Hello friends!
Let me wish you all a Happy New Year with my last/first work of 2021/2022! I did go back studying casted shadows since last time with the Courtesan but trying to get a deeper understanding in the way light occlusion interacts with shadows, gradients and textures. It took a while but learning is always a pleasure and hope you will enjoy the outcome!
Cheers,
A
davidg100
Wow ! This is purely insane ! Gold !
Alessandro Natale
Thanks!
Francesco "Franciuus" FarabiPLUS
gold and editor for me
Alessandro Natale
Thanks master!! Really appreciated !!
vincenzo gambino
super gold :)
Alessandro Natale
Grazie Vincenzo!
Melnikov Ivan "Nakatan"
Those casted shadow are pure wow
Alessandro Natale
Thanks Ivan!
Martin Collier
gold crazy good
Alessandro Natale
Thanks!
Roman LappatPLUS
Impressive Light and Shadow game!
Alessandro Natale
Thank you Roman!!!
Roman LappatPLUS
Editor for me too!
Alessandro Natale
And thanks for the editor too!truly honored !
Erkka Marttio aka RaddiCraftPLUS
Incredibly beautiful work with the cast shadows. Gold!
Alessandro Natale
Thanks Erkka !
Roberto Sirchia
Really interesting and great realization too! Gold :D
Alessandro Natale
Grazie mille Rob,mitico!
Bran
Bravo pour cette très belle réalisation et pour le “choix des éditeurs” !!
Alessandro Natale
Merci Bruno!!
Flo « FFF » Rochet
Gold gold gold!! Speechless on how you master lights and shadows
Alessandro Natale
Merci beaucoup Flo!
Jakob Villien
Yep, it is brilliant! How do you feel about the difference light works in hand? It is super convincing with the cast shadow on pictures and of course it will be in hand, but does it look funky when you twist the model under light in real life? My impression is that cast shadows sometimes suffer from the same ‘flaws’ as NMM. Fantastic work!
Alessandro Natale
Thanks Jakob!! That’s pretty good question, had same concern when I started and decided to take the path of « realistic » vision, meaning trying to paint all casted shadows rather than limiting to those that artistically would have been already meaningful for the directionality of the light. Yet I think it turned out to be a good choice as even with artificial/natural lights « interfering, you can see the consistency of the painted ones when turning the piece. On one side I would say I would never do it again on a subject with so many tiny details casting their own shadows and at same time I think that’s the key that enhance the perception when turning the piece…
Alessandro Natale
In my very humble opinion a little bit like with NMM: if you have just one flat surface your eyes will catch something odd when turning it but if you have multiple small surfaces in different directions then you can trick the viewer by offering multiple focus and show multiple « correct » reflections even when spinning the piece.. Can’t say if that’s correct nor sure it would make sense to everyone but just my two cents :))
Jakob Villien
That makes perfect sense thanks for replying. It is really interesting. Again, wonderful painting! Big fan!
Chris "D.Vader" SuhrePLUS
Excellent work.
Alessandro Natale
Thanks Chris! Appreciated!!
Marc MussatPLUS
encore une somptueuse réalisation ! bravo mon ami !
Alessandro Natale
Merci mon ami!!! Au plaisir de te revoir bientôt avec tes merveilleuses réalisations !!!
Alfonso Ciattini
Spettacolo allo stato puro!!!
Steph 59PLUS
Superbe, j’adore ton style mec ....
Angel C Villalba "KaspareK"
Great work!!!!! Gold.
Josh_Underhill
I love the forced shadows and sunlight.
John Delamere
Kick ass work!
Ihmotep
wow ! magnifique ! ;)
Mally Anderson
I think you are getting better my friend - this is magnificent - gold
Archigrog
Impressive!
TimPLUS
This is all kings of epic mate - Gold
Seyni-NDIAYE
le jeux d’ombre est incroyable Ale !! Bravo !
Marco "BigBlackBear" OrselliPLUS
Moooolto bella, bravissimo
Emanuele "Green" Terzoni
Great job my friend!
John Margiotta "BloodASmedium"PLUS
Incredible work here!!!
Anthony Wang
just so amazing Ale! Top notch cast shadows - will definitely be studying this one