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Anavar — per aspera ad astra

Published: 2009-08-19 00:07:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 700; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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Description Scanned this as a little test. It's a very small portion of what I think was my final art project in grade 11 (but I'm not entirely sure). This is the best image I could get, seeing as it's painted on a 20x20 canvas (which won't fit on my scanner), and it's far too shiny to take a photo of (believe me, I've tried).

My still-in-progress space paintings will be better than this (I hope), for 3 reasons:
I'll be putting more effort into them, as I hope to sell them;
I did this over 2 years ago, and my skills generally improve over time;
I won't get lazy with the background stars (like I did here) and just splatter some runny paint onto the canvas.

In case you're curious, this little purple/indigo galaxy is NGC 3310.

EDIT: Made it bigger, now you can see it better if you want to.
Btw, did you know there's a category just for space paintings? I only found out the other day. Nifty.
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Comments: 17

ChrisPagan [2010-11-21 15:49:34 +0000 UTC]

how exactly do you make the "stars"?
I have a really tough problem on making them :\

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Anavar In reply to ChrisPagan [2010-11-21 17:27:58 +0000 UTC]

On this painting I made the paint runny and just splattered it everywhere. On all the other paintings, I use toothpicks.

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GreenSheepB [2009-11-19 20:22:39 +0000 UTC]

yay~! someone else who knows what this means!

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Anavar In reply to GreenSheepB [2009-11-19 20:38:40 +0000 UTC]

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TeardropDragon [2009-11-01 20:08:31 +0000 UTC]

hello. if im going to crit this then, on its beautiful, if your going to sell them i would make the stars smaller and maybe get rid if the red dots, or use less of them and make them smaller. i hope this helps.

i love it though! <3<3<3

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Anavar In reply to TeardropDragon [2009-11-01 20:10:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! But I did say up there that this is a few years old and I simply got lazy on the stars. If you've looked at my other finished space painting, you can see that I did make the stars smaller and neater.

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TeardropDragon In reply to Anavar [2009-11-01 20:12:48 +0000 UTC]

oops. sorry! *goes to look at new art*...*quickly*

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Anavar In reply to TeardropDragon [2009-11-01 20:17:55 +0000 UTC]

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JLafleurArt [2009-08-19 19:03:31 +0000 UTC]

You finished one? yay!

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Anavar In reply to JLafleurArt [2009-08-19 19:06:21 +0000 UTC]

No, this is part of that big one that I did in art class a couple years ago.

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JLafleurArt In reply to Anavar [2009-08-19 19:12:09 +0000 UTC]

oooh. why only a part?

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Anavar In reply to JLafleurArt [2009-08-19 20:08:16 +0000 UTC]

Didn't you read what I wrote in the 'artist's comments'?

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JLafleurArt In reply to Anavar [2009-08-19 22:12:45 +0000 UTC]

nope.

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UncleGran-Gran [2009-08-19 01:45:35 +0000 UTC]

Paint splatters are fun, though!

*Finds this nice even with its age.*

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Anavar In reply to UncleGran-Gran [2009-08-19 02:30:11 +0000 UTC]

Yes, but they don't always work quite right.

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Linitha [2009-08-19 01:41:42 +0000 UTC]

Gawsh this is so awesome : D! *Instant Fave*

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Anavar In reply to Linitha [2009-08-19 02:30:15 +0000 UTC]

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