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You can now visit my artstation if you like, I uploaded some of my pictures there
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Hi! I´m from
This landscape is exorbitant! = D
The environment that develops, the executed brush strokes and the admirable traits that are reflected, the focus of attention in the lights that balance the drawing making it light and heavy at the same time, the extraordinary similarity of opaque colors that are reflected together with the design of the house or mansion, the weather and the detail is exquisite.
Apart from how each sector is drawn in a great way and giving it a touch of unique colors like an art painting, in the end it is achieved by dissipating a diffused person and joining the composition. I had no idea what was there until I sent Zoom to the image. I totally swear to you that it is the truth.
Your drawing is epic and avant-garde before my own eyes. That is what would define this drawing that you have sent, Piotr <)
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Greetings from ProjectComment,
A lot of the time people come around and tell me what is wrong with my work and very little of what they like or what attracted them to the work in the first place.
I don't plan on making such mistakes or continuing this cycle of critiquing. I find it to be counter productive and childish. In-fact because you are so skilled, I am sure there is much you could tell me as to what you don't like about it so I will leave that for you to continue pondering while I tell you all of the reasons why I stopped by.
First of all, this mansion is hypnotizing. Without any sound or the slightest indication that the wind is blowing, I can hear it calling to all those that happen to walk by. The question becomes, why would anyone just happen to walk by? Anyone that steps near that gate had a reason for being there. This is a piece designed for a purpose, to the point every line was intentional. The light from the second window makes one ask, "Who lives there? Are they waiting for the traveler at the gate with the wide brimmed hat?"
In the midst of such detail I love how it warps at the borders into shadows showing how the trees twist around the fence. The steps seems to meld into the earth, showing off it's age. Such a testament to how we all remain beautiful even as we get older.
Secondly, There is really nothing creepy about this piece, there are a lot of shadows, but you don't use harsh colors so this night is inviting, cooling. It is these kind of nights you would expect someone to come to your door and assist whomever occupies that second window.
The Gardner and his Mistress. Now of course I have not idea where this story is really leading, I will have to tune into more of your work, but that is what comes to mind as I view this piece. The Gardner and His Mistress.
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How did you get this piece to look both creepy and comfortable. I want to live here but at the same time I don't want to be any where near it. It's awesome!
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Ooh! This is amazing, I love things like this! It has a wonderful dark, mysterious, dreary vibe to it. I can just imagine the wind howling and rain falling, and the lone figure leaves me intrigued about what he's doing at that old building so late at night.
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I found this at Project Comment ( projectcomment.deviantart.com/ ).
This is a very evocative work. It pulls me in and makes me want to know more. Very well done!
That said, here are my critiques:
(1) COMPOSITION -- Your visual-narrative line would be clearer if the silhouetted character were standing to the left of the gate. Then the viewer's eye would track fluidly from upper-right to lower-left … dormer light to door lights to gate to silhouetted character … a classic head-heart 'conflict line.' Here's a mnemonic I learned in stage/film directing classes:
"When Hamlet is bereft, you'll find his dad up-left, on this you can rely!/The fundamentals still apply, as time goes by./With lovers holding tight, you'll find them both down-right, on this you can rely!/The fundamentals still apply, as time goes by."
That mnemonic was for stage/film and stage-left is the audience's right, so the horizontal axis is reversed for a painting. But viewers tend to 'read' the upper-right (upstage-left) area of an image as cerebral-ethereal, and the lower-left (downstage-right) area of an image as emotional-passionate.
Thus, were your character to the left of the gate, viewers would be even more prone to 'feel for' him/her … and wonder what lurks in those upper windows....
Having the character to the left of the gate, adding a bit more foreground below, and shifting the entire work a smidge to the right would also take better advantage of the composition Rule of Thirds ( www.finearttips.com/2009/04/ru… ).
As a general rule -- and there are plenty of exceptions -- you would like the focal point(s) of your work to be at the intersections of horizontal and vertical third-lines. Your character would be at the intersection of the lower third-line and the left third-line, and the lights of house would straddle the right third-line. That would also pull more of the menacing tree (at the far left) into your frame.
