Jade Gate of Dehang - collaboration with Vintorix by brewgirlca
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This is the second collaboration between myself and the great landscape artist Vintorix.
Ok, right off I admit that this is not the color rich and cleanly composed composition like our first work "Return to Camelot". But here I faced a different challenge for Ralph had created an irresistably delicous landscape that was a lovely admixture of the real and sureal. The structure and unusual colors of his work made it was too tempting to ignore.
Ralph's Morning in Dehang was a heavily postworked photograph where the distant background had been watercolored into a surreal landscape whereas the he had slightly posterized the foreground while still retaining its relative reality. Also the strong washed blue-green lighting that really muted the shadows created its own set of challenges. I admit this one was a struggle; an irresistible challenge. And I think that Ralph also had a measure of struggle in accepting this composition as he a had created it. Read his original comments and you will see.
I rendered the girl with a jade blue-green lighting to give some color match to the background. Then I slightly posterized her and then blurred her to try and match both techniques used by Ralph. Even though I had her well set on the trail she did not seem as attached to the landscape as I wanted. So I created a magical spiral behind her and then copied it onto two more layers. One of these I moved in front of her. Then I reduced both these copies to 20% transparency and then I did a dissolve on both these layers. That created the spiral sparkles that ate into her edges a bit and that locked her to the landscape.
Finally I used Flaming Pear's Flood tool to place her in water. This killed any foreground conflicts between the figure and the landscape and it added its own element of magic. A bit of work with Splash brushes married the pond to the landscape and the magic spiral.
Ok, I probably bore you with details, so enough- here you have it �Jade Gate of Dehang - Roxy/Vintorix Collaboration #2
See Morning in Dehang by Vintorix
"Morning in Dehang"
"Morning in Dehang"
Comments (34)
Roxy this collab has really worked so well, it has certainly been a remarkable challenge and one that has paid off perfectly. Very well done my friend, I love this, hugs Jane xx
You'll never bore me with the details, Roxy - not when you describe what went into a masterpiece like this. This is a magnificent piece of art, and it's very obvious that you are enjoying the challenges of pushing the envelope in your collabs. And we all get to see the results, and be inspired by them! Kudos!
Excellent artwork, Roxy! Fine teamwork, too! :o)
Nice idea and well executed. The swirls are great and give it a dynamism, the coloration is good and the water an excellent idea to sort out perspective and space. For me, the figure's blurred texture rather jars against the grainy surround and the blacks are a bit heavy, but it's a technique that's well worth developing. It's good to see people trying different things.