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Have you ever found yourself so enraptured by music that you feel like you're drowning?
*deep breath* IT'S FINISHHHEEDDD!!!
First time EVER that I've done anything like this, even in practice...and I LIKE IT! <3
So, what do y'all think?
Yes, that means critiques are welcome. But please don't be too hard on me, because I have never done anything even remotely like this before. >.>;
Stock refs used:
[link] by ~unicornphotos
[link] by =TwiggXstock
[link] by !dragyourstock
Bubble brushes [link] by `DigitalPhenom
*deep breath* IT'S FINISHHHEEDDD!!!
First time EVER that I've done anything like this, even in practice...and I LIKE IT! <3
So, what do y'all think?
Yes, that means critiques are welcome. But please don't be too hard on me, because I have never done anything even remotely like this before. >.>;
Stock refs used:
[link] by ~unicornphotos
[link] by =TwiggXstock
[link] by !dragyourstock
Bubble brushes [link] by `DigitalPhenom
Image size
1638x5000px 3.38 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed
1/50 second
Aperture
F/3.5
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Aug 26, 2009, 2:18:35 PM
Comments16
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactIt's very good, hun. You've improved by leaps and bounds since we first started sharing art, and I've watched you grow for years now. And now, I think, it's time to take it to the next level.
You really tried something new, in doing an underwater scene, and you did a wonderful job. However, some minor issues with the technique kinda throw it off.
Firstly, the piece is very uniform without the lines; you've done a wonderful job of giving it a consistent "line," however it's very blurry. If you look closely, you can tell where you blurred the shadow into the flat colour (or you can tell which brush you used to fill in the base colour). Whereas, if you were simply looking at a person in that pose, the line would, in fact, be stark and straight.
On the other hand, your shadows/highlights are too stark and inconsistent. For instance, the shoulder closest to the viewer. If you look in the crook over her neck (actually, on both sides of the neck), you can see where the opacity of your brushes overlapped because of the inconsistency in the colour (It's lighter in some areas, and then oddly dark in some). Now, it doesn't just occur there, it's actually rather uniform throughout the piece, which kindof implies towards the technique that needs to be updated. I might suggest now trying to use multiple layers for a single colour. Start with your base colour, add a layer with a colour a little darker on your shadows, a little darker, a little darker, etc. and then go over and blur them all together so that it looks like a very gradual shadow. I think that this'll work really well for you, as your style leans a little more towards realism than it does towards animation or cartoon.
Next, as far as technique in the hair, I think you did absolutely AMAZING with the variation in colour and the flor of it and everything. It really looks so cool, like... seriously. The only thing that I would have to say would be to blur your base colour more. I mean it as in, when you look at the hair, you can tell where you filled in the area around the head versus where you didn't as the hair flowed where the water was the background. What would help would be if you took the blur tool, cranked it up to about... oh... 80% or 90% and just made that transition less stark.
The other thing that bugs me are the bubbles. I know that you haven't done an under-the-sea-type picture yet, so this is moreso for future reference. Bubbles are one of those things with those really stark, defined lines. Just like what I said earlier with the face? It's exactly the same. Don't blur the outside of the bubbles!
And the very last thing... If you look at the very very very bottom, and very very top of the picture, the composition just... ends. You see? At the bust, you just stop. On the arm (at the top) just... stops. If you come to a point where you discover that your work isn't big enough to stretch over the canvas, then just clip off the excess canvas.
Okay, hun, I'm done. You really did do an absolutely amazing job on this, and I'm really so proud to see how far you've grown in your art. Keep up the awesome work. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h…" width="15" height="13" alt="
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