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Artwork Description | Saying even "I'm home" or "welcome back" was unnecessary because he had come home alive and that was what mattered the most.
[ Happy! Arbook Contest Honourable Mention ]
kairosclerosis | the moment you realize that you’re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste.
EDIT (3/20/2015) - just adding this lovely definition from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and another note C: when I wrote my original blurb up, I was trying to put it into words that I didn't believe in happiness because of a few key reasons that are listed above; that still holds true, especially when I try to analyze what makes me "happy". My difficulty in regards to Happy! Artbook Contest was essentially wrapped in the concept of kairosclerosis: I am an extremely logical, rational person by nature. Accepting events or emotions for what they may be is not how I work, and whenever I tried to examine what I defined as happiness, nothing came into being without it seeming shallow and artificial - which was why I had a couple issues with both the theme of the contest and some of the entries, because for me, one cannot simply say "if one does this, one will be happy". It's both an oversimplification and overcomplication, and my entry was my way of addressing that point while trying to remain politically correct and adhere to the theme, although it was difficult to voice this because the concept of happiness is different for everyone.
hap·py | 1) feeling or showing pleasure or contentment ; 2) fortunate and convenient
to be quite honest, i've never really believed in happiness - it's become such a loosely used term in modern society that i can't find any connection to it. for me, being happy and being content are two entirely different situations, as one can feel content - satisfied with their current situation - or proud of their accomplishments, but being happy is another feeling, and the dictionary can only go so far in defining this term. (it's also why i'm loathe to using the word.)
'coming home' was the closest i could get with relating to the societal norm of happiness (more specifically: feeling content, relieved, fortunate). there's usually this wave of relief that washes over me when i see familiar faces waiting for me, and a sense of contentment and security knowing that i can simply say that "i'm home" and am safe every time i head back from university. even though i change and grow as a individual away from home, home itself symbolizes a place of solidarity, foundation - a place that will always be there for me when i need it. with that in mind, i wanted to paint a calm/welcoming/autumny atmosphere that hopefully embodied 'home' and 'coming home' even if it's just one person waiting because they say that home is where the heart is, so yee - my original characters james (black hair) waiting for his close friend rayne (blond hair) to come back from a war, and both of them relieved that the other isn't dead in a ditch.
not sure if i got through my thoughts clear enough haha ; Q ; but yeah - i do realize that other people have differing opinions on happiness; please don't take offense at my personal opinion. i'd love to hear your thoughts in regards to this topic! first time painting trees and now i feel like this is Soliloquial Solitude 2.0, only instead of all the uncreative green, it's period blood red and james and rayne are all "elliot you prat get out of here you already had your time to shine" so they punt him out with the force of a million suns :^la
Rayne Vellis / James + Non respexerunt © gracefulsunshine
crossposted on tumblr. | progress shots can be found here.
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It's no trouble! I think that your work is really amazing, and I appreciate the effort that you put into your art! I'm glad that I didn't read to much into your work! That would have been slightly embarrassing.
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hello again! thank you for leaving such thoughtful comments and opinions on my artwork ; w ; it's always a pleasure to read what you write and i hope i have the honour of receiving more critiques from you in the future!
i enjoyed working with the colours of this piece - i don't think i've used those particular shades of red present in coming home before then, and i'm glad you enjoy them too! now that i realize it though, my characters have too much greyscale in their wardrobe sops it probably does bring out the red hues, though, so i suppose it still works?
and no, you're not reading too much into this! rayne walking into the light exactly what i wanted to depict, even though i wasn't as thorough with my description as i could be, since part of it delves into an unfinished project that still needs more building.
thank you again!
