. The way Sheurer uses photographic textures in his workflow was really an eye-opener to me and I decided to try them out for this painting.

I based the concepts of some of the ships on mine dump trucks and agricultural machinery. I dunno it just seemed like it would help ground the concept in the real world.

Painter 9 and Photoshop CS

gkjeane · 11-13-2006

My first image is a painting I did of my house. The second is a midnight drive on the town. You can see the building to the side on the porch steps along the way. You can also see that I made the building and porch steps and even the brick wall in the background out of a dog. My last one is in my backyard. We have a ditch alongside the road, and across that ditch is an old abandoned herby in the woods. I found this to be really throughout my life, so I made a portrait/painting out of it using photoshop, and pen. The only piece that has no touch up in photoshop, is the image of my house and driveway. Hope everyone enjoys!