Typical Island Fortress

[Aedilhum]

Here's a painting I did last night for practice.
I'd never done an Island fortress painting so decided to join the bandwagon. Took about 4 hours tops.
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/5614/islandmatte22kc.jpg
And the images I used.
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/4926/islandmatteref2go.jpg
Critiques Welcome.

Cheers,
Jared Simeth

[BILLONI]

I like it.Nice try.

[P.Nagle]

very nice jared a couple of things i n oticed were, you can see the edge of the water line where you started painting or copying, right by the rocks on screen left..did u multiply your final image for your color correction ?

very cool rock formations on the right hand side and it seems like the water line on the left side seems to be going father into the distance than the waterline on the right side.

Just my two cents.

very cool though, im guessing you went home for the weekend?

-Pat Nagle

[Aedilhum]

Patrick. Yup, I'm home for the weekend.
I think I can make out a line when I scroll from the original to the matte, I also noticed a couple of duplicate waves I didn't see before. I did not do any final color correction or multiplying to the image, why do you ask?
I think your right about the horizon line, I think that both the far right and left sides need to be lowered a tad, but the one on the left looks higher because of the dark clouds.
See you monday.

BILLONI. Thanks.

[B. Kachel]

Looking sweet Jared!

-Brandon Kachel

[shyster]

Yo Jared,

I think you did a pretty good job, but I would lose those two rocks on the right, or change them up. I can't see that one rock still standin, the balance just seems a tad off. Too much weight at the top makes it seem like an unnatural formation.

Next time, don't call your plate typical. It deserves more than that! 8)

[Aedilhum]

shyster.
Thanks, yeah I know it's a litte fantastical. I wanted it to be a little out of the ordinary, someting that could naturally work but hardly ever do. The idea was that the two far right rocks were once connected but the top has since collapsed leaving a projection.

*What do you guys think, should I tone it down a litte, or a lot? or let it be.

Brandon.
Thanks man, see you monday!