Hey there, nice job! I gotta say some edges in the version on the left appear a bit crude, but that lit version looks pretty awesome in return. Is that a lamp you sticked into the pumpkin? Haha the strong light inside really pushes the angriness! Not a big fan of the way the unlit version is set up, but it's just a minor detail and the carving is what it really is all about.
Well done!
Thanks Lu.
Yeah, I don't have any real carving tools so it's a real pain in the ass to get smooth clean lines, I usually have to force a score with the paring knife, and for the de-skinned parts, I score and chip the skin off with the screwdriver.
And yeah, that's a lamp instead, shows off the shading better, because a regular candle isn't strong enough to light through the thick pumpkin meat.
Haha the pose kinda suggests she is doing something silly right now. Well done on that part. It could use a bit more definition, the eyes for example are lost. Not sure if this is the photo or the actual painting though. Judging from the description this is probably some kind of doodle, but dayum of this is the watercolor equivalent of a doodle, then you should doodle far more often.
The main reason why I started a review though are the colors. I know I keep saying this but it's true. In this case I love the purples and blues you used and combined.
I am not a fan of the background. The fire-y center is nice but I don't like the sudden clean edge of the red part.
Nice work. :D
Thanks Lu, its a bit more than a doodle, more of a light study or a little fun drawing I did to entertain myself. The eyes aren't there, and the background was definitely an after thought. Thank you for the compliments on the colors. I love blues and violets together and I'm happy to find that you're not the first person who has complimented my use of them together in my art.
Now that's some freaking conving smoke you got there. Wow. I love the little lights the embers all over Batman produce. Comparing with your older version, I think you did a great job improving an already good image and I also prefer this classic Batman design you used now. He looks a bit stronger with the more "stout" head.
What else can I say? This Batman is just hot.
Thank you! I appreciate the kind review. :)
Seriously, this is a pretty awesome concept and a cool sketch. You should really consider turning this into a fully fleshed out drawing. Would you mind telling us which song it is based on?
Bonobo's music, and thanks! Yeah I want to do more with it but I'm not sure what yet, it's a neat sketch though I thought haha
Composition is the key here. First off, reviewing the actual content, it's a pretty funny cartoon. The reference to Finding Nemo are all there and very clear, without being unoriginal or a caricature.
I enjoy seeing a variety of art from you and while I love your creature concepts, this cartoony style fits you well, too.
What I like most about this picture is how well you used the composition to emphasize the joke of your drawing. The shark is rather even, blue in blue, not standing out from the background very much. The only real attention it attracts on first view is to the highlight in the eye and to the tooth, which is good because that puts the facial expression in focus of the viewer. The clown fish however is more dynamic, with folds, in strong contrast to the background and high contrast coloring. The fins are spikey and if that's not aggressive enough, the face with its pulled-up lips and the dark under-eye circles do the rest. The position of the fish add to the intimidating feel of the clown fish. Even the background with the swarm and the colorful plants draws more attention to the right side more than to the left side. Thus emphasizing the small fish as main focus.
I think the bubbles are a nice addition to show how angry he really is. lol
The only tiny little thing I would have liked to see would be some underwater light you usually see shining through from above in the upper background. Since parts of the background seem a bit boring. Hard to explain, I guess you know what I mean, but you can just google underwater light, if you are curious.
Overall, very good job. I like it.
Hey thanks man , awesome review , you got a good eye!
Very impressive acrylic art as usual. I have to say it suffers from bad lighting though. The flashlight makes an area in the top left seem rather flat. This stretches out to the tophat. Apart from that it's a really good piece of art. I am sure it looks even better in real life. The flowers look perfect and I especially love their colors. Your colors are really good overall, do you mix them yourself? I tried a few times and it's kinda difficult to get them right. That whiskey bottle is an awesome addition!
Great job, I'm sure the people at the Redwood Bar'N'Grill are happy to have found you.
Thanks man, I agree about the light, it was made brighter so I could work on it more easily and I didn't know how to dim it when I took the picture. getting the top hat to pop was something I tried to do, but it never looked right when I went to bright.
And I did mix all of the colors, thanks for noticing. I used probably around six or seven colors and between those was able to get all of the tones used in the pic, The hardest part is when you mix a bunch of colors one day and then have to get the same color a few days later.
They are very happy with it, already lined up some more work, thanks for the kind words.
I don't wanna turn this into a longwinded textwall about your composition skills, since you know better than me what you have done. But I just want to mention how well you guide my eyes across the canvas. Great use of contrast, not only colorwise, but also considering big and small, near and far, peaceful and dynamic. And despite or rather espacially because of this great use, the drawing is very harmonic.
The smaller you view it (or the further away I move), the more it appears as an actual photo. The bigger you view it, the more it falls apart into different colors, values and brushstrokes.
I could say I'd wish for more details in the background village, but that would take away some of the effect mentioned above.
I already liked the drawing when I loaded the page and couldn't see the car yet by the way.
Great job yet again!
P.S.: Congrats to your dad for being chosen!
Thanks luw, appreciate this!
That took a while...
It took a while until my mind understood that the tank is really infront of the people. Of course the hints are clear but my mind insisted on seeing it standing next to them. Things closer to the viewer have a higher contrast, once you get that it's so obvious that you can't see the tank next to them anymore. And of course, the fact that the grass is behind the tank is a good hint too.
Usually I would say you could move the tank a slight bit down so it's easier to make out that it's in front, but I see how the composition is so important and so strong in this piece that moving the tank might be a problem.
It took a while until I got what's going on overall. At first I thought 'Ok that's Pico and Nene in the back... probably... and the one guy wears Tankmen glasses... but who are those other two?'. And judging from Izzy-A's comment I am not the only one who asked himself that question. But then it struck me like a lightning bolt.
OF COURSE they represent the four portals! Guy listens to music, girl is an artist, gamer controls the RC tank and the other girl is filming it. Now that I got this this, I like your drawing even more. Trust me, I am not the only one who didn't get it, so it might be a good idea to give a bit of an hint towards it in the author comments. Although the title is a good hint already and helped me understand it.
Before I got the concept, I already loved the art. The color scheme is a pleasure, it's well composed and of course, it's very well drawn.
It also works good for an autumn month for the calendar, that was a nice decision and implemented persuasively.
Good luck for the contest!
When an image is distributed, the chances of an artist statement to remain attached to it at all times is highly unlikely. I can only hope that others, like you, can grasp the concept without being told.
It's a interesting take on the theme. You really got the old digger across, with his facial expression and his pose. You screwed up or at least didn't care for his anatomy, the right leg (his left) and arm are weird. But I never know what you were going for with your stylized drawings. You did a good job on the hand resting on the pickaxe handle.
What I like about your drawings, is that you can always discover something new when you look at it several times. That's also what makes them so hard to review. But the little extras you hide in your art make it even more worth looking at it.
Generally I like the definition in this drawing, I mean you can instantly make out what is what. :D
I love the stone! :3
Overall I dig your old digger pic!
I wonder how I missed the anatomy issue with the legs, I even flip the image horizontally to see anatomy issue D:
This can be an easy fix-able problem just by adding in some fat on the skinny leg :)
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