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Published: 2012-03-29 10:51:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 956; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 12
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PrΓ€stkrage.Real title, being the flower on the window. DA just doesn't like special letters in titles.
I don't know what else to say. I kind of like this one.
[link] - Character sheet.
[link] - More paintings and sketches.Materials: Derwent Aquatone sticks, Derwent Watercolor pencils and St. Petersburg watercolors.
Paper: Canson A4+ sized 200g/m2.
Time: Three days.
This artwork is Β© N O S S I E
Thou art not allowed to use without my written permission.
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Comments: 45
I love your work - some of it reminds me of traditional tarot card artwork!
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Thank you so much!
I really appreciate that! I would love to try and make some tarot card things at some point but I just never got around to it
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I love your work - some remind me of traditional tarot card artwork for some reason.
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I like the clean feeling of this work, the fine detail and the colouring - especially the way you combined water colours with colour pencils.
I think that there is a slight problem with the back of the head, feels a bit wrong, I am not entirely sure of the problem - might be size or angle, but beside that, all is awesome.
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Thank you very much!
I think the problem is that the head looks kind of tall with the hair on top of his head standing out so much up top. Anyway, I'll be more picky with that kind of things from now on definitely 
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Very pretty picture. 
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I started with the window actually, and added the flower and wings on it almost last, but somehow they turned out the most important for me...
Thanks a lot for the lovely comment! 
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Fascinating.
You're most welcome!
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The colors work very well in this piece and you have quite an interesting style. I definitely agree with ~Reflective-Sentinal on this one on adding some contrast with some darker shadows and whites... however, I can also see how your style may just exclude them. The only thing that really sticks out to me is his pinky finger... for some reason it just looks a bit off.
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Thank you very much for the critique!
I'm pretty sure it's the angle of the pinky that's wrong, it should be viewed more from the top than the side, it's not really following the angle of the hand (which I sadly noticed after finishing the painting...xD)
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The details on this are crazy good. Great job
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I absolutely love this one.
The colours go really well with his expression, giving a really gentle atmosphere to the whole drawing. Also lately you seem to add more tiny details to your work, like the stubble or the hand details, which add a lot to the picture. Keep up the great work!
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I'm so glad you like it!
I started trying to add all those little things... you know everyone has
Things that may not be so pretty, but they're still there, little wrinkles, hair, veins.. c:
Thank you so very much!
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A bit of critique for you.
From having a brief look at your gallery you have an odd way of filling the page. I dont know how to describe it, but it feels like the subject of the painting is closer than most people represent it. It is a destinktive feel to your work.
I see you work with watercolours, I haven't, so some of this advise may be a little off.
The colours here feel a little muddy in some spots. I think it looks mudy between the purple jacket and the red rim lighting. Another point is the shadow inside the lapel of the jacket.
I seem to remember that it is charachteristic of watercolours to some degree.
Something that I feel would strengthen your work would be to have more darks and lights. I don't know how you would do that exept for being very careful not to cover some of the whites. I remember seeing a something about covering with wax or something.
hope this helps. sorry about not being able to tell you more about how to do it.
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Thank you
Is it good or bad that I do that? I really enjoy working with faces, so I usually want them to be as clear as possible
I have never used these watercolors this way before (Derwent aquatone sticks) and they seemed to be very milky compared to the usual St. Petersburg I use. They don't seem to have as pure and strong pigments, and I noticed there seems to be white mixed into most colors to make them opaque. It shows particularly in the blues and yellows, so I will probably avoid those in the future...
How do you mean "more darks and lights"? Like more contrasts or..? I never, ever leave white surfaces visible except for some parts of the skin and eyes, and possibly parts of clothing because large white surfaces will usually make the picture look incomplete in my opinion, and most of my artwork have darker color schemes. This one has lots of white in the flower and wings though, and lots of dark in the background and hair, for example...
I use a colored covering fluid or masking tape when there's something I'm picky with on a picture, for example if the background needs lots of wet techniques and the foreground has to stay really bright
Thanks again for pointing these things out!
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not a problem.
Regarding composition: I am not saying it is a good thing or a bad thing, it is just a thing that I noticed.
Regarding my suggestions about colour and value, I altered a copy of your picture, increasing the brightness of the colours (In the histogram you had dead spots on the left and right sides. Meaning that you did not have very much white and hardly any black or very dark values.) I dropped a couple of adjustment layers and painted in some white over the highlights you had on the jacket.
This is closer to what I *think* I want to see in your work. curious to see whether you agree or not.
here is the link to the picture in my stash [link]
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Ah, okay
So you mean the issue is with editing the picture, rather than the way I paint it? 
Actually... I'd be really happy if you could explain to me what "dead spots" are, and maybe tell me how to work the levels on a picture when editing?
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I would be happy to explain how to edit the picture, but that is not quite what I was trying to describe.
I will post back a pdf with a description of how to edit the file in photoshop.
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In that case... would you mind trying again...?
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I am not sure what you did not understand... can you let me know what you understand from my last post and what program you use for image editing?
Happy Easter
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I use Paint.NET, some free stuff 
So where's the problem with the black/white stuff you mentioned? That's what I don't really get...
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I use photoshop cs4, but there are probably similar adjustments available in what ever program you are using.
the deal with the white black thing is this:
a normal image will have a range of colours from white to black. The levels filter changes how the image is displayed. link .psd with different levels effects.
The gradient on the left is unaltered, from 100% black to 100% white.
The gradient in the middle is compressed, with a narrower space between black and white. for me the dominant feeling value is black and dark grey.
The gradient on the right is flattened, with the lowest value being about 20% brightness and the highest value being about 90% brightness. This results with less contrast, and a muddier feeling gradient.
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Hey attached is a .psd and .jpg (in case you can't open the .psd). [link] [link]
The levels adjustment layer provides a way of looking at an image that describes the differnt types of pixels that make up the image.
The graph represents the black white version of the picture based on the brightness of each pixel. The X axis represents black pixels on the left (0% brightness) and white pixels on the right (100% brightness). The Y axis represents a count of the number of pixels that match the brightness of the x axis.
The whole graph represents all the pixels on the image. The black area represents the amount of pixels that match the brightness on the X axis.
So what we can see from the histogram (graph) is that there is no data from 0% to about 20% brightness and little data from 90% to 100%.
This compresses the total contrast of the image from 101% to about 70%.
I have made the changes to your picture on the left and the original is on the right with no changes. as you can see, the one on the right is more grey, while the one on the left has more range (it is both brighter and darker). I recomend that you try doing this to your pictures when you scan them in, and keep the idea in mind when you are painting, to get more dynamic values in your pictures.
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Popular...? :' D
Oh, thank you
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Yea, it seems it got more favs/hour than other recent ones
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You're always drawing him..
But I really like this pic, nice light colors. ^
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...I know
Heh, but now I'll try making something else! xD AND REALLY THIS TIME! x'D
I don't know, it's just that it's usually so hard to design people to fit in a picture, so when I already have someone that fits everywhere...
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That makes me very, very happy
Thank you 
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It's my pleasure! Really, just speaking the truth!
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