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This type of image....irks the shit out of me. Mostly because I've tried numerous times in the past, and my professors kept beating these rules into my head. This type of image can be done correctly. Most people don't. Most tend to go the "Mah character gonna be lookin' out, NUTS TO THE COMPOSITION" and I always just wanna take the image and fold it in half. One of those "Well, I see____ do images like this, it must be correct and I must replicate it"

Because I don't wanna be a pompous dickweed, I included examples where I failboated my attempts at this idea at well, mostly back in 2008 when I just went into college for illustration and I was desperate to prove 'the man' wrong.

This tutorial is probably pretty crappy. I'll scrap it soon. Maybe someone'll learn from it, though. I've talked with some professional artists who never attended an art class. Composition tends to be a common thing they struggle with.

There are MANY other ways to do a good composition. This is just explaining why the "dramatic look over the landscape" composition generally falls on its face.
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~Kateboat Mar 17, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
THis is really helpful, thanks!
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~Kagisnad Oct 24, 2012
Thank you!
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~KatIsConfused Jul 27, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
my brain is rather ungood at this 8C
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~Bluewyrm Jul 26, 2012
About the only reason I'd want to use anything close to that kind of layout is for an establishing shot in a comic/other sequential medium, where the character is supposed to blend into the background.
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~JoshieAteMyBaby Jul 23, 2012
Finally learned what the rule of thirds was! YES! Thanks for making this! And I love seeing these old paintings you did, they are very... interesting. XD
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~Frekkle Jul 23, 2012
Hey, I learned something new today! Thank you c:
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~willowfall Jul 23, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
This helped a lot, thanks FF! I've tried to draw these before and always have that "tacked on cliff" problem. "...show where the rest of the mountain becomes the fields" that's an excellent idea!! Never thought to try that. I really appreciate your tutorials.
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*nekonotaishou Jul 23, 2012  Student Filmographer
Rule of Thirds FTW!
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~Embers-Deer Jul 22, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you very much for posting this about the rule of thirds. I've heard it mentioned before. Um just for clarification, you say that if a character or object isn't placed around those lines then it messes up the composition, correct? Then, hypothetically, if the dragon and cliff in that picture are shifted diagonally up and right so that they are in an intersection of the lines, would the picture meet the rule of thirds?
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*HMS-ArtHound Jul 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you for this, very helpful :)
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