(2) LIGHTING -- Most of your lighting is very, very good. The lone exception is the background tree immediately to the left of the house. Its relative size suggests that it's further back, so it shouldn't reflect any light from the sources we see. Were that tree in shadow, you would have better contrast to define the left edge of the house.
(3) BRUSHSTROKES -- Again, most of this is very, very good. The lone exception is … the fog against the sky. The parallel upper-left-to-lower-right strokes suggest wind-driven rain, rather than fog. Were they curly tendrils, it would be a foggy night. Were they vertical, it would be a foggy-and-rainy night. But at the diagonal, it is a windy-and-foggy night … and wind strong enough to deflect rain by the amount shown in your strokes … would blow away the fog.
(4) COLOR -- This is superb throughout. You chose a dramatic, evocative palette and it works beautifully.
Thank you for sharing this wonderfully entrancing work!
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wow you did such an amazing work with this piece !!
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I love the textures in this! What program/brushes did you use?
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Amazing scenery. So mysteriously looking, you did a great job with the effects on this picture.
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Hey :iconPorll:, i'm commenting from .
I have not been doing comments or critiques for too long, i think this would be my toughest one yet
if you like, i would like to add a pseudo critique to your work, and will break it down into various separate points.
Aspect: Initially i thought a Landscape aspect would be best, since this is a landscape kinda piece, but they way you have drawn it makes a portrait more believable. That said it is a little squarish, i think a little more foreground at the bottom could easily be added, especially with a pathway leading to the gate? This could also draw the viewer into the central piece, if you wanted to add more detail to the work.
Background: Usually i just stick to background only as there is little in the way of foregrounds, but i will cover both here: Its very well done. Your general shape and brushwork of the foreground especially is excellent in the way it looks and positioned to draw the viewer into the centre of the painting. The background works very well at being mysterious and unknown and i really do struggle to see anything within the fog
Characters: There are three characters at work here: The human, the gate and the house. In some ways it reminds me of a visitor paying homage to a mob boss (who happens to be sitting back on a throne) but first has to get past the body guard, such is the dark and mysterious nature of your work. I think all three are done with excellent detail. The light on the house especially casts a light that is impossible to ignore.
Lighting: Again it is excellently done. The dark and foreboding nature around the edges is washed out with the light from the house, the boundary of which is marked by the closed gate and surrounding trees.
Pose: Not much to say about this, but the person looks to be a private investigator coming to check something out in the house. Perhaps it is haunted and he is there to confirm or deny rumours? The twin circles on the gates almost give it a face to relate to, as though a ghost haunting the house is looking right at him. The house itself could easily be a trap; the main light to lure someone in, the lighted room on the upper floor as a teasing give away that not all is right here. It screams "Come inside if you dare!"
Details: For the most part the details are 10/10. The colouring on the house to indicate brick work is fantastic, the straight lines of the houses upper levels harshly strike against the chaotic back/foreground. I especially love the windows and stone railing. If there is one thing wrong however its some of the foreground shapes sticking up a little too much, there are several of them that seem to come up from the ground like branches or large leaves? Maybe a little retouching on them (to the left of the gate and from the fence line towards the bottom of the work) would only make this work better. Also, as mentioned at the start, a cleared pathway would also help the person to walk closer, but equally, since there is no pathway then it must be an abandoned house anyway, right?
Overall, this is an awesome piece of art and i would love to print this out to hang on my wall. Your work is just fantastic
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Thank you for your effort
That's interesting and great how you found some details I didn't really think of, like those eyes-like shapes in the gate and storytelling behind it. Hmm, I had a previous version of this artwork with a little more space on the bottom of it, but at the end decided to cut it as I felt that the building was too small compared to the space around it, but maybe it was a wrong decision and I could add the path you mentioned to guide the viewer's eyes more towards the focal points. I struggled with it and I'm glad there's someone having a clear opinion on it
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You are very welcome
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