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Published: 2014-10-15 02:15:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 1213; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 6
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This is my belated entry for the Illuminated World contest:Β ONE WEEK REMINDER: The Illuminated World ContestUnfortunately I struggled with concepts - I was initially going to do a photomanipulation but figured it was better traditional. It's a bit rushed - had to wait for layers to dry. I can understand if you can't tell the tree is glowing
Constructive criticism on composition, colours and technique accepted. Painted with acrylics.
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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Wow thank you for the praise! When I finish my second version I will make it available on my Print on Demand account RedBubble
Reiki - just googled it and I love the concept. Thank you!
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I love how you managed to work with just shades of green and yellow (and some blue too)! Very pretty!
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Awe thank you! Sometimes a limited palette is best
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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Youβre welcome ^^
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My first thoughts are that this is really nice, there's a lot of depth in this picture, and your choice of colours is clear and also suits the picture well. Just on colour and depth, you've definitely captured the feel of a thick forest. Though the picture has depth overall, I think the leaves and bushes in the foreground might need a bit more, or just to be more clearly defined. It's somewhat unclear where they are in the picture. For example, if you made the dark patch in the top left corner have a more clear shape, like leaves or branches, it would be clear that it is in the foreground, and not part of the tree second from the left (if it actually isn't of course). I like what you've done with the leaves in the other corners of the picture, they look good without being too complex. You might try adding more of those bright patches within the leafy areas, to show that the leafy bits aren't flat.
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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Hmm, I like how it is more clearly defined, but I think it's lost some of the "lush" feel of the first.
I think it needs a little more of those shades of green between the darkest and lightest.
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Yes I agree. I will go back and add some of those back in
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Ah thank you! I'll try to keep all this in mind for the second version
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This is very lovely, I love all the shades of green and yellow in this. Close up it is kind of hard to tell it's glowing, but further away it has a better glowing feel. At least I think so. It's still very pretty!
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Ah, thank you for your insight. I'm going to make a second version of this so it's good to see that the first version works well.
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You're welcome, good luck!
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Thank you! I will upload the second version when it's done.
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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Hello! I found you art on projectcommentΒ Β
First of all, I love that you keep the rough feeling to the painting, the brush strokes texture are really nice. Especially the tree trunks in the front. The colors are also very pretty, I like how you use a yellowish-green on the glowing tree and keeping the rest of the picture bluish.
The tree does looks glowing for me, but it is a little bit too weak. It can be a lot stronger providing more clearer and stronger atmosphere. Here is how to do it:
Β - Add more and darker foreground. It can be the bushes but the tree (just the trunk) are nice too. It will create more depth in to the picture. Use blue and purple as a main base, mixed with green. You can add a little yellowish green as aΒ Β Β rim light.
Β - Made the trees in the background darker with the strong hi-light. Also made the empty space between darker as well.
Β - By darker I mean not black. I don't know what happen of the top left corner, but it kind of ruined the painting a bit.
Β - You can use a really dry swift stroke around the leaves of the glowing tree to enhance the glowing too. I also thought the direction of your leaves strokes should be upward, for the are light particle floating up, so it can lead the eyes toΒ Β Β Β Β the same direction. The particles are nice but I wish it was smaller.
Β - I would use white as the main colors foe the glowing tree, right now the yellow kind of too dominating. But this looks pretty nice tho.
I hope this help, Cheers!Β Β Β
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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Thank you for your comment! I'm going to be doing a bigger and hopefully better version of this soon so I will try to bear all of this in mind 
I was actually thinking of making the particles bigger - like round glowing orbs.
Thank you for your thoughts!
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No problem! Glad I could help.
Made the canvas wider like twice the height, if you could, will definitely make it looks more cinematic. The orbs sound pretty cool too.Β Β
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I'll upload the finished piece and let you know
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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wow honestly I'm loving it !! maybe bring some more color to it ??
but other than that I'm just in love with it it looks so dreamy !!Β
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Cheers! I've just updated it with the latest photo which has more green bought back into it.Β
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I think the tree does look like it's glowing, but the only thing that would take away from that is that there's a lack of depth between the glowing tree and the stuff behind it. Otherwise, I really like your colouring/shading technique and your brush strokes
Keep up the good work!
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Fair enough! I am going to do a second version so I am hoping to improve upon this piece
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looking forward to it!Β
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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That looks lovely! There's definitely more depth in this one and the glow is more obvious on both the tree and the deer (tho it's more obvious on the deer, so maybe add some more glow on the tree?)
I like the darker colour scheme, it's more representative of being within the forest and among the trees. That said, it's lacking just a hint of vibrance, so maybe a few lighter coloured strokes here and there, but don't overdo it (of course this is just a suggestion, because it does still look great without them)
Your progress seems to be coming along very nicely!
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Awe thank you! Yeah I'm going to add more glow and yellow green into it at a later stage. Thank you for your feedback.
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Well I have just updated the image with some more green.
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oooh that looks so good!!! definitely more appealing with the brighter green, and the amount was just right
not sure if it's the green or you added smth to the glow or both, but the glow is definitely more obvious now, and blended nicely
you really did an amazing job with this
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Thank! I think the photo I took earlier didn't quite do it justice so I aded more light. But I did also add some more midtone greens
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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It looks memerising
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Yaay! Trees are friends
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I simply love the use of contrast in this! And the green-yellow pairing looks great, too. There seems to be some blue at the bottom, so this probably fits some color harmony. It certainly looks like it does. The white tree would look better if the grass at the base covered the roots more, but it already looks very good. There is some hint of grass coverage. I think if you had a more dry bristle brush for the roots, it would have left more gaps and made the viewer interpret them as individual blades of grass.
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Here is a photo of the WIP for version 2. What do you think?Β
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