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Socar MYLES
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A new one I just finished--it was supposed to be done by Christmas, so it's very late. I'm getting caught up with all the work I'm behind on at the moment. The summer weather is bringing me back from the dead!
I was having trouble with the colours. Blue hurts my eyes (and my brain). It makes it hard to judge values. But I finally finished anyway. All's well that ends well!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:13 pm |
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I think this may be some of your best work Socar. The composition and distribution of values is very nice . . . love the curve of that tree.
Just lovely.
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Andromeda
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:46 pm |
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thats just beautiful ! i love the way you paint the leaves and trees .... and fairies and wings ... i love the way you paint !
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:14 pm |
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Wonderful =)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:20 pm |
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yes beautiful, just beautiful...
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:11 am |
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Love the composition... swirling around the dog. He (or she) looks a bit apprehensive, but ready to take on what comes along. Wonderful portrait of a beautiful animal.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:13 am |
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awesome background...very rich..the only thing is the dog looks removed from his surroundings in a strange way...i guess he's supposed to pop out like that though...anywho...good work socar!...did you paint this one with cartel cocaine also? :wink:
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:52 am |
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Very nice work Socar!
I love the lightning and colorsheme.
Keep up the good work! |
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Naeem
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:09 pm |
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indeed!
very nice work |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:20 pm |
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nice socar but where the rat?? or is there one hidden in there?
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:33 pm |
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Oh lovely lovely.... I like this much, beautiful work. The colors worked great.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:11 pm |
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This painting personifies what you are known for as an artist, in my opinion. The beautifully colorful background of few hues that is expanded by many fancy brush strokes and highlighted by use of colorful greys. The other is your ability to paint realistic furs as a texture and in reaction to lighting. You exceeded in both of these qualities.
I do have a problem with this image, however. The dog does not really seem to work with the background. The dog is sharply painted in detail and in an actionable pose. I do love that pose, by the way. The background is painted in an expressionist manner rather than for intiment details. Also the colors of the background and the dog seem to not mix for the same reason. The dog is well defined in detail with natural colors enhanced by great shading. The background seems to be painted in a purple hue like a fantasy and enhanced through a highly refined use of colorful greys.
I could also be wrong. I need to study this more and maybe I will come to a different conclusion. You also painted this at a far higher resolution and maybe it does not look right to me as a reduced image for the web.
Damn, I so love your texture brush work to create the soft leaves in the background. Soft and happy texture.
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