This drawing was a challenge to myself, to see what I could do by taking my time, especially on the scenery, which is where I usually get sloppy. :p
This piece is about the feeling you get when you walk into an old place... somewhere people were many many years ago. When you walk through these places, you can feel their memories. I can, anyway, and I love it.
References:
Girl from faestock
and
Scenery from Exhumate
Constructive Critique requested.
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I canβt say I am back, but I did finally remember my sign on to this gallery, and am about to make my first new post inβ¦ a decade?
Thanks for the kind comments.
Aw, Heidi, you're funny and I miss you.
I'm very glad you like her.
This took me what seemed like an eternity. I don't think I can pump out many of these in a year. Thanks so much, old friend.
My only real critique would be to maybe footle with levels to make the whites whiter, and maybe to take out that funky scanner shadow on the left.
Man, that's some shiny pencil work.
The scanner shadow is a bitch, I know. Do you think I should crop it? The paper was about half a millimeter smaller than the scanner bed, and try as I might, I just could NOT get that shadow gone. So I reached the dilemma - post it with a little bit of shadow, or crop about 1/4 inch off the drawing.
Would warn you off of licking the pillars - you don't know where they've been!
Thanks so much for the comment and critique, it's great to hear your thoughts (though I was hoping no one would notice the shadow.... )
Maybe go in with a white paintbrush in Gimp/Photoshop and pick out the areas that're supposed to be REALLY white?
I can't rescan it, since it is now framed (permanently) and on the other side of the province.
By "paint them white" I mean use the paintbrush tool in Gimp to just make them entirely white instead of that really faint gray- that way your darks stay dark. It really is fine as is, I'm just being nitpicky and having that art teacher voice in the back of my mind going "make your darks darker and lights lighter, nyah".
I HATE THAT VOICE.
Well, art teacher or no, I respect your viewpoint. I'll fiddle with it a little and see what I can do.
I have my settings pretty bright, so maybe it's just me. Or maybe we're BOTH monitor-settings culprits.
you captured the atmosphere great. I love the textures.
I cant come up with much crit on this one
Thanks bunches for your comment. The atmosphere was the main focus, and I think to get something like that across is another one of those great artistic challenges. I'm so glad you think I pulled it off!
The roots were fun to draw, actually, although they took quite a while. I think I'm starting to get a better hang of how to get textures right with my pencil... Still a ways to go yet, though. I'm working on the next one right now.
Thank you so much! That's quite the compliment.
It feels awfully good to be an inspiration. You're so sweet!
Thanks bunches for the comment.