I just ADORE the contrast of the black on the orange, and the grass that's blowing away.

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Great color, good concept, but some problems:
You should be working at CRAZY high resolutions at this point, because as you know, raster images cannot be scaled up, only down. you never know when you'll make something you REALLY like, and you'll want to offer a print of it, but be stuck with the pixels you have.

Also, start making it a habit to work in common resolutions. If this where done at lets say, 1200x1900, you'd have a background image right off the bat. Good solid tried and true aspect ratios are key.

I'm not sure how you did your clouds, but I know you can get more definition out of them. Try making a cloud brush using cloud images, and modify the properties of that brush to rotate and scatter so that it can be used to paint a sky. Take full advantage of that pressure sensitive tablet.

The same goes for your grass. A good brush can be made to automate a lot of the work allowing you to put more finely detailed grass into the scene.

Glad to see your are still working, and hitting subjects you need work on.

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Yeah i tried different cloud tips, in the end i just wanted to make it looks almost dreamy and mystic(?). Anyway good hear from you. You should email me sometime on whats going on over there.

I would if I could. Can't get into my E-mail. I actually have so little bandwidth that Gmail won't load. Can't even get skype or AIM to run. It took 5 minutes to load this page so I could respond.

I think the internet is cycling in and out so often that programs that require a continuous connection are failing. I've got a Mini-AIM running, but I don't know if its working because Nikel is idle or not responding.

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Depends what time you try and get ahold of him i guess. Dunno how much he is working now and is afk.

That sucks about your internet though. =/ Everything been ok elsewise?