[de gerardo]

Thanks guys for nice comments!
Apology for delay reply, very busy at the moment :)

[de gerardo]

Hello Guys!
A couple of years ago I've posted a matte painting of the ship called Gabriela. I looked at that and I decide to redo it, because it looks like a concept painting (and has a potencial).
So after I took some really great pictures of ice, snow when I went to Arctica I decide to use them.
The ship I've modelled a two years ago staus the same.
Hope you gonna like it more than the first one.

[rockhoppermedia]

great work, though that ice formation on the ship does not look right to me, It breaks the the leading line for me across the vessel, however it is still a great piece,

Rich

[Edward Grad]

Good work, I like first one with ship on waterfall, feel of danger makes it exiting.

[Matty]

This is good! great mood

rockhoppermedia; nature is random...

[de gerardo]

Thanks guys!
I knew there will be a discussion at some point about that ice thingy. No problems.
But when I was working on it I was thinking at the same way like Matty said: nature is random, lets kee that ice in there :)))
Thanks guys again, really appreciate your time!

[de gerardo]

Just something new to share and to prove that I am still alive, busy, but alive :)
Persia:

[Suirebit]

i like the sky a lot :) A bit of nitpicking: The persian buildings seem too monochromatic and lifeless - it is know that persians had a lot of greenery (bushes, ivy, trees) and also lots of vivid colors; Also the houses seem very dirty, like after a war....persians were veeeery clean :)

[de gerardo]

Suirebit - thanks for the crit and the points, really appreciate that! :)
-but I've been going more for present than past and I didn't want to put some people over there and/or some birds or something like that,, just because me and very good friends of mine, we're going to do a pos-production of it :)
-but really appreciate your comment man!

Gerardo.

[Suirebit]

If it's something from present then the dirt is ok; I assumed you tried to recreate the past, since there's no Persia nowadays :)

By lifeless I didn't refer to people or birds or whatever moving element - I meant plants. I still think you need some foreground plants/trees, even if they are ruins :) Maybe some overgrown ivy? I was also referring to adding more colors, or at least some variation between the shade of highlights and shadows, since right now everything feels very monochromatic.

I would also reconsider some of the architecture, which is more greek or roman than persian :)