More SGA art…and not chibis this time! *gasp*

[gnine]

Since coming back from Thailand (I'll post on the trip soon, I swear, with pictures even. Really, really I will), I've been working feverishly to get this picture for the SGA art fest, paintedspires, done in time for my posting date of Tuesday. And I succeeded, and well, it's Tuesday, at least by my time, so um…yeah.

Little preview:





Title: Night Reflections
Artist: gnine
Rating: G
Prompt: Whales, stars, Atlantis at night
Medium: original quick pencil sketch, scanned and colored in photoshop
Character(s): Atlantis, Rodney, some whales
Notes 1: Thanks to xparrot and my brother for their usual beta efforts, otherwise known as "hey, come here and tell me what's wrong with this."

Notes 2: I wound up using over 80 layers in photoshop to get the completed image(my computer was NOT happy) and it took about as many hours to do so. :-p The prompt didn't really specify Rodney or anything, but well…whales! How could he not be there? ^_-




As always, C & C very appreciated! ^_^

ETA: now with links to downloads for wallpaper-sized versions:

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Comments

[ladyoflisquill.livejournal.com]

This is amazing. The stars are beautiful and somehow seem to speak perfectly of alien sky and the reflection of Atlantis in the water makes me want to dive in.

[aurora]

Oh wow.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

I love the look and feel of the city -- and its reflection all shimmery in the water.

[runpunkrun]

Aww, Rodney and his whale buddies! This is beautiful: the reflection of Atlantis in the water, Atlantis itself, the night sky, and the light shining off Rodney's face. What a lovely, peaceful moment for him.

Oh wait, duh, Rodney's fantastic as well; it really looks like him. Especially his little ear!

[negolith2.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Where to begin? The lighting is absolutely astonishing, and I especially love it on Rodney's face. The reflection on the water is gorgeous, and even though the colors are cool, I really get a sense of warmth with this. (Scrolls up to stare some more.) Man, I REALLY love the lighting on Rodney's face!

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

[bbuttercup.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! I love the dark, quiet feel of this piece :o)

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful, love the colors.

[miso-no-tsuki.livejournal.com]

Awesome. The whale and it's reflections and the sky-oh!And the lights and the city!! *jumps up and down*
I really like this. Lovely work.

[devildoll.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is absolutely beautiful. The city looks AMAZING.

[everysecondtues.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that is gorgeous. Everything, the reflections in the water, the lights, the whale, Rodney, the buildings, the sky--absolutely gorgeous.

[calcitrix.livejournal.com]

Wow! I can't imagine what it took to get the buildings to look so realistic! Rodney and the whales are awesome too, of course--but the buildings! And the water--!! Excellent!

[zeixx.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! This is soft and lovely and just right.

[propinquitine.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, beautiful! I really like the glowy effect around the different points of light, and the hint of different constellations in the sky. The stylized interpretation of the city is really intriguing--I'm not used to seeing it with so many colors, but the effect is excellent! Plus, whales + Rodney = &hearts !

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. The moons, the sprinkling of stars, the lights in Atlantis... The reflections in the water are perfect shaky, indistinct images. It's obvious you spent quite a bit of time perfecting this.

But most beautiful of all? The whales jumping and Rodney caught in a silent moment. Gorgeously done!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you like...and yeah, Rodney and whales just *belong* together! ^_^

[idocpro.livejournal.com]

WOW!!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was having fun doing all the detail on Rodney...it meant spending lots of time starring at a number of beautfiul Rodney shots for reference. Oh...the hardship ^_- So glad yo like!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Glad you like! ^_^ Atlantis is just so pretty at night!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I'm still curious if they do ever going swimming around the city...I know there are plenty of shots that make me wanna dive in, so....

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Glad you like.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I was having faar too much fun doing all the details on Rodney...I mean, it gave me an excuse to stare endlessly at multiple reference pics...^_-

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much....(I have to say I'm partial to the lighting on Rodney as well...his shinny shinny forehead. Oh Rodney, you just have the cutest profile)

So glad you like, thanks for commenting! ^_^

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you like ^_^