A1 sized shizzle
[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/058/7/0/market_district_by_infernomonster-d3ai9q9.jpg[/IMG]
for full size download it from [url=http://infernomonster.deviantart.com/#/d3ai9q9]here[/url].
I hardly give any fuck for crits on this, I'm just here to show it.
Dang, that's a great painting.
It looks nice, but I preferred it when it was jut in pencil.
[QUOTE=Diskless;28321564]Dang, that's a great painting.[/QUOTE]
Now that means something. Thanks.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ruskian;28321604]It looks nice, but I preferred it when it was jut in pencil.[/QUOTE]
It's an advert for me.
Nonartsy people are like children. They are attracted to bright, colorful things.
Sure I could've made it look 5 times better with pencils, but then it would've not been coloured, now would it?
I agree with Ruskian but you did a great job either way.
Okay, I agree aswell, but I needed to colour.
Heh I just noticed the little cat reaching for the ball of yarn on the giant hand. That's cool.
[QUOTE=Diskless;28321564]Dang, that's a great painting.[/QUOTE]
Soft mindfuck. Gj op
Awesome.
I'd be scared as fuck to walk through there though :v:
Some small critiques composition wise.
1)Building perspective is off
2)Tongue in the bottom right is an eye sore I believe.
3)The left side is much more busy than the right, especially the second building on the right.
4)Probably should have lowered the horizon line a bit.
5)Nothing else is really pulling me to a central point except for the perspective of the buildings. For example, the finger really doesn't bring much to the picture composition wise. As it just draws my eyes into nothing important.
6)Try to keep in mind the rule of thirds, things that are in pairs are perceived to be less interesting by the brain automatically.
Pros
1)I think you did a good job with the painting portion of it,
2)The building third on the right is really well painting and you got the values right.
3)The buildings really do have an organic feel to them, so the textures are good.
I just wanted to add, even though you said you didn't give a fuck. Great painting brah.
The concept is freaking awesome
Thanks for that. didn't really aware of rule of thirds when I started it. But who cares, I gave it away for free and I'll never have to see it again.
[editline]1st March 2011[/editline]
fucking ninja lazore
I like it!
Meh, not a fan of watercolors. They look smudgy and messy all over the place.
I liked the pencil one more too.
You're missing material definitions. On half the objects I can't tell what they're made out of.
For example these orange things on the ground on the left, are they books, are they bricks, what are they?
Walls? Are they paint? Are they leather? Who knows.
Sky looks more like some kind of ceiling.
Don't give me the "bizzare" excuse, shit is made out of materials, not out of some confusing mess.
oh god you gave it away for free?
i would have paid for it if my bank worked online.
You should've darkened the shadows to create some more solid outlines. It looks unfinished as it is, but I guess it's too late.
And yeah, I loved it back when it was just pencil. Practice makes perfect, and watercolour is a bitch to master.
cool pic, thanks for sharing
Meh to be honest even I don't know what half the things are made of, dind't define them mostly cause of that and lack of skill.
And I can't do darker shadows, it's watercolours, they have their own criteria as well and one of those I've heard is that paper must glow trhough anyway.
have you considered over-layering with some colored pens then? It can really give a piece a lift to a whole new level of depth. You should try get your hands on some and see how they work on top of a watercolour.
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Image was put up in an shitty spot in the library.
Can't believe I turned down the 200€ offer for this.
Probably the worst place ever to hang a painting in the history of the world.
This is kinda saddening honestly. You go around Creationism Corner giving really tough advice. Truthfully I expected amazingness, but to me this is just mediocre. :c And I really am sad about that because although it doesn't make your criticisms any less valuable, it makes you seem almost out of place to give them. No, that's not right. Anyone can give a critique, but I guess what I mean is that now I don't see why you're so harsh.
I mean you've got the creativity But you're handling watercolors completely wrong. You have places where you could be using wet washes, but it all looks like you're painting watercolor onto dry paint and I have no clue why. Some of the paint looks almost scrubbed on. It seems you're not trying to do any blending, which is the beauty of watercolor. I see a lot of gray, and in watercolor you're generally not supposed to use black- it shows amateurism. When you're using the darker values, most of them look too dark, almost opaque. There's good values in that blue building with lots of squares. Otherwise it's all flat. Even in the back it doesn't get progressively darker. It seems like you wanted to but they you didn't stick with the decision. Why didn't you try to use more colors? Or go more powerfully with it? It looks like you're scared to take control of what you're doing and it's reflected in your paintings. You're not letting the watercolors take their own form, which is squandering the beauty of the watercolors; you're being a control freak and you look basically afraid to use more of everything because of it, especially water and color.
I think it would do you a world of good to go check out a book on watercolors in the library and just flip through it. Really. I'm sorry, I don't know any online places where you can read about it, but there's usually nice books at the library. Please do that. Really, because I wanna see you be amazing. And you can be if you just learn how to properly use watercolors.
Oh and the "glowing through" thing you're referencing doesn't mean to cut back on values. You can go to the darkest darks. The point is to have some areas where the white shows through the color, creating a glow effect. I like to think of it like when you see a leave in full sunshine. You see how thin it is and you see the sunshine flowing through. That doesn't mean the values have to suffer. It just means to let some white show through. Using blends help with this. And this is why you should check out some library books on the subject. They give all the explanations of confusing watercolor terms. That's all I did, just read through book after book on watercolor and it helps a lot.
Sorry to dissapoint you, I haven't really never read or such about watercolours and I started coloring it half a year ago and In the end I rushed and randomly slapped on colours to reach the deadline, which I didn't so it was doomed from start anyway.
watercolours are not my primary medium, I've used it twice at most and heard alot of contradictonary stuff about using them.
I should look up a book before I move onto next one. I'll note that.
And for critique: I don't have to be a chief to realise that the food tastes like shit.
[QUOTE=ConvolutedLogic;28436582]Anyone can give a critique, but I guess what I mean is that now I don't see why you're so harsh.[/QUOTE]
Why? He doesn't mind getting harsh critique back. So what's the problem?
Do unto others like you would want them to do unto you.
[QUOTE=dgg;28441454]Why? He doesn't mind getting harsh critique back. So what's the problem?
Do unto others like you would want them to do unto you.[/QUOTE]
I'm not christian, so when i see a harsh guy making something good, I'm not harsh to him.
[QUOTE=Lazore;28442009]I'm not christian, so when i see a harsh guy making something good, I'm not harsh to him.[/QUOTE]
You don't need to be Christian in order to follow a good saying. And the saying doesn't say that you should act towards others like they want to be acted upon by you, it tells you to act towards the person the same way you want him to act to you.
Completely different things there.
You spelled the sign wrong, should be "Des Vêtements", but good job anyways.
I'm a water-colour fanatic, and i want to see more water-colour on the forums.
Some more contrast really helps it look nicer. Not that it's not already really creative.
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[editline]6th March 2011[/editline]
i really like the ribs that arch over the road.
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