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First of all, this is awesome: the colour choice is brave, because it wants to be non-realistic, it just figures the emotion of the moment, the feelings of the characters. I mean, pink and red are the typical colour of happiness and love (just think about Valentine's cards). Did I write "happiness"? Well, it seems the artist doesn't believe in this word and in this feeling as a permanent state, but showing something related to happiness was the goal of the project thhis work is part of. Is this a paradox? If it is, the artists has brilliantly solved it. Because even if we are not romantic people, and if we think happiness is just an illusion, yet it is part of almost anyone's experience (I hope it is anyone's, without exceptions): one of the first experiences of the babies in their mothers' arms. It's the feeling of coming home, of being in a safe and beloved place, of finding that the ones we love are with us and are fine, that they care for us too, that we are not alone. So, in the end, the description (a bit too long, maybe) is well focused.
The characters don't have a clear and evident personaliy, here. They seem to melt in the environment, and the environment is sunny and pink. In fact, they seem to melt in their feeling of joy, the joy of meeting again after all. It's fine, but maybe if the characters were more defined the impact would be stronger: what you see are a soldier and a boy meeting in a pink forest, and you have to read the description to know that they are close friends happy to meet again after a war (this is just a personal opinion, of course, and that's why "vision" and "impact" don't have the highest mark from me). Maybe, if the light was a little brighter or the colours of the characters were a bit more vivid, the feeling of happiness and relief would be more immediate, but this is another personal point of view.
I know very little about digital techniques, so I give the highest point to it: it's perfect, to me, and gives a strong illusion of traditional painting, which must be hard to get digitally.
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hello! i've said this before, but thanks for the critique * U * you've really put much thought into it and it means lots to me, especially with your analysis of what i've wrote - granted, i did have an even longer description before i was able to shorten it to what's up there currently, but i could (should) be more concise with my wording as long as people still get my argument.
in regards to the colour, i wanted to make it reminiscent of an calm autumn day --- and with that, homecoming (although that's just with the alumni coming back and other stuff but still --- the coming home part), but while i was working on this, i ranted a couple of times to a friend about this being coated with period blood or the blood of one's enemies LOL
my major worry was more about the characters not blending into the environment (so i ended up doing lots of colour theory), because IMO having characters stick out is worse than having characters that match well with the environment, but i'll definitely try to define the characters more next time - the colours are a bit too dark on them. C: the whole story is left debatable to the viewer and their views on coming home, but for me, i wanted to capture the exact moment that rayne (blond hair) notices james (black hair) and is within speaking distance - that moment of shock, relief, fear in a sense because one doesn't know how the other has changed (holy shit i can't believe you're still alive but i'm so glad that you look sane and relatively fine) - it's hard to put into concise words, but there's a black and white photo prominent in US history (that i can't find online ughhh) that has a girl in the motion to hug her SO who was coming back from the military, and it's a reminder of all those fabled coming homes, although i wanted to make mine calm / peaceful / thankful.
it was my first time painting those trees and having to connect the foliage with those trees so i'm quite honoured to hear that it looks like a traditional painting ehe ; u ;
damn i rambled up there sORRY ABOUT THAT BUT THANK YOU AGAIN! i hope you had as much fun viewing this as i had creating this.
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Well, first of all, the description is not too long because descriptions "must be shorter", I just thought that well ... it might have been shorter without damage. But I'm one of the less concise people I've ever met, so I learnt to be a little more concise when necessary, and I did through experience and practice. So, it's fine! You had to tell some things, it's alright, and I know very well how it happens: one writes something, and then he desperately tries to shorten it without taking off too much, it may be hard. It's interesting, though, how you started stating that you didn't believe in happiness, that the word is spoiled of its meaning, that it is an obsession of our world, but in the end you couldn't avoid describing the feeling of coming home and the urge of representing that feeling. Maybe you know more about happiness than you think ...
I didn't think about blood when I saw all that red, but I thought that the characters might seem different things: unknown to each other? enemies? surprised? one of them (the guy on the back side) not aware of the other yet? brothers with different destinies (represented by the different clothes?). Maybe more cheerful colours would show better that they are happy to meet againg. But the suspended atmosphere with the red/pink of the environment may suggest different things to different people.
I focused on the concept and not on the details, but it's true I like the trees (I am a disaster with trees!), especially when I read that those are your first trees, or something like that.
I am not native English speaker, and I always feel English a little too rude compared to my intentions. I like your work, I notice you are very young and already very involved in improving, discussing, listening to feedbacks. I'm very glad you gave me a llama, so that I could meet you ^^
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i suppose it depends on the person for descriptions C: there's usually something to glean from the description, but then again people are lazy and skim over, but it's up to the artist to make it as long or as short as they wish. descriptions do provide an insight into the artist's mind and the artwork, but one could argue both sides on descriptions being part of the artwork.
what i said in my description was that coming home was the closest i could get to relating to the societal norm of happiness - it's something that i can somewhat empathize with, and an experience that i've always loved seeing in various medias and forms. what i feel when coming home is relief and a sense of security and content, which somewhat aligns with the dictionary definition of "happy", but try looking up the definition of time - just like time, happy is a hard word to define, and an even harder word to grasp. my personal definition of happy is that it is unattainable and something that i may never experience, but i'm okay with that.
again, it was left up to the viewer to interpret the scene, but for me and my original characters, i wanted a more calming feel, if that makes sense?
your english is fine! being blunt is better than cushioning your words - apologies if i sound harsh here cos i'm just trying to respond to your thoughts C: thank you for providing your insight on my artwork - it helps me to improve with all my later artworks.
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Dear friend, I think we see things a different way mainly because of age. You must be very young, and argue about what happiness is or may be in general and thinking about the future. I have been through experiences that helped me to understand what could make me happy, and I mean as an individual, not in general. I can tell you that moments of happiness are possible in the life of everyone. But that now there are problems that are a serious menace for the happiness of the youth in the future: in my country, at least, young people don't have anymore that hope of social improvement and self-affirming (is it the word?), that all the previous generations had. This bloody chrysis has changed our point of view, our society, in a permanent way, I fear, and survival has become a problem for people who normally could even afford making plans, building a family ... You are from the USA, aren't you? I hope you have honest politicians, and they can protect your right to hope and build your future, because without that, happiness may become a mere word.
Now, I think that having a personal idea of happiness (or content, at least) as "coming home", is a good thing. It means you have at least a positive and lasting experience of life related to your family and home, not everyone is that lucky, believe me. Something healthy and happy has imprinted your mind, and this will probably bring you to try and repeat that experience, by building a home of your own, a good safe and beloved place to rely on, with a family or something like that. Happiness is not a metaphysical concept, it belongs to this kind of things ...
I was not trying to analyze you, forgive me if I did. I just wanted to aim you: you have better chances than other people to experience happiness yourself. I wish you can get there soon!
A different matter, now: I'm not satisfied with my critique, I wish I had marked higher points, but for some reason my mouse didn't mark the 5 full stars! I even thought it was impossible, then I saw other people could do that, but I can't change anything of the critique without deleting and submitting a new one, and all the comments would be deleted too! ARGH !
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allow me to say that yes, with age comes wisdom, but in no mean does that translate to the fact that because i am relatively young in the scheme of things, my experiences are rendered invalid by people who are far older and have experienced many other unique events. i admire you for knowing what makes you happy, and would like to clarify that i am merely searching for what happiness is defined as in my consciousness and not trying to generalize it for others.
coming home was a melange of a concept/experience that i deeply enjoy seeing in various forms and my own experiences. it was more of the former than the latter, and i'm sure that you're not trying to make harmful assumptions, but please don't make assumptions about one's life. yes, i am privileged to have a non-abusive home with parents whom generally do care about my future. it doesn't mean that it was healthy and happy, nor does that mean that i will probably try and repeat that experience because i have no wish to find a significant other and/or raise children, if any. yes, that could change as i grow older, and many people do wish for a family, but that is not my dream and remains unlikely to become a possibility.
as for the rating, it's fine (if i seemed angry about that, apologies - it's a fair rating C: ) - dA takes the average from what you inputted and it came out to be a 4, so no biggie.
thank you once again for the critique. i hope i haven't said anything offensive in trying to make my points clear, and have a lovely day!
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Fine, I've made up my mind: I'm deleting and resubmitting this critique just as it is, with higher points, you know what I mean. All this conversation shall be deleted too, and I think it's better because your last comment sounded like you were feeling a bit unconfortable with it. This is the last thing I wanted, probably it has become too personal ... But you might want to take some memory of what we said about your work, so I won't delete the whole thing until you tell me I may. If you should want me to keep everything as it is, just tell me and I'll leave it this way. Let me know, my friend ^^
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To be quite honest- would you be okay with leaving the critique as it is? I know the rating is bugging you out, but it's just a number, a rating, compared to an insightful and meaningful conversation (that I probably should have been more mature about, so apologies for that - it's not your fault, so please don't blame yourself), and IMO, that's what matters more.
But yee- thank you so much for giving me the chance to look more in depth about my work, and I sincerely hope that I have the honour of receiving more critiques from you in the future! ; u ;
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Just as you like, darling! And thank you very much for your kind words, I'm just glad I could do something for you. It was very interesting to me too: I realized some things about myself, the most important is that I might "sound" happy and satisfied with my life, while I'm not at all. I didn't mean to boast about my experience, how could I, it would be like boasting about my mistakes, which brought me here (together with wasted talents and unfortunate circumstances), right where I never meant to go . Sometimes I feel like I would like to prevent other people from making my same mistakes, which is not possible. But in all this stupid mess of my life, there is something valid: I have always had faith in hope and in the possibility of being happy, not just because I am a stubborn romantic, but also because something happened that proved me I was right. I think I felt like making this critique of because your work created an echo in me, about this matter that is important for me. Have a nice week end
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Dear gracefulsunshine, I think you are right. Nobody who knows you just from afar, through the internet and no more than that, should try to guess what you think, who you are and what you want.
And I didn't absolutely mean that I am wiser than you or so because I am older. Being young could make a great advantage: your feelings and sensations are probably vivid and strong, I remember it very well, and this is absolutely a plus when it comes to finding what makes you happy. You and nobody else, of course, as you say.
Once more, I tried to tell you just this: be confident in the future! Why saying that happiness is something "you may never experience" (I'm quoting your words), or that "a family is not your dream and remains unlikely to become a possibility"? What can you know? I don't have children either, a family may be just one person in your life that turns "coming back" into "coming home".
I didn't want to intrude, really! So sorry if I did. Just ... when you put in public your art, and explain it too, with personal matters, someone may try to go a little forward than just looking at it and saying "oh, I like it".
The critique: it's not you who claimed not to be satisfied with it, it's me ...
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My goodness- where do I start?
Firstly, I absolutely love that every brush stroke is visible. It makes it feel 'natural' to me when you have beautiful streaks alongside each other, especially when it adds flow to the piece by moving in the perfect direction to match the shape of whatever it is you are colouring and shading.
The colours are without a doubt are just so beautiful- the red of the natural surroundings perfectly framing the two characters and the way they are shaded with hints of red to reflect it~
The character designs are amazing and their anatomy is perfect, especially considering their distance from each other, taking into account the perspectives.
The details in their clothing really make them stand out and that just rounds off this piece to being pretty much perfect~
Perhaps deeper shading would somehow improve this but honestly, I'm stuck on what I can say to help you with improvements as all I can see is a perfectly beautiful piece of work!
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hello! thank you so much for taking the to critique my artwork * U *
i was slightly worried that all the leaves i drew might be to out of place in the whole piece since i drew every single one individually so i'm happy to hear that it flows nicely with the composition! red/light purple is a such a lovely colour palette to work with too, even if it's more surrealistic than realistic at this point.
oh gosh character designs -- i ended up going on dreamselfy to figure out how i wanted to dress one of them LOL (the one with the newsboy cap.) and figred out that leather and i were never meant to be but armor is a thing
armor and pauldrons and belt buckles are hot yes hnnng
i definitely could have added more shadows to this (legit shadows too ayy) and adjusted the contrast so it was more stark - i'll keep this in mