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Matt Elder · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 4:29 am

Just a little image that I was working on. Interested in any comments.

[ October 02, 2001: Message edited by: Matt Elder ]

Denim Atrisun · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 5:09 am

It's good, it made me feel bad.

Svanur · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 5:54 am

That's kinda disturbing...

Freddio · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 6:17 am

Hey Matt, long time no talk..

good to see you posting..

great atmosphere in this one..
I like the way you have painted the dominating shadow..

this picture is very good indeed..

Im looking to see more of your stuff soon

Pingo · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 6:19 am

Well atleast those padded walls will already prepare her for her future

She'll feel right at home when institutionalized at a later age

jr · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 6:21 am

YEAH I HATE IT TOO WHEN MY FATHER STARTS SINGING!

Awetopsy · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:16 am

wow.. it isnt very often that a picture actually makes me feel emotion, this does it perfectly.. great work.. I wouldnt change a thing...

Metz · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 12:18 pm

made me feel bad too

great composition, is that all wacom+photoshop ?

Matt Elder · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 7:16 pm

Thanks guys for the responses. It seems to have struck a chord with a few people. I love though how jr was able to see a 'funny' side to it. It was one of those drawings that started out with a lose pencil sketch and then photoshoped/wacomed. When I get a chance, I'm playing around with this pseudo photorealistic style.

Jenn · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:05 pm

there should b two heads... :\ its good tho

Ian Jones · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:18 pm

Hey defintely strikes a chord. Great painting.

I think that the higlights on the hair are a bit weird. (maybe thats to do with the pseudo realistic.. thingy.)

The mans shadow is good except it looks like he has a huuuuuuuuuuuge body. Maybe he is sitting in an armchair...?

The overlapping shadow is wrong. It doesnt get darker when two shadows overlap, I dont think according to my little experiment just then..

Hope that helps.

Blitz · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:43 pm

OH HELL YAH
I realy like that....
DAMN

Not sure if anyone else has said this. And Im probably wrong.
But I think the highlights on the little girls hair is a bit much....maybe they could be toned down a tad....kinda looks like plastic...
OH Well

Thats just me trying to help.
WAY TO GO

FireFry · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2001 1:16 pm

I like it. Strikes a cord with me too but thats how life is. Who would like a parent yelling at them?

Petra Pan · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2001 1:22 pm

Great picture.
I saw it before on your site (visited it yesterday)

Keep it up!

PP

nickmarksdotcom · member Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2001 Posts: 244

god, i hate my father...

AliasMoze · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2001 2:35 pm

Matt,
I love it! Clear communication, without even showing the dad. It's a universal idea too. And nicely rendered.

Toes look a little weird. And I'd put the Dad's head a little higher. It's good though.

Mindsiphon · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2001 7:57 pm

Images don't really strike any inner chords in me but this one does. I have a one year old daughter and I'm very discreet when me and my wife ever have an arguement. I have a load bark I don't want her to experience what I've experienced.

I remember when I was a child and hearing my father curse, yell and break shit all the time used to really mess me up.

I like the quality and detail you put into this piece. The black and white palette works well with this.

smaddl · junior member Member # Joined: 02 Oct 2001 Posts: 13

it's so alive.bringing up worm fillings.no wow how great he can paint(that's to)but how close i feel to that pic.
it's a part of ever writen scene(hope my english is understood)dealing with real deap issues,conflicts and power relations of many kinds

n8 · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2001 8:57 am

wow...
you didnt do that for your unis Tert btw did you??.

Quasar · member Member # Joined: 01 Oct 2001 Posts: 355

well done ....

egerie · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2001 11:52 pm

probably the most troublesome painting I've seen in a loooong time. Ouch. Well done.
Aren't we just a bunch of sensitive kids ?

*quickly thinks happy thoughts*

-ege
I can forgive, never forget.

Matt Elder · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2001 10:20 pm

Thanks for everyone taking the time to reply. I'm kinda taken back with some of the replies, which is kinda ironic considering that is what it seems to have done for some people. Guess it is one of those things that it's what people bring along to a piece, and how they chose to interupt it, that makes it interesting / challenging / upseting. For most of my pieces I try to present 'visual clues' for people to interupt for themselves.

Jenn - two heads?! I'm kinda lost, do you mean there should be 2 heads in the image instead of the shadow?

Ian Jones - yes... hair highlights are that... psuedo photorealistic style (actually it was were I was being lazy). The huge shadow ... hmmm.... kinda an effect, by taking up that amount of space, for mine, it makes it a bit more dramatic. Thanks for picking up the shadow, didn't even occur to me at the time (boy is there some egg-yoke on my face).

Blitz - yeah the hair is a bit of an issue. It was one of the things that I did last and I could feel myself ruining the image with each stroke. So i presssed the emergency eject button and left as it.

FireFry - glad you liked it. I would imagine there are very few people who enjoyed being yelled at, let alone by a parent. In this case, I think it is more than just forgetting to put your toys away.

PetraPan - thanks for the kind words. Glad you took the time to have a look at the website. Hope you found something you liked.

nickmarksdotcom - stepfather for mine...

AliasMoze - glad 'cha liked it. Certainly an image burned into my mind. The head may be a little bit too big, body too big, still have yet to make my mind up about that one. The toes are a little weird, again lazy and I've tried to diguise it a little bit with shadows.

raist - similar sort of deal. Something that I am very conscious of if and when I hear the pitter-patter of little feat. Something to try to make you stronger from though and really appreciate what it means.

smaddl - glad that you can get something out of it. One of the things that I really like about art, language is pretty much no barrier.

n8 - good to hear from ya dude, been awhile. Nah it wasn't for uni, finished that gig last year and now out in the big bad ole' world.

Quasar -

no worries dude

egerie - bunch of sensitive kiddies, maybe. jr seemed to be sensitive to something else but nice to end on a positive note:

* quickly thinks happy thoughts *