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Keeper of the Fields

Keeper of the Fields

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Keeper of the Fields
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Title: Keeper of the Fields
Name: Michael Corriero
Country: USA
Software: Photoshop & Painter

This image has been seen in ImagineFX issue 04, as well as Painter the book by Ballistic Publishing. I believe it is also in the welcome book to Painter X which is now available.
The keeper of the fields depicts mankind in all its glory. Striving to reach beyond our boundaries, advancing in technology, leaving our world behind. It's the leaving behind part that is focused on here. The robot - who was once the keeper of the fields is now simply a scarecrow, still keeping watch over the crops he once tended to yet now mocked by the crows. This was done around the time of Fall, so I felt the theme of pumpkins and color scheme were fitting.

crits, comments welcome as usual,
Mike C -
 
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Avatar slickgreekgeo

 02/21/07 @280

That's very well done; Great lightning effects as always, and interesting composition. Another masterpiece, +10 :)
 
Avatar Halcyonic

 02/21/07 @355

Awesome as always, i smell an elite status coming;)
 
Avatar XeriuX

 02/21/07 @432

very nice art!
i like the style
 
Avatar Diane

 02/21/07 @574

Perfect, just perfect! Why aren't you elite? :o
+10, more if I could!
 
Avatar chickenfingers

 02/21/07 @602

Beautiful! The sense of atmosphere is astounding. Very immersive... I can see the motion in those tree branches.
 
Avatar Wallace

 02/21/07 @612

Very nice painting and great idea

Excellent colours and mood

The legs of the keeper are a bit too blurry IMO.
You've rendered the upper body so well it'sticking out

The depth of field is solid, but the blue background
tends to be a bit flat.
Perhaps I'm missing to see more (vaguely) structures behind that landscape,
it looks like the city is constructed out of one layer:|

The trees look great and love that one powerchord

+ 9
 
Avatar Sparhawk

 02/21/07 @633

You really deserve the elite status! Wonderful work!
 
Avatar loneorbit

 02/21/07 @660

Very well done, although city scape does seem a bit flat as Wallace had mentioned overall the depth of field is quite compelling. The small details are what makes this piece so interesting, from the bark on trees to metallic sheen all work together to create this scene.
 
Avatar ersen-t

 02/21/07 @698

Awesome work !!
 
Avatar MikeCorriero

 02/21/07 @769

slickgreekgeo@ - Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate the kind words and the plus 10 vote. :)

halcyonic@ - Thanks, I have only been posting here for a few days so I don't know how that elite status works or what it does/means really but I appreciate the compliment :)

XeriuX@- Thanks ;)

Diane@- Thanks a lot, as mentioned to halcyonic I don't know if the elite status is something handed out to anyone or if it all depends on voting status or what it really means but I appreciate your comment a lot. Thanks for the +10 :)

chickenfingers@- Thanks a lot ;)

Wallace@- I always appreciate honesty and your crits man. I agree about the legs, they were blocked in as was the rest of this scene before going in and rendering some of the more important elements. I guess I felt like keeping them in that initial blocked in state to draw more attention to the upper torso and head of the robot. I second guess things so many times that I'll often just say "screw it " and try not to get so caught up in rendering everything. This is something that has been mentioned to me very often (over rendering every element in a painting) which makes it hard for the viewer to focus and enjoy the image, so I'll have to keep working on that and find a happy middle ground.
I'm glad you like the idea, mood and the power cord ;)

Sparhawk@- Thanks man, I appreciate the kind words.

loneorbit@- Thanks man, I appreciate the crit/compliment and I'm glad you enjoyed this piece.

ersen-t@- thanks! :)

Mike C -




 
Avatar Daykan

 02/21/07 @815

wow!! This is wonderful! Another amazing work!
 
Avatar llama

 02/21/07 @830

This is nice, the colors are good and the idea is great, cool!
 
Avatar MikeCorriero

 02/21/07 @917

Daykan@- Thanks man

llama@- Thanks ;)

Mike C -
 
Avatar SeanMoffatt

 02/21/07 @947

Very cool. Love the detail.
 
Avatar Madanapale

 02/22/07 @138

Great idea!.....excellent mood and details!!
Carlos
 
Avatar lolita

 02/22/07 @410

holy shit! the atmosphere in your painting is breathtaking. special compliment for the tree. +10
 
Avatar cupcake

 02/22/07 @692

Wonderful mood & feeling in this work.
+10
 
Avatar MikeCorriero

 02/23/07 @663

Seanmoffatt@- Thanks man

Madanapale@- Thanks Carlos

Loloita@- haha thanks, I'm glad you like it. I was inspired by the way Keith Parkinson used to paint trees, sad that he's gone but he was one of my favorite traditional fantasy painters.

cupcake@- thanks for the compliment and vote ;)

Mike C -
 
Avatar deandude

 02/23/07 @800

damn dude this is super quality....great job
 
Avatar deManuel

 02/23/07 @880

Impressive composition, colors and textures. :) +10
 
Avatar MikeCorriero

 02/24/07 @951

deankuhta@- Thanks I appreciate the kind words man

deManuel@- Thanks a lot, I appreciate the +10 :)
 
Avatar ARZILLIER66

 02/25/07 @083

Nice colours!
Cool composition
 
Avatar IraMelanox

 02/25/07 @597

The background is beautiful, I love the warm autumn colors you used. Maybe the robot is less "constructed", it's functionality isn't very clear to me.
Great concept ! It reminds me of Isaac Asimov's novels.
+10 (thumbup)
 
Avatar Gianna23

 02/26/07 @813

This is a great concept and you ahve executed it wonderfully. The background is very beautiful. I wish the forground was a little lighter to see just a bit more detail.
 
Avatar MikeCorriero

 02/26/07 @909

ARZILLIER66@- Thanks man

IraMelanox@- Thanks, I've never read one of Isaac Asimov's novels but I'll take that as a compliment :) I appreciate the +10 vote

Gianna23@- Thanks, it's possible that it's darker depending on each person's monitor calibration, to me it appears dark but the elements and details are readable. I wanted to allow the robots highlights to help pop him out a bit too so a darker foreground helped a bit. Thanks for the crit

Mike C -
 
Avatar Xenorify

 03/24/07 @344

...wow this is a great idea, I could think of a few different stories for this guy. but yours seems to be most fitting. Also it looks very original to me.
 
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