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Published: 2008-11-26 01:50:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 678; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 24
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This is for my portfolio. I need to do 12 "concentration" pieces based around a theme so I'm doing nature. I want to make nature look both powerful and gentle at the same time. It's shocking that this has meaning, I know.
The bird is a white-throated sparrow. They're pretty common here and I love them. The forest ended up looking tropical though which is silly since the sparrow lives in cold areas. Oh well, artistic license.
Done with the chalky pastels in like... 3 hours maybe? Download for bigger version.
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Wow, this is a really amazingly beautiful picture! The colors are so stunning and the bird looks so free! Awesome!
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i love the range or colors and the detail near the beak of the bird... the eyes meander gingerly over the rest of the image... its not a helter skelter distraction based "wandering of the eyes" but its more a curious sort of thing
i love the range of colors you used!
its nice seeing you're skilled in areas other than pokemon designing!
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I'll apologize in advance for my inability to make coherent comments on your stuff, but:
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Excellent work fuzz! I love the brush effect and how well it all blends together. This must have taken ages to do o.o
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Thank you! It's only 7 x 9 inches so it only took a few hours. If it had been bigger, I'd have spent like a day on it. XD And I used my finger to smudge. 8D It ends up with a similar effect to that of digital brushes though, which is why I like pastels so much.
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You didn't do this on the computer?!
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Nope, I've been practicing pastels! 8D
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Ah what a great environment. The distant rain clouds look great and I love the dark, rainy atmosphere. Nice looking bird too c:
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I admire people who do traditional art well pyu~.
This is lovely!
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It's good, but there's a bit too much focus on the bird for the meaning to get through. The contrast between the mountains and the sky is good, but it would be even better if they were more defined, and your eye wasn't immediately drawn to the sparrow. The bigger version is better about this, but the background still has a murky, undefined quality.
Now, I'm not saying it isn't good. It's pretty and the colours are subtly aesthetically pleasing without being too subdued. But the focus doesn't fit with the framing. If it's going to be about the background, don't put the bird in such stronger focus. If it's going to be about the bird, frame it so that the bird is a little more centralised.
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The one to the right was more defined but I wanted it to sort of blend in with the storm. The left mountain probably should be more defined though, to balance out the bird. And I see what you're saying. I wanted the bird to be the subject of the picture so that you look to it first, but then have a detailed background like there's a lot more to it. If that makes sense. I should've had it more centered I guess.
Thanks for the long comment, it really helps.
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swoon awesome, I love how the background looks so calm
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