My Wyrd TT II entry - Uru

[stubbdog]

Well, here is my entry to the Wyrd contest. Hopefully better pictures.

I have about 25 hours in this thing. Not sure if that is a good thing or bad, but I had fun painting him. I admit I did get a little bit impatient towards the end.

It just comes down to the fact that as big and plain as his body is, it still has a bunch of small details and I was struggling with colors and such.
And then the photo problems. His blue skin did not like the blue back grounds, hence why even turning him slightly had huge affects with the picture results.

And lastly, I turned in too small of pictures for judging. For whatever reason I couldnt think to send in two on two stacked like this instead of the tiny 4 x 1 slots.

I know I still wouldnt have won, as the winners were definitely better and more appropriate, but at least I can say I am happy with my results and look forward to improving for next time.

http://gallery.exodus-road.com/d/1816-1/Uru3.jpg

I look forward to hearing if you have any new words of wisdom now with better pics.

[gi6ers]

I think you've picked out all the details on this one really well, it looks like a tough one to convey well on a photo. I really like the blue skin!

I think this could have benefitted from something to make the eyes 'pop' a little more.

[stubbdog]

I couldnt get a good picture of them, but actually I was really happy with the eyes. They just dont come across gerat in the pictures. They are sunken eyes. So you are seeing the shadow here, but not the actual eyes which really can only be seen from one specific angle, unfortunately.

Just a tough nugget to photograph.

[gi6ers]

So you are seeing the shadow here, but not the actual eyes which really can only be seen from one specific angle, unfortunately.

Just a tough nugget to photograph.

How about a little drop of gloss varnish on the eyes so you get a reflective highlight..?

[Nathan Caroland]

A good one IMO and one that I'm rather fond of myself mainly as I took the other troll like critter of Reapers and painted him blue as well so I'm glad to see someone else has done the same.