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Serain — Blue Sunrise
Published: 2009-04-30 03:35:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 3807; Favourites: 155; Downloads: 79
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This is actually pretty old, it's something that I did on tegaki and really liked, but it was really messy and needed work. Today I imported it to photoshop and started it up again, fixing aspects until I was satisfied, just as a casual thing to distract me from my ten-page paper due friday that I haven't started yet...I rather like the result.
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This is really quite wonderful. The choice of colors in particular is breathtaking. Of special note is the juxtaposition of bright high key colors with low key compatriots. This piece practically jumped out at me from the thumb, and its impact is not dulled much by seeing it larger.
Very moody setting, the silhouette buildings are convincing but really secondary to that amazing light show. I like the little bits of information that reward the closer view, the figure, the "open" sign, street lamps and weathervanes. They're interesting but seem unimportant compared to the big picture.
A beautiful painting, impressive coloring, great sense of mood.
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*glomps you* you are too kind to me ; A; I'm really really super glad you liked it, especially all the bits I worked on putting in.
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It's a nice piece. You seem to have an excellent sense of the big picture "impact" of your artwork.
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I love the cityscape that you've done, the black contrasting with the lightning in the very back and the clouds. You did the sweeping lines of the sky well, I love those. The open sign contrasts very nicely with the overall cool palette that you chose here. And that person sitting on the roof? A very very nice touch, a detail I didn't notice until the third time looking this over, so it's something I can appreciate even more.
The only complaint I have are the olive green boxes on the bottom right corner. I know that's part of the building and everything, but I would have liked it just black, you know? Bright red, then just...black. Like a silhouette. I think the red would pop even more then.
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To elaborate on the... boxes on the lower right, I put them there to balance out the composition and ground the buildings, and also to tone down the red sign a lot so people's eyes wouldn't be constantly drawn to it, which looks like it partially worked, as I'm sure it could have become jarring if not softened correctly.
Thank you for your imput :> I appreciate it.
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Oh, I see...thanks for clearing that up. ^^
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hey, cool! I really can't decide whether or not it's a good thing this reminds me of City 17, but wither way it's an amazing image. I'm rather impressed! keep up the good work.
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the colors are beautiful~~ and the perspective is really good :]
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Thank you! Glad you like. ...your art is amazing too ;o;
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This is gorgeous! 
Maybe a brush at 30% flow/60% opacity would have done a better job, I don't know. Also, if you use the alt key you can quickly select a nearby colour whilst still using the brush tool. Hope that helps if you didn't already know! 
Have a nice weekend!
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Ah, thank you for the kind critique and suggestion! I do admit that it didn't occur to me to use the flow option while drawing this. It's something that I try to avoid relying on in general, I find it looks better to pick out a separate color instead of just blending normally. On the other hand, I really could have used the tool here... I'll be sure to do it if I ever use this piece for a portfolio or something.
And yes, I did know about it xD I just don't use keyboard shortcuts that much in general... I probably should.
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I like this. There is lightning. And blue. And the cityscape. <3
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gorgeous choice of colors: I adore that electric blue! ^^
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Well, there's not really much to be said (I'm lacking the inspiration from last time), so... yeah, it looks really good. Nice job!
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Dude. Except for the olive green boxes in the lower right (maybe should have been four-five shades darker), this is the shizz.
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Are they really that jarring? They're pretty dark already, a lot of this picture is. The contrast makes them lighter though....
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Jarring is the wrong word, I think. It's not so much a punch to the face as a pebble in the shoe, if you get me. It doesn't break the picture or anything, it just seems out of place.
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Serain, what is you major of study? Are you working to be a graphic designer?
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Management major actually xD Long story.
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Must be a long story...
Anyway I was going to say, if you going for a 'graphic design look' you got it 100%, the digital editing is rocking. If your going for an Illustrative look you got it 80%. You need a strong concept beyond visual aesthetic to make your image truly interesting as an illustration. Smart choice with the management. There is actually some money there.
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xD surely such a good artist as yourself can think of something!
but I'll settle for "ffffff *___*". Quite a compliment.
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Great lighting. The little guy on the rooftop is absolute win.
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There wasn't a figure in the original, but I thought it was a nice touch?
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I love the colors! I think it turned out lovely!
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Oh man, again, gotta admire your ability to use basically only one color, but use so many tones on the spectrum that it creates such a bright and deep looking piece. I usually don't think of green when I see clouds, but the hints you put in are a really nice touch! And I like the 'OPEN' sign for some strange reason XD
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I shake my head at people who just take a rainbow of colors and mash them together haphazardly wherever they feel like in a drawing xD Thank you.
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It can get really confusing if just done harphazardly! Sometimes, less is more. XD You're very welcome!
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i really love it, you have a great vision, the only thing i can think of is adding a cigarette to the mans hand, so that you see a little glowing ember on the end of the cig. just to help separate him from the buildings a slight degree.
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....xD ironically enough, there IS a cigarette in the man's hand. It's near impossible to see when I resized the drawing though, but realistically, I thought that it would be impossible to see an ember on it, though I did consider it, it was a good idea.
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Why are you so goddamn good at skies and epic dark scenary? D: (
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Because I climbed to the tallest tower in the highest mountain in the forbidden land and prayed to the dark god that dwells there for three nights straight with no food nor sleep... and he granted me this power.
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Which dark god, for there are many?
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You might rather like the result but good god, i FCKING love the result.
I second what the guy up there said, I cant find words to describe how awesome I think the clouds are.
Seems like I could stare at this pic for a good hour without being tired of it. Am I going crazy or do I see people standing on top of those buildings? (Well there is at least one I can confirm for sure)
Anyhow, pretty amazing color choice Serainlove, Im proud of you
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You know the holy grail of art: have people look at it for longer than you to create it. EVERY DAY I GET CLOSER TO ACHIEVING IT!
There's only one that I intended xD all the 'others' were achieved through extremely large unwieldy tegaki brushes.
Thank you baby. This was mostly made during my "I will use strange colors for everything and it will look cool!" phase. Even when I went back to this one... it still looked cool. I guess I was lucky, hah ha.
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this makes me smile so hard. I really wish that the sky actually looked like that. The colors are wonderful and it's definitely a cool looking image. I don't think i can make you understand how much i love those clouds.
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I've seen some pretty amazing things, but this, indeed, is from my imagination. Thank you <3
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well you have a very creative mind. You're welcome.
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