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Published: 2014-12-05 10:59:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 3572; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 9
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Beautiful work. I love the scene that you've chosen, and your shading is so subtle and evenly done as always. The clouds in particular are fantastic as they're so pale yet no blobs of darker burn marks.
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I was very happy with the way this one turned out especially since I had no reference photo or drawing. I am still not entirely happy with the clouds, they are not quite what I want them to be but they turned out alright, its the water I really need to practice on. Strangely noticed that a lot of artist just leave it blank or almost blank and let the mind fill in the effect but I would really like to get better.
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You really did do a fabulous job, and I think it's wonderful as is.
Since you've asked for a critique on it, I dare to be so bold as to make a few suggestions in reply to your comment here. I hope that's ok with you.
Although the clouds look great as is, maybe if you made the further away clouds slightly smaller to give a sense of perspective of sorts it might give a sense of depth in the sky.
I think you've done a really marvellous job with the water. The use of vertical and horizontal lines suggest movement and stillness in the appropriate places. The waterfall lines are absolutely perfectly placed, and curve in all the right places around the rocks etc.
I get a sense that you're not quite happy with them though, and if I was really nit-picking I would say that the vertical lines are so straight that they remind me of those long exposure photos of a waterfall where the water appears as streaks, which is a beautiful effect in photos, but with pyros there is great advantage in using the subtle textures, dithers and shapes. Compare these two wonderful photos of waterfalls below.
At the moment your waterfall looks a bit like the first one, which is beautiful, but I think it could look even nicer in a pyro if you suggest the splashes by either adding in a few water drops here and there, or making the vertical lines on the falls slightly jagged or beaded to suggest splashes. Do you know what I mean?
Again the piece is really marvellous as it is though.
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Thanks for the candor, I believe an artist should be their own worst critic, (aside from the nonconstructive criticism of trolls). The point is to get better and you can never do that without good feedback. Its wonderful to hear compliments but I rarely get good advice and feedback like this. Thank you!
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No problem at all. 
We're all always learning and I find that sometimes if I look at something for too long I stop seeing the mistakes, or can't see anything but mistakes, so a fresh pair of eyes can be helpful. I've been very lucky here on dA to find lots of fantastically talented and experienced artists and crafts people who are very generous with their time, and have helped me out with invaluable information. They're usually only little snippets of information, but they are the missing piece that make everything else fall into place.
You're one of the best pyro artists on dA and even just looking at your pyros I learn so much, so thank you too.
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Well thanks, take care and a huge thanks for the feedback!
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