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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Maria.
I think the bottom colors would look better in green. I agree the green in the lower left is too strong, and the transition needs some work. |
Oct 17th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thanks so much, Brad. That makes me very happy to hear that. |
Oct 17th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
I was joking as I started to write it, but I like the idea too. Thanks, Alan! Something to explore. |
Oct 14th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
My mistake. I zoomed in and see now what you mean about the purple and other areas. Yikes! Yes, I need to clean things up. |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Aavo. I think you are right about the green. |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
I see what you mean, Alan. I thought Halloween with these colors, but now that you mention it, I can certainly see why it reminds you of fire.
Maybe I need to have a phoenix in the tree instead. |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Kirsti! I think you've made some very good suggestions. I can't actually see any difference between the version you posted vs. my final image (perhaps you loaded the wrong file?) but I do get the idea. I'll give it a try. |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This is really a beautiful and complex image, Brad.
I love the way the tree trunk is integrated into the painting. It looks very much like a medieval dress, in a surreal way. I love the way her sleeve on the right becomes the tree bark. The way the trunk flows out of the picture frame makes the bottom half of the painting feel very 3D, much more so than the original.
This feels especially true to me about the baby's bottom, which seems to be slipping out from the mother's hands.
With all the trees in the background being grey and leafless, I get a feeling of desolation surrounding her, which feels very sad. Yet the vivid color of the painting and its glowing golden frame and the bright green of her tree trunk have a warmth and sense of life that feel very appealing to me. The beautiful curves and colors of the mother and child feel to me as if they are strong and protected within the frame, as well as down to the earth through the vibrant green roots.
I think it is a wonderful tribute to your mother in law. |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Very cool! |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Aavo, I have seen many pictures from Bristlecone Pines area, and this is definitely the most creative. I think your little dancers are a quite charming addition, and the snow looks great. I really like the graphic b&w treatment you've applied here.
I agree with Kirsti about the amount of detail in the dancers. You might consider applying a levels correction (duplicate the image so it's on its own layer, click Cmd+L on a Mac or CTRL+L on a PC, click on the black eyedropper in the pop-up box, then click your mouse on the dark grey area under the dancers). |
Oct 13th |
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| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Thanks, Alan.
The reason I asked is because my impression of the image is that the man is the victim, trapped like an animal in a cage by a group of women who have power over him. |
Oct 6th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This is such a beautiful beach scene! I love the colors and softness of the clouds, and all the subtle colors in the sand. The horizon is in the middle but that totally works in this image, perhaps because the green is broken on the left by the sand dune. The girl is lovely and wonderfully relaxed. She looks very natural to me on the couch. I love the crow with its mouth open, obviously talking to her.
Personally, I really like all the crows. They are all flying in on an undulating line, hurrying to join her with the others. Alan's version looks to me as if the ones in the sky are just randomly flying around and a few crows dropped in for a chat.
The closest flying birds have no detail, which doesn't bother me because that's how crows look in pictures unless you overexpose. But it feels to me as if one or 2 of them are upside down (beaks pointing up).
I might consider bringing one of those birds lower to the ground, to make its destination even clearer.
I'm impressed, Maria! I don't think of crows as being friendly or capable of being sociable with people, but clearly this woman that speaks with crows has charmed them all. |
Oct 5th |
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| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I like where you are going with this. The b&w gives it a mid-century feeling of a scary movie. I can practically hear the organ music.
I think you've done a great job with her skin. The more flawless look is what I would think a ghost would look like. I really like her expression.
I think the house in the background works well. The light shining from only some of the panes gives it a spooky feeling. The mist is a nice touch too.
To me, she feels too solid to be a ghost. I tried to create an alternative here, with two layers of the Lady in screen mode plus one in Normal mode at 72% with just the far left masked in to help cover the background. I also flipped the house horizontally because the tree on the left made it more difficult to superimpose her.
If the Lady is too transparent here, you could add another layer in screen mode.
I think Affinity's screen mode works the same way as Photoshop's.
(I like the light in the window a lot but didn't add that to my version since it doesn't have anything to do with her transparency . ) |
Oct 5th |
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| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I think the colors of the mannequins work nicely with the gray gradient background. Your technique in masking and perspective is flawless as always.
I find this image to be very creepy, but I know you said it was not a Halloween image.
I don't understand the allegory. Can you explain it to me? |
Oct 5th |
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