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This image is adorable. The stories this one could inspire will probably be very sweet.
I also think this is well done! The silhouettes are drawn quite well and it all looks good.
I also think this is well done! The silhouettes are drawn quite well and it all looks good.
E.T. phone home.... Well, I also thought 'is that Luna?' when I saw this in the gallery.
I like that we can see the edge of the piece, where the paper shows through. Dunno why, but that seems like a nice touch to me. The stars seem a tad on the 'too even' side, but that might just be me. The texture on the moon is great, especially as a background to the flat-black silhouettes. The floating/raised hand thing is evocative, and a good place to start a story from.
I will say, though, that this composition does feel very... safe, to me? You're obviously a talented artist who picked an idea and executed it with a clear scope and clean composition, but I guess... you make it seem so easy, I don't feel like you were challenged at all. Maybe that's unfair to you, as an artist; I don't know how much blood/sweat/tears you poured into this, but it doesn't feel ambitious. I'll try not to let that color my judging, but yeah.
I like that we can see the edge of the piece, where the paper shows through. Dunno why, but that seems like a nice touch to me. The stars seem a tad on the 'too even' side, but that might just be me. The texture on the moon is great, especially as a background to the flat-black silhouettes. The floating/raised hand thing is evocative, and a good place to start a story from.
I will say, though, that this composition does feel very... safe, to me? You're obviously a talented artist who picked an idea and executed it with a clear scope and clean composition, but I guess... you make it seem so easy, I don't feel like you were challenged at all. Maybe that's unfair to you, as an artist; I don't know how much blood/sweat/tears you poured into this, but it doesn't feel ambitious. I'll try not to let that color my judging, but yeah.
This piece is very well done. The silhouettes are done well, the stars are numerous and the night sky is shaded well.
Now... am I the only one with alarm bells going off in my head? The way the entity’s silhouette is, it looks like it is there, with the child, but it looks to me as if it is stretching all the way from the Moon. O_O Maybe it’s just the Lovecraftian in me, but I see potential for horror here as well.
Now... am I the only one with alarm bells going off in my head? The way the entity’s silhouette is, it looks like it is there, with the child, but it looks to me as if it is stretching all the way from the Moon. O_O Maybe it’s just the Lovecraftian in me, but I see potential for horror here as well.
>>Not_A_Hat
You're not the only one! I love that this was done on real paper with actual paint (or done digitally so well that I was fooled!).
And yes, this does have a lot of potential as story inspiration.
I like that we can see the edge of the piece, where the paper shows through. Dunno why, but that seems like a nice touch to me.
You're not the only one! I love that this was done on real paper with actual paint (or done digitally so well that I was fooled!).
And yes, this does have a lot of potential as story inspiration.
Okay, so there are two ways to take this.
A sweet picture of a boy and his alien, which, hey, nothing wrong with that, we all love us a good boy-and-his-alien story.
Or it could be an obvious subversion of that.
The artwork itself is very nice, though. I can't tell if this was done digitally or with actual paint and brush, but the fact that I'm wondering as to which it is says something about how organic it is.
I also like the color differentiation between the alien's limbs so you can tell it has two arms and two legs, and a tail.
Not bad. Not exactly inspiring for an "original" story, though.
A sweet picture of a boy and his alien, which, hey, nothing wrong with that, we all love us a good boy-and-his-alien story.
Or it could be an obvious subversion of that.
The artwork itself is very nice, though. I can't tell if this was done digitally or with actual paint and brush, but the fact that I'm wondering as to which it is says something about how organic it is.
I also like the color differentiation between the alien's limbs so you can tell it has two arms and two legs, and a tail.
Not bad. Not exactly inspiring for an "original" story, though.
>>Roseluck
>>Not_A_Hat
>>Moosetasm
>>Hap
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Thank you all so much for reviewing this!!! <3
Mr. Hat, you are right my good sir. I wasn't very challenged by this, but I wanted to make the picture as vague as possible to give the competitors as much of an idea as I could.
This was made on paper and with some markers and a white gel pen. The stars, now that I think about it, are, in fact... equal? The stars should be clustered in some places more than others. I'll think about that next time. ;)
Thanks again for the reviews :D
>>Not_A_Hat
>>Moosetasm
>>Hap
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Thank you all so much for reviewing this!!! <3
I will say, though, that this composition does feel very... safe, to me? You're obviously a talented artist who picked an idea and executed it with a clear scope and clean composition, but I guess... you make it seem so easy, I don't feel like you were challenged at all. Maybe that's unfair to you, as an artist; I don't know how much blood/sweat/tears you poured into this, but it doesn't feel ambitious. I'll try not to let that color my judging, but yeah.
Mr. Hat, you are right my good sir. I wasn't very challenged by this, but I wanted to make the picture as vague as possible to give the competitors as much of an idea as I could.
This was made on paper and with some markers and a white gel pen. The stars, now that I think about it, are, in fact... equal? The stars should be clustered in some places more than others. I'll think about that next time. ;)
Thanks again for the reviews :D