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Published: 2010-04-21 23:22:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 354; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 7
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The finished version of the drawing. It measures at 18x24, and the medium used are pastels.I changed the original. At first, it was just Mario rushing forward with a fireball at his palm. Now the fire has become a wave of flame, and the picture is a lot more balanced for it. I am really liking the way it turned out. The weight of the picture feels just right, and all the elements feel like they're working together rather than just laying there.
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Very nicely done! I like the pose and you did a great job using pastels! He really pops out. It looks great!
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Wow! that is really cool
The one thing I noticed was the use of black in the shadows, especially in the gloves. I would recommend you stay away from that.
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Usually, I would use black only for core shadows and to give a bit of a push to the mix of deep ultramarine, burnt umber, and mars red. But then I used white, had that work and decided to have fun with it all.
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Yeah, as long as you knew what you were doing, I guess you are fine, and all in all you did the most important thing, have fun:3
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If you don't mind me asking, are you going or have you gone to an art school?
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I am only in high school right now, so out side of in school art classes, I have only done a couple of summer art programs, and this summer I am doing the RISD precollege thing. I am really excited for it, and you can learn so much in an art class that really focuses truly on improvement, not just standing around.
Why?
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Two reasons:
-I asked was because the words didn't seem complete. It felt like there was something missing to it all and I wanted to know why.
-There's nothing wrong with using black in a painting that uses different colors, but only as long as you us a limited amount and have it suppliment whatever color or shade you use for the shadow shapes. It's only if the black in the image starts to dominate that you have problems, because then the eye starts to go towards the black and the other colors are forced to compete and end up being dulled by the color.
And when it comes to that, you have to increase the intensity of the other colors to compensate. Look at any comic or graphic image with heavy black inks and color together. Either the colors look dulled or are intentionally dulled, or they punch up the colors closer to their original hue to compensate. No tinting, because that defeats the purpose.
With the painting, the blues, reds, yellows, oranges, and smatterings of violet dominate the small bits of black throughout the image. Most of it had either been dulled, or in the case of the pupil, left alone because it didn't matter.
I don't mean to offend, and I apologize if I did. Got a degree in Traditional Illustration, and I take this a bit more seriously than I let on.
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yup, most of my thoughts are still pretty incomplete seeing how I am still in the whole major learning stage, but you asked for a critique so I thought I might as well try.
And keep your pride from the illustration degree, because you paid big money for it.
What college did you go to?
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It's not so much lost pride, but I never know how my writing or tone comes across to others. When I do give my thoughts I try to be as "to the point" as possible, hoping that I don't come across as harsh or condescending in the process.
And I went to the Academy of Art University.
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