Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Hobbist, for now ;)
Steve Lenze
I like the atmospheric perspective you added to the tail to push it back and add depth to thee image, nice job :)
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
thanks!
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Alexey Skliar
I got zero feedback) But I like the illustration. What's the story behind it?
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thank you. The idea is that it is the initiation flight of a young man from a tribe of dragon riders. I imagine dragons much larger than humans so any kind of saddle didn't seem adequate and I wanted to explore other alternatives.
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Hi, For this illustration I wanted to try a different style than the one I usually use. C&C are welcome. My English is not very good, how would you refer to this style of illustration? Thank you very much.
Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
First 2023 illustration. I hope that this year I will be able to finish more pieces than last year :) . Happy New Year!
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Abby D
Love this card! Great work on the rendering & light/shadows. I love the pose you selected, too, of the reindeer flying towards us, then the sleigh coming behind. A nice difference from the traditional side-view and a great use of perspective / depth.
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks!
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Here's my Christmas card for 2022.  Merry Christmas!
Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Here's my Christmas card for 2022. Merry Christmas!
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Happy halloween! Really fun challenge. (Updated)
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Christopher Beaven
I'm going to echo everything everyone has said already. Wonderful painting, love the color variation in the white of the dress. The biggest room for improvement is the rocks. I know it's in the background but to me they are quite distracting because they don't look very organic. There is too much even rhythm in them making them look man made. Everything else is fantastic. What are you planning on doing with this painting? Selling?
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks as always for your comments. This digital painting is simply a study. My wife asked me to do a wuxia style illustration for her and I'm getting familiar with the subject :) I was also practicing to not just copying the references and trying to improve my use of color and light.
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@unkilled
This is great, I love the warm and cool tones in the fabric, the only thing that I noticed is that you made the rocks in the background really shiny which sort of takes away from the focal point of the woman.
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks!!
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Steve Lenze
Nice painting, I especially like the color shifts in the shadows of the white fabric. Very cool :)
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks!!
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Wuxia costume study I did in Photoshop. C&C are welcome. Thanks.
Steve Lenze
Nice painting Juan, I really like it. I agree with @Christopher Beaven about the composition. Maybe a little room for the brown horse, and all the little horses above his head all look the same size and kind of look like a horse hat. I did a little sketch, I hope it helps :)
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks so much for taking the time to do a paint over...I'm beginning to think the horse on the left doesn't work at all. I like the idea of a dark shape in that area. Probably the horse should be coming out of frame in another pose.
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Tejas Keswani
It's a great piece The only thing I would say is that the white horse somewhat feels disconnected from the other ones The main reason for that is the reflected light on it Your reflected light is blue whereas there is no blue colored surface near him, and I dont see any brown light getting reflected from the other horses onto the white horse Take care of that next time Otherwise I like it
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks very much, Tejas.
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Christopher Beaven
At first I didn't think the composition was good but I changed my mind. I like how you've framed the white horse and you've put the viewer right in the mix of the stampede. I feel the action and maybe even the rumble of the hooves. The only part that I have criticism on is the brown horse on the left. It's head looks a bit squished on the left side. Maybe the proportions are off? Not sure there it just doesn't look right for some reason. Sorry wish I could help more. It's a wonderful painting! Please post more!
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks a lot Christopher. I think the light (render) on the horse on the left is not working.
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Leandro Alli
Hey Juan! I think your work is beautiful! I really liked your light and dark design, I think the composition is very good and tasteful. My feedback is more personal, there is nothing that feels off too me, just things I think it would make the painting look cooler. I really miss some harder edges in the painting, some hard edges for the contours of the horses, to make them pop a bit more. And maybe some harder edges for the horses form. And I think that the drawings of the horses could have used some straights lines aswell. I can see that you were going for a more realistic painting, but I think some straight lines, especially on the legs, would have made the drawing a bit more interesting. Hopefully the feedback is helpful, cheers!
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it.
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Personal piece. I also attach reference images used. Thanks in advance.
Alexey Skliar
Hi juan . I think as an illustration it looks preaty good. I agree with previous guys about composition and separation but its minor things overall the picture looks solid.
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thank you.
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Atharva Lotake
@Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce Here's What I have to say about your piece. I hope it was helpful. Btw, Loved your piece! Great job! PS Next time you ask for critique just check the ' Post as Help Request' box so I can directly comment on it. Anyways have a good day!
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thanks for the comments and for the paint over.
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Juan Pedro Ramos Ponce
Thank you so much for taking the time to do a paint over. 
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