Above: My Creature on textured surface test.
After the completion of my creature below i really didn't like its plain white background, i felt it didn't show of my creatures potential.
I have never been a big landscape person so this was a mini venture into the unknown and a foundation to build upon. Using the textures technique i learnt from the Alien Apple Studio's visit i applied a tree bark texture and worked into it on an overlay layer, adding highlights and shadows, moss and scratch marks and also a beak scraped area between the creatures front limbs.
I think using the textures is a great method of amplifying believability in a piece and i will use them in the future when appropriate.
I still think the background looks bare, but i am a perfectionist and i am not happy until everything is finished to the same standard. Which is good as usually the final product looks good but bad as i feel like this is unfinished. Although introducing a full background may take away the the importance of the creature. Environments is something i must practice.
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