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Ooh! A orange (phoenix?) wing against a starry purple sky? nice!
If I had a complaint, it would be that there isn't much in the way of light vs dark here; the sky is very lightly colored as well, so this is just light vs light. It could have had stronger contrast than it does.
I do like how the negative space looks like a mountain.
If I had a complaint, it would be that there isn't much in the way of light vs dark here; the sky is very lightly colored as well, so this is just light vs light. It could have had stronger contrast than it does.
I do like how the negative space looks like a mountain.
The colours are indeed pretty pretty. I'm a bit disappointed that, with such a title, the movement of falling isn't visible. The angle you chose is very interesting and great but doesn't really connect with the 'falling'.
A solid piece nonetheless.
A solid piece nonetheless.
I like this one. I agree with TD that it could use better contrast between foreground and background.
Pretty, but my first impression was actually of a spectacular sunset over shadowed mountains.
I'm kinda confused by the perspective here. This is looking past the elbow of an outstreched limb with viewpoint-"up" opposite body-up; it's clearly not the perspective of the individual who owns the limb (try it yourself). But if that's implying a second character of the viewer, that's disrupting all my interpretations; and if we're getting a disembodied third person view I'm struggling to understand what the significance is of this particular angle-slash-focus. Not to mention the blank I'm drawing on prompt interpretation, especially since I keep wanting to read toward-the-stars as up rather than down.
That said, this is gorgeous, especially the feathers. Agreed that it could be higher-contrast; I think you could do that while sticking to your red-heavy color scheme, just make it a contrast of brightness rather than tone. I think that would also improve your composition by giving you something of a yin-yang effect that right now is only weakly hinted. As it is, you've got this sort of circular pattern in the stellar nebulae and a sort of stripeyspotty thing going on with the feather highlights, and the lack of tonal/color contrast means that the pattern contrast dominates, and that feels clashy (as pattern-contrast does).
That said, this is still gorgeous, and on that alone it's going to rise fairly far in my slate.
That said, this is gorgeous, especially the feathers. Agreed that it could be higher-contrast; I think you could do that while sticking to your red-heavy color scheme, just make it a contrast of brightness rather than tone. I think that would also improve your composition by giving you something of a yin-yang effect that right now is only weakly hinted. As it is, you've got this sort of circular pattern in the stellar nebulae and a sort of stripeyspotty thing going on with the feather highlights, and the lack of tonal/color contrast means that the pattern contrast dominates, and that feels clashy (as pattern-contrast does).
That said, this is still gorgeous, and on that alone it's going to rise fairly far in my slate.
>>horizon I interpret it as the feathered character being off visual top-left, descending toward visual bottom-left which is also physically-down, for what it's worth; I don't read the starry section as being physically-up at all. I don't think the perspective there has to have any particular significance except that it makes the angle obvious without being too detached, and results in the nice curve/separation between the two halves of the image (which I agree could be significantly improved with more lightness contrast).
What >>Ratlab said. I would never have seen this as a wing unless I read the comments, and even then I had trouble seeing it.
>>TitaniumDragon
This was super last minute entry on my part so I actually did this piece in 3 in the morning when I realized the cut off date was on May 26. I thought I would have time on Friday to work on it, but apparently not. The low light on my screen made it looked darker to me so I just thought it looked fine at the time. However, I do agree to give it a more light vs dark contrast later when I edit and actually post this.
>>Fenton
I can see your point. I don't exactly remember what my sleep deprived mind was thinking at the time, but I assume I was going for the wing angle so it wouldn't look like a specific winged bird or creature. It could be a phoenix, a red bird, a griffin, a winged person, or anything the writer would see. Heck, it even looks like a sunset/sunrise.
Oh and a little known fact about me, I am completely horrid at coming up with names. Drawing and painting stuff, yep, but when naming something I’m at a lost. I suggest focusing more on the art piece rather than the title for your interpretations.
Thank you for your review regardless. ^-^
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Thanks! And I’ll think about that when I edit this in the final product.
