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Published: 2011-05-17 14:44:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 2318; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 24
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I finally got around to finishing the test canvas for this digital painting: [link]I'm going to be painting it on a MUCH larger canvas next and I'm very glad I did a smaller test first. There were plenty of small things that became problems as I was painting. Now I know what to avoid!
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ah, i found it!
Its funny how your style remains the same, yet the picture changes so much in the traditional medium. Here you are able to convey the hectic vibrancy of a bar with all the conflicting colours, which is still worthy of admiration. Yet i must admit, i prefered the digital draft, one overall mirky brown, and the spotlight on the singer and the white shirted men was the focus of my attention, thus setting a mood. Now it seems to be less of a picture, simply because you put too much detail on everyone else in the bar.
Nonetheless, im really happy i stumbled upon your work, ill try and make my own painting equally as amazing
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Thank you! Yes, traditional painting is not exactly my forte, so matching colors exactly didn't happen. I also prefer the digital!
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I love the lively atmosphere and the sense of movement conveyed by the dancers! Each time I look at the painting I notice something different (ie: the woman in yellow with her back turned to the couple at the table, the pensive woman leaning on the bar beneath the man with the raised beer mug) and I love it even more. The woman toasting with the champagne glass looks like Josephine Baker. Intentional? Fave!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like noticing the little details--that's my favorite part of making a composition. The woman who looks like Josephine Baker was not intentional, per se, but she was definitely on my mind as I drew this, so I'm sure there's a bit of her in there anyway.
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I really like the atmosphere here... so cheerful and carefree, I love how positive energy radiates from every detail! (happy faaaaaaaces! 
To be honest, colour-wise I kinda prefer the more yellow-orange tones of the previous painting, but since this is going to go on a wall and all, this is probably going to work better in the environment! (you had a problem with the wall's colour, if I remember correctly? 
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Thank you!! I like the warmer color tone in the first one better too. I think it'll go better with the walls. Which are a strange color, too, yes! Good memory! 
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YAY good memory! 
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Beautiful! It's like Tia's Place in The Princess and the Frog.
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I was just thinking that!
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wow, what a party! Now I wish be in a place like that with a good company.
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I thought it seemed like a fun place too
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the expression on the character's faces is incredible
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