Silence on the Mountain: Illustration process part 2

The second work in progress image for Silence on the Mountain

This is the current stage for the Silence on the mountain illustration. It’s pretty similar to the last stage I reckon. I don’t expect the composition of this one to change that much during the process so from here on it should just get steadily more finished looking!

In fact, this one is coming along very swiftly indeed by my standards (maybe I should use Photoshop instead of Painter more in future?) There isn’t really very much to say process wise. I’ve just been attempting to move it along by tidying it up and adding detail. The colour saturation has been lowered slightly to be less garish and more bleak.

One of the most major changes is the addition of clouds,which may be a bad thing as the story describes the sky as cloudless. However, this image could be set later on in the story, and some clouds could have blown over? Without the clouds the picture looks rather empty I think.  I may need some more art direction on this one…