That looks cool.

hello new wallpaper

ive been looking for a minimalist style to do wet/puddles and mud for a while

thanks for giving me exactly what i wanted to see <3

Glad it works for you! :P

And really all it is is horizontal brush strokes, nothing complicated!

Says mr genuous

What kind of brush?
How did you come to the conclusion of reflection against atmosphere lighting and the saturation of that reflection fade showing off the color of the mud or surface

kinds of questions that take a looot of focus to try to even make, then hope I recieve the answer. n_n; i am not instinctually an artist, nothing just cooomes naturally to me. gotta spend a lot of time wonderin and playing and practicing.

what you did here to warm me to the idea was to draw the reflected primary light color over the dark, making the glow of where light would be seen, then the brushstrokes over it showing the deepest parts and the shortening for the field of view, letting the eye digest curve and slope.

That sorta stuff, you figure out and know so well. Ahh i am jealous U_U

As far as brushes go, I only used the default round, hard brush at varying opacities combined with the smudge tool. It's a bit cheap but it works for me.

And I can't say I completely understand the question, but let me see if I can answer any of it. As for why I was doing what I did, it's mostly because I really like rainy city scenes, so I spend a lot of time looking at them. I have a very basic idea of how to get across that sort of scene just because I spend so much time looking at them, hence simple brush strokes just to get down the vibe. I was also using this photo as a color/light reference while I was setting up (the photo is out of this set, which shows some really nice lighting situations). And I'm not sure if it would help you at all, but I did manage to save some progress shots of this one, if that's something you would like to look at.

Just keep in mind I don't actually know what I'm doing, and I don't have even the most basic training in any sort of art. I'm most likely doing plenty of things wrong that I can't even pick up. It's always better to use more references than you think you need, and to study plenty of different sources.

video game concept art, ft. home??

Haha, I wish it could look like this.

Just sayin, that would be pretty badass if home was a vidya character. You just wandered around the city finding weird shit happening at different places while advancing story lines with the other characters. ;u;

We're still wavering between focusing on a mechanic like that and, instead of pushing our luck, just going with a simple platformer. Personally I'd prefer the former but it's really up to what the coding guy thinks he can handle.

I am apparently a feel-bender.

I love your style and the flow of this picture, omgush.

Thank you. <3

It's so simple yet so awesome. <3

like u

But though thank you. <3

pfktpfkt you are too kind

Always! <3

Chickenese lettering???

But seriously though, this is really cool. I like how the colors of neon reflect in the puddles. c:

We're getting Dinotopia up in here, except with bird feet.

I wonder where they are going? Looks like a real shady store

You don't always have a lot of options, especially when the weather won't stop being a dick.

Nobody does gritty, dark, atmospheric noir like images like you do... o.o

Messily and very quickly.

With an insane degree of natural artistic talent and emotion... ;3

Is that a fictional language/font inspired by bird feet? Neeeat.

Yessum! Why bother with words when you have birds??

Bird language, I sees it! Also really awesome work with the lighting and everything. :D

Thanks! It's something I still need a lot of working on, hahah.

Loving the atmosphere in this picture.

Thank you!