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Furmistress [2010-09-15 20:04:43 +0000 UTC]
If the summer changed to winter, we could wear more fur - your message, to me at least, is easy to read. Thanks for sharing!
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tilenti [2007-11-23 02:36:06 +0000 UTC]
nice costume! i thing the structure of the layout is too flat, 2 ladies standing inline & a sky background.
some perspective like one lady in front & another at the back will made the painting more interesting.
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Karbik [2007-11-18 18:03:25 +0000 UTC]
Hmmm...interesting painting. It's kinda amusing to see a person with such thich clothing standing next to a person with such thin chlothing. One of them is going through hell in their chlothing.
Crit, crit...*rubs fingers* Well, the whole thing suffers from a lack of contrast, many colours tend to blend into each other, making the borders of objects hard to see ( for example Winter's shoulder & sky plus Summer's chloting). Additionally...did you colour the two women on one layer? Because mybe it's just me, but it looks like you have done the smudgin of the fur coat after colouring Summer, thus leaving these freaky empty spots where
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Karbik In reply to Karbik [2007-11-18 18:11:39 +0000 UTC]
Crap...I'm trying to get used to my new table by using it for everything, but I accidentally pushed the wrong buttong with it.
Anyway, screw the explanation, a pic to show my theory: [link]
Not the strokes with smudge brush
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TheMysteriousK In reply to Karbik [2007-11-18 18:54:39 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for your interesting comments. Seeing the trouble you took to get your point across I went back the original pictures to look up what had actually happened.
The dresses of the women were on different layers, but the effect could have happened during the final touches - sometimes I'm too impatient to go the multi-layer mainwork and correct on the one-layer display picture. However - think of it what you may - inspection showed that the freaky empty spots were put there on purpose by me to suggest fur sticking out in front of Summer's saree. I know the effect you're hinting at though, and that's exactly the reason why I prefer working on multiple layers.
- As to the lack of contrast, I'll think of that. The outlines of the saree could be more crisp, that's true, but the green material is supposed to be see-through. I'll think about this. Sofar I've never concerned myself much with setting off one thing against another, so I'm happy to hear about it from you - more food for thought. With fur, I tend to settle for some impressionism. The single most difficult thing of painting fur or furry material, is keeping the middle between the trap of wanting to draw every single hair (adding too much detail) and being too blurry. In the first case, you loose the 'feel' of it, and in the second case, it won't convince. However, I've noticed that different viewers differ on where the right middle lies.
- As to the clothing: as the painting is a kind of allegory, the clothes are meant to refer to the seasons. So, 'Summer', the older woman on the left is wearing a thin saree-like garment, while the garment of young and upcoming 'Winter' is refering both to fog and snow on one hand, and (by its furriness) to dressing up warmly against these nasties on the other hand. There's also a relation to their halves of the sky. So I don't really think I'll add contrast between Winter's dress and the sky, but I'll remember your comment for future paintings.
Calibrating my monitor is another thing on my list, it's a rather light Apple one, but I'm looking for a low cost solution.
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Adriaan-DeJongh [2007-11-14 19:50:24 +0000 UTC]
You did an immence great job on the fuzziness!! Where you might focus a bit more on next time are the leaves on the ground and the faces... I know the faces are the hardest part, but if you get those right and realistic (or at least more realistic that they are now... Though they already look really good!!) it would be almost a perfect image!
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