[Tillek]

Here's my latest attempt at painting. Comments and crits are welcome.



...Gaw, sorry about the slow download, does anybody know any good, fast, and free servers that will host pictures?

[ March 10, 2002: Message edited by: Cedrian ]

[jabber]

god damn those colors are great. really nice painting. i think there is something lost on the waves, but not to sure what it might be. probably the high lights are a little wonky. but i still really like this. nice.

[Tillek]

thanks jabber. The lighting is wonky on the waves, I agree. Hrm, seems like nobody else has any comments on it. ;-/

Well, thanks again!

[wienerbot]

Well there are a lot of things about this painting that excite me but I will focus on crit for your benefit. First of all the idea of the light showing through the tops of the waves is really potent but you need to look at more reference material, I would reccomend surfing magazines to start with. Also one of the biggest crimes is your innability to part with the intensity of colors for the whole painting, learn to mix big batches of dull colors, use browns and grey to create a visual counterpoint to the intense colors this will give them more credibility, colors like that, when they exist in nature, are rare and of short duration. Hold back a little bit and let the highlights scream from the mountaintop, you'll be suprised how effective that can be. Also check out the work of J.M.W. Turner. English painter, kindred spirit.

[nova]

Hey Cedrian,

Awesome work! I don't have much to say since most of my crits would have to do with realism, which it doesn't look you aimed at.

I'm still going to rip it apart though I think you should mess with suggesting depth or atmosphere, like making the air hazier as it gets farther away. Play with hue a little, desturating the areas that are farther away, since the whole painting is so bright and lacks focus.

One more thing.. compress your file. 400k is a lot for most people these days Anyway, I hope school is going great for you.. be careful choosing where you go next year.

-l

[Tillek]

weinerbot: thanks a lot for the crit, I'll deffinatley use your suggestions in my next painting. I'll check up on this Turner guy too.

Nova: Hey, nice to hear from ya. Next year... is creating more stress for me than I thought possible. I appreciate the critique, thanks!

[eVilAsmo]

I know you wanted critique.. but you're getting loads of that from skilled people.. so I'll leave it at saying that that's one of the most beautiful and rejuvenating pics I've seen in a while... The title you've given it suggests something a lot more ominous.. but as a picture alone, I think it works wonders.. wubberly.