>>Ratlab
I actually never noticed that before, but I could definitely see what you mean. If taking out of context, I could see the sun catching the clouds lighting the sky like fire. At the same time, the cool mist blowing against the mountaintop. I absolutely love unintentionally art, they open up so many interpretations and perceptions.
>>horizon
For this piece, I was going for a third person point of view. I wrote about this on another reply with a similar comment about the angle:
The close up angle simply allows me to open up to those interpretations. Both in a literal and in a symbolic sense. Though, as you suggest, I think I could've executed this attempt a little better.
Another thing that led me to do the wings in this angle was of a diving bird on a steep incline if my memory serves me correctly. It's just something that hit me due to the limited amount of time I had to come up with before the cut off time. I actually thought I would have the time to work on my submission on Friday, which I found I didn't have.
And yes I agree with everything about contrast. I responded about this too:
Combined with a sleep addled mindset and a low lit room while running on pure determination to submit something didn't help. This was definitely another rushed piece that I felt a bit disappointed on when I saw it again that morning. Though, by this point I feel like I’m just making excuses since I know I am capable of fixing these issues. But yes, I’m aware that contrast and tone are some of the factors of an aesthetically pleasing art. I will definitely work on that.
Overall, I appreciate your detailed critiques and review. They're something to keep in mind whenever I work on future art pieces.
This was super last minute entry on my part so I actually did this piece in 3 in the morning when I realized the cut off date was on May 26. I thought I would have time on Friday to work on it, but apparently not. The low light on my screen made it looked darker to me so I just thought it looked fine at the time. However, I do agree to give it a more light vs dark contrast later when I edit and actually post this.
>>Fenton
I can see your point. I don't exactly remember what my sleep deprived mind was thinking at the time, but I assume I was going for the wing angle so it wouldn't look like a specific winged bird or creature. It could be a phoenix, a red bird, a griffin, a winged person, or anything the writer would see. Heck, it even looks like a sunset/sunrise.
Oh and a little known fact about me, I am completely horrid at coming up with names. Drawing and painting stuff, yep, but when naming something I’m at a lost. I suggest focusing more on the art piece rather than the title for your interpretations.
Thank you for your review regardless. ^-^
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Thanks! And I’ll think about that when I edit this in the final product.
>>Ratlab
I actually never noticed that before, but I could definitely see what you mean. If taking out of context, I could see the sun catching the clouds lighting the sky like fire. At the same time, the cool mist blowing against the mountaintop. I absolutely love unintentionally art, they open up so many interpretations and perceptions.
>>horizon
For this piece, I was going for a third person point of view. I wrote about this on another reply with a similar comment about the angle:
“I was going for the wing angle so it wouldn't look like a specific winged bird or creature. It could be a phoenix, a red bird, a griffin, a winged person, or anything the writer would see.”
The close up angle simply allows me to open up to those interpretations. Both in a literal and in a symbolic sense. Though, as you suggest, I think I could've executed this attempt a little better.
Another thing that led me to do the wings in this angle was of a diving bird on a steep incline if my memory serves me correctly. It's just something that hit me due to the limited amount of time I had to come up with before the cut off time. I actually thought I would have the time to work on my submission on Friday, which I found I didn't have.
And yes I agree with everything about contrast. I responded about this too:
“This was super last minute entry on my part so I actually did this piece in 3 in the morning when I realized the cut off date was on May 26. I thought I would have time on Friday to work on it, but apparently not. The low light on my screen made it looked darker to me so I just thought it looked fine at the time. However, I do agree to give it a more light vs dark contrast later when I edit and actually post this.”
Combined with a sleep addled mindset and a low lit room while running on pure determination to submit something didn't help. This was definitely another rushed piece that I felt a bit disappointed on when I saw it again that morning. Though, by this point I feel like I’m just making excuses since I know I am capable of fixing these issues. But yes, I’m aware that contrast and tone are some of the factors of an aesthetically pleasing art. I will definitely work on that.
Overall, I appreciate your detailed critiques and review. They're something to keep in mind whenever I work on future art pieces.