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Nemenos In reply to Nynke-FmnF [2019-02-05 10:04:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Nemenos In reply to OSIDUS [2018-12-28 06:38:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! 
Messing around with brushes and crying usually does the trick xD

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OSIDUS In reply to Nemenos [2018-12-28 07:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Ok, but at least this one is not a brush and crying thing.

(But you are right on one thing; when you're an artist, crying is a given. (Blood is optional. And Sweat is reserved for sculptors, street artists and outdoor muralists.))


No...

You had a vision to start with- you had an idea for how you wanted it to look.

And then, while painting along, you allowed the many, many different angles to not bother you. You allowed the chaos to reign. The clashing movements, the colors, the slopes, the complex foliage that is equally dense both in-your-face AND far away. The details of having knots in the trees, and the vines... and the roots. The brush and the leaves coming down from above not from trees but from bushes.

The off center lighting, with the high contrast created by the looming figure that blocks the lightsource...

This should be a mess. But it's not. Though the horizon is, well, horizontal, Everything carefully points to the bottom right. They look in that direction, though the big one moves left, leaning against the current the trees.

=__= Do not tell me this is just a brush and tears thing. There is more to this and I am determined to find it.

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Nemenos In reply to OSIDUS [2018-12-28 10:44:30 +0000 UTC]

Mm, interesting! 

It's true, before starting the picture I did have an idea about characters/setting/colours I wanted to include. The perspective, composition, and things like framing the komainu with trees and light etc. I ignored until I had something to go off, and I think that having those rough colours and shapes in the beginning helps with the dense/disorganized look xD

I did try and turn down the saturation ever so often to look at the greyscale version and check if the characters are visible, and how the picture reads as a whole. Even though (especially in hindsight) I see a lot of problems in this, I think that having the values more or less down makes it a clearer message c:

But seriously, I really appreciate your comment! The eye for detail you had for my pic is seriously flattering to me, and I had to go back and inspect it myself again- thank you so much! Analyzing paintings is something I should be practising as well, and I can not believe I haven't done that before.

I won't pretend to be an advanced artist, but feel absolutely free to ask me any questions! It helps me improve my own view of my art as well

Thank you again for your in-depth comment!

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OSIDUS In reply to Nemenos [2018-12-28 16:03:53 +0000 UTC]

So wait... Was this all painted on the same layer?

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Nemenos In reply to OSIDUS [2018-12-29 01:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Mm, not quite! I sketched everything out on different layers, and then painted the background separately from the characters c:

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