Comment 49752
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The image is far too dark.
If I squint I can see crosses in the backround,but the middle ground (aka the rock) blends in with the backround! So while the angel is bright and the snakes melt into the picture, there's only 2 levels of contrast-incredibly bright or incredibly dark. You completly leave out normal light, middle tone,and normal dark. (Not the exact names, but you get the point. 5 elements of shading.)You can still have a dark picture but you need to even it out. There's halftone on the snakes and angel, but the rock and foreground should have some normal dark and halftone.
If I squint I can see crosses in the backround,but the middle ground (aka the rock) blends in with the backround! So while the angel is bright and the snakes melt into the picture, there's only 2 levels of contrast-incredibly bright or incredibly dark. You completly leave out normal light, middle tone,and normal dark. (Not the exact names, but you get the point. 5 elements of shading.)You can still have a dark picture but you need to even it out. There's halftone on the snakes and angel, but the rock and foreground should have some normal dark and halftone.Comment ID 49752
![[Art] You are an Angel](https://storage.googleapis.com/paperdemon-prod-la/submissions/thumbs/art_img_thumb_10081_8d18a4e9d1578a2aaf23d33b260bb94e5ebf1e39ed994.jpg)
I agree with some of the comments made by eegirlee. I think the background's contrast is too low. I didn't notice the crosses at all until I read her crit. In general it is a good idea to have the background have less contrast to create atmospheric perspective and depth, but i think in this case, there isn't enough contrast between the red and black for the cross. Part of this could be due to your monitor's settings. On your monitor, it may be clear as day that the crosses are separate from the background, but on everyone elses it's different. look into calibrating your monitor.
I checked other computers too and saw the background almost black...
Thank you for the comment )