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I like how you capture the atmosphere even without those bulky details, but i really just admire the apocalypse not the pinnacle of human sci-fi , with preferences aside this is an outstanding artwork, make more!
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I really love the atmosphere shown in this! The overall environment is full of detail, and you can see you've put exceptional work into this! I think it looks great as is, though you could have put more detail into the bottom part where it seems like it's a little blurred with gray bits. But really overall, this is amazing! Great job!!
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As this will be another piece (I see that you recently submitted it to that group), I will try to provide some comments from a different perspective. I have been reading for over 50 years, and much of that (at one time a clear majority) was science fiction and fantasy.
This is reminiscent of any number of paperback SF book covers, so you have nailed the genre. As stated earlier, the color palette is spot on. I am curious as to why things are so bright at the top of the work. The light seems more diffuse, yet intensely bright, than what one might expect. Could it be due to the scattering of light in a strange way due to some atmospheric phenomenon with which we 21st century Terrans are not familiar? The other quibble I have is the seemingly random directions being taken by the various vehicles. While it seems that the majority are headed towards the central structure, the somewhat haphazard way they are moving seems likely to result in accidents or near misses. Moving in two-dimensional space (e.g.driving on the surface of a planet) is controlled by the existence of roads. Controlling three-dimensional travel is done on Earth by having air corridors separated by direction and altitude. I would expect that an advanced civilization (such as the one that built what you have depicted) would have engineered something to control traffic, particularly around a busy hub. While I suppose that the vehicles themselves may likely have anti-collision capabilities, I cannot think that any advanced civilization would still not want to exercise some control of things like this. Aside from the safety factor, having traffic move along some defined paths would also allow for the detection of anomalous movement which might be indicative of some illegal or illicit activity.
I hope that this has at least given you some food for thought. I did take the liberty of a quick glance at some of your other work. I is obvious that you have talent, and are defining a personal style with your surrealistic/impressionistic pieces. That you are so young... well, frankly, I am a bit jealous of your artistic talents. I will have to keep an eye on you to see what else you have in store for us.
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Thank you for the constructive criticism and advice! The idea of the the controlled movements of traffic definitely makes sense, and if I ever do a redo of this, I would like to incorporate that.
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I'm a member of a group I just found out about, --- ProjectComment
One of my New Year's resolutions was to start giving better and more constructive comments.
So here goes:
I'm really liking this.
The colors are perfect for this kind of thing, and the way you've gone from darker to light from foreground to background
works really well. It's reminding me of the city in Blade Runner.
I kinda agree with what DH000-RABOTNIK said. A bit more at the bottom just to give a better idea of
what's down bellow. Not necessarily adding orange (I think that would take away from the atmosphere of the city as it is)
On the other hand, you might lose some of the panoramic feeling.
The only part that bothers me is one area to the lower left of the central tower.
(the grey part that looks like a cone shaped building with rectangular windows.)
To me, it looks more like a street receding into the background that doesn't quit fit with the perspective of the city.
If it is a street, it doesn't seem to head towards the right vanishing point for the piece.
If it's elevated street, it should be more obvious that it's elevated.
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I hadn't seen that cone before! Thanks for alerting me to its presence haha, once you see it you can't unsee it! Now that I see it there, I am thinking I would like to incorporate some roads going back into a redo of this piece if I ever did it, so thanks a ton for the criticism!
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Cool! Thanks for taking the comment in a good way.
You could either add something to make it looks more like streets or more like a building.
It could go either way.
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My goodness. The way this is made/composed is near-perfect - everything from the abstraction itself to the scene that it's applied to is brilliant. The usage of white and blue with the odd speckle of red to light the city itself is wonderfully-done. If I'm going to be brutally honest, I'd love it if the image were extended downwards a little bit more and the roots of the urban jungle were given an orange-red tint to show the contrast between the cold above and the relatively warm depths below.
You really should make more like this; I don't think that it's not worth snapping up as a print! Now if only I had some cash...
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Thank you so much for the nice words! I appreciate it, and if I ever do a redo, I will definitely add some more details in the foreground.
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You really should consider using a bit more saturation. It would go well!
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