Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Volcanic Eruption

©ArmandSerrano.
Always had the urge to draw a volcanic eruption. So late last night, I had the chance and here's it is. All in PS.

39 comments:

  1. AWESOME man!!!! One of the most atmospheric images I have seen. Beautiful, great color, nice reflections and texture to break up the ground plane . .beautiful man,

    MAC

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  2. It's beautiful. So very different then what you'd expect to get if you asked someone to "draw an eruption".

    Instead of just a close up of glowing orange lava spewing we get to see the lush, green terrain that's about to be transformed forever.

    Cheers!

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  3. Nice one! I dig the way you handled the reflection.

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  4. everything is wonderful.
    colors and composition...
    cheers !

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  5. pretty awesome, Armand. Love how you handled the water!

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  6. Beautiful painting! I love the textures and colors. I like how you handled the edges, especially on the water.

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  7. Beautiful painting, Armand! Really inspiring!

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  8. Awesome ilustration Armand , i love the reflection on the water.

    thanks for visit my blog it´s a big honour for me

    see u!

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  9. Good lord wow.
    Were the shapes of the grass and water painted freehand or did you use the lasso tool and some transforming? So much to learn.

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  10. OOO! awesome colors esp where the reflection meets the green area. Saweet!

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  11. Wow. I like the depth in the pic and the reflections in the water.

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  12. Thanks guys.

    Hey TOM,

    I used the lasso tool just to set the basic shape and placement of the water on the foreground. Then detailed edges were added almost towards the end by freehand. Thanks.

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  13. hello!! Great!!! as usual!! I love the contrast of the smoke and heat with the wet damp ground!! and just in one night... fast and fantastic! :D

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  14. Armand your paintings inspire the heck out of me man. Great!!!

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  15. This looks very nice Armand! Bold shapes and atmosphere, beautifully handled.
    I love the way you always add some small and cute detail, this time it's the lightnings on the side ;)

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  16. WOW!
    Awesome,caballero...!
    It´s beautiful and fearsome at the same time, exactly as an eruption is.
    Bravo!

    Greetings from Spain... ;D

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  17. Beautiful! Such fantastic colors! Thanks so much for looking at my portfolio at the book look, your advice was invaluable!

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  18. Thanks everyone.

    Hey VICTORIAYING,

    It was a pleasure to meet you and see your portfolio. Keep it up.

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  19. Grest work Armand !!! The colours are really beautifull !

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  20. Hey ,by the way , I just link you in my blog.

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  21. Wow. Pretty intense man, beautiful and scary!

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  22. love the scale and the colours
    great work!!!

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  23. Great Armand,i love the mood and colors...and composition!
    Greetings!

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  24. Top of the cartoon "Arthur, history," worked with painter and a few touches of Photoshop CS3. This work and others who've been doing lately has a great influence of big todd Harris and dave Mali! Benjamin Trobatkvbc

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  25. Wow! amazing scale. Great work.

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  26. Fantastic art work,this is so nice! I really enjoy looking at your blog.

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  27. This is wonderful !!! nice colours.Your work is very very inspiring.

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  28. extremly nice! Always inspiring to se your work. :-)

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  29. Amazing and original image!!., great post!

    Regards

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  30. i love the scale... look at those tiny people!

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  31. Thank you all for the comments.

    Hey Jay,

    It's great to meet you as well at the BookLook. Hopefully we see each other again some time soon. Take care.

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  32. Awesome work Armand - really top stuff! You're last few posts have been really stunning!

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  33. This book sounds very interesting, I'll haev to try and hunt it down and have a look.

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