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Socar MYLES · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 11:36 am

"Where I hang my phoenix coat when I'm not wearing it, what I feed my spotted rat, and other mysteries"

This is not actually new work--I did this ages ago, but it looked so shabby next to the Martin Johnson Heade painting I was using for reference I decided it was a failure and put it away. I got it out again today and decided it wasn't so bad.

Anyway, this is a picture of this ugly tailless rat I used to have. The rat's name was Shakespeare. It's supposed to be in the style of the Hudson River School, but I didn't nail it. That mysterious lighting effect still eludes me.

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spyroteknik · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 11:59 am

it's beautiful, not your best work but nonetheless very nice, i think the blue/purple is a little strong and it kind of competes for attention with the rest of it but other than it looks very, very nice

AndyT · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:11 pm

I can't see it ... "no page to dislay" error Crying or Very sad

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Flp · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:18 pm

I love it
I'd like to have a nap there in the grass enevloped in one of the blankets that I grabbed from the tree...

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Sumaleth · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:00 pm

Quite possibly my fave from you, Socar. Really nice image.

For a crit, I would probably say that the way the lower cloth hangs out of frame at that point doesn't create the best composition to my eyes. That cloth also feels a little heavy. Personally, I'd be tempted to remove it, or replace it with something smaller and lighter (lighter in terms of weight).
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gLitterbug · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:12 pm

a failure? looking shabby? I�d rather say it�s my favorite of your paintings. Right I love it. The cloth on the right and the tree is so awesome I could look at it all day long.
The only crit is the same suma had, the smaller cloth, thats the only thing I dont�really like.
Oh and I think the blueish purple fits the picture VERY well. I have to say it again: LOVELY :]

AndyT · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 3:33 am

I can see it now.
Don't like it as much as your other paintings. I guess because of the composition.
Not because the image is bad it is not!
It's because the other rat paintings were amazing.

I cropped it and saved the upper half to my harddrive.
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Matthew · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 7:06 am

Socar nice to see you post again, still though I would like to see you more in the speedy too. :)
Yes there is a mysterious lighting in this one as you said but I tend to like your newer ones even more but it is a cool piece indeed. :)

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Socar MYLES · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:08 am

Thanks for the responses--much appreciated!

Matthew - Yeah, yeah, I know...I suck for not contributing to the speedpainting thread lately. I'm buried up to my neck in work, unfortunately, so I doubt I'll be posting much in the way of fun stuff for a while. Sad

I kind of dragged this one out of the folder of bad art shame just so people wouldn't think I dropped off the face of the earth! Very Happy

AndyT - Haha, thanks! I guess I DO do better on the long, narrow compositions. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Smile

Glad you like the top half, anyhow!

gLitterbug - Thanks very much--I'm glad you like it so much! Just goes to show beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

Sumaleth - Thank you! I'd totally paint out that second cloth, since a few people have remarked on it, but I haven't the time at the moment. Sad

I wish I would get the hang of layers so I could just...delete stuff that doesn't work with the click of a button.

Flp - Thanks! I usually paint "wishful-thinking" landscapes--places I would rather be than wherever I am. Unfortunately, no places like them seem to exist. Sad

spyroteknik - Thanks! Glad you like it despite its shortcomings. I'm not sure what possessed me to start with quite such a brilliant purple, there--it's definitely brighter than my usual colour scheme. I guess I got a little carried away. Smile

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Probustion · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:17 pm

i really like this. I think some parts of the cloth and especially the rat look a little flat. but this could well be because the rest looks so full of depth. Great work!
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Kwiix · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:10 pm

I just saw your little interview in the Computer Arts Projects magazine (#49, page 73), Socar. Good stuff! Very Happy