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tayete member
Member # Joined: 03 Dec 2000 Posts: 656 Location: Madrid, Spain
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acapulco member
Member # Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 51
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:37 am |
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Hi there,
It would be helpfull if you wrote some words to your picture. I'm curious why there is such a big gap in quality between your background and your dwarf. He looks way better than the rest of your painting. |
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tayete member
Member # Joined: 03 Dec 2000 Posts: 656 Location: Madrid, Spain
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:29 pm |
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Acapulco: it is funny how the author and the viewers watch differently the same picture. I remember Spooge Demon saying in this same forum long ago, that he never knew what speedpainting was going to be liked and which not.
This is what happens a bit here: I thought both items (background and figure) were quite sketchy, but it seems everybody views the figure as quite finished as opposing to the mountains. Well, it has an easy explanation: I love painting human figures, and I don't know too much about snow (where I live only snows once a year, and it doesn't fixes on the ground), which isn't an excuse as I could use reference.
So, Acapulco, thanks a lot for the heads up!!! It looks that you have added some homework for my weekend: improving that background! _________________ _ _ _____ _ _
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whom member
Member # Joined: 28 Feb 2012 Posts: 334 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:42 am |
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I think you can either simplify the background or give it more detail. I really like the piece as it is though it looks heavy carrying all that, nice work. |
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samhell member
Member # Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 310 Location: Hellsinki
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:18 am |
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Just a suggestion from me.
I think it would be useful to add something that helps to put the dwarf in scale. I mean that without the word dwarf on the picture, he could also be a 200m tall giant trampling the mountains without a visual reference to scale.
I really like the character. |
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