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CaraKhan — Dancer
Published: 2009-10-11 03:03:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 2049; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 0
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From an old sketch, Cacodaemonia told me to finish it. I neverdo that so I decided to give it a try. I'm conflicted over my choice of colors, I'm not sure they work. But I still kind of like it.
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The image presents a centralized focus of this character's mood or mindset. She is so obviously into her dance and rhythm that everything else fades away; even her dress has more detail, gesture, and motion than anything in the background. However the background clearly displays a public event, and how she just may be the life of the party. This woman in the red shows wild, twisting motions that complement that focus. The color scheme sets a warm climate which is as stunning as it is subliminal. This nightly goddess is either in a trance, completely out of body, or dare I say at some level of inner-peace. If anything, the only negative aspect of this image is the DA logo slapped right in the middle of the piece which dulls and confuses the eye.
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Thank you! All of that was definitely what I was going for. Unfortunately I've had some issues with theft and feel that the watermark is necessary, or I'd resize the image to be much smaller. I wish it wasn't an issue because I hate it too.
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I always have that look on my face when I belly dance. I try to smile but I always start concerntraiting on my stomach muscles... I really love the expession and the flowiness of the skirt. Excelent color scheme too.
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That's exactly what I was going for, she's in the zone
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Great Work as always! I love how you did the background crowd, it's very subtle and works well to make the dancer pop.
The dancers "trance-like" state is awesome and the cloth flows well which captures it's light weight.
The color combo works! So don't doubt yourself there.
Awesome Work!
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thanks, i'm always most doubtful of my color work. I just know I don't quite get it yet, and I end up
over saturating everything. I just need to work on bringing it down a notch
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She looks like she's in a world of her own.
Colours work very well - the red and green hues are stark against what appears to be the night sky.
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I like the colours, I think they work really well!
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The colors seem to match the theme perfectly! Very beautiful!
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Aaaaaaah, you rock!! 
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I was sort of going for creepy, I think I just needed to fully commit to one or the other. That and I need to learn how to blend better, I feel like it never exits the sketchy stage. I like the green shadows too though
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Do you use Painter or Photoshop?
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photoshop mostly. Used to use painter all the time, I'm not sure why I stopped either.
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I've never been able to blend in Photoshop, but some of the Painter tools do an awesome job of it.
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Yea i used to use it all the time, but I never got the hang of all the brush controls. Perhaps I should just open it back up again
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It took me a looooong time to get used to Painter, and I still don't know all the ins and outs. I really love how a lot of the brushes apply and blend colors, though.
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Wow, the lighting is incredible! Red was definitely the right color choice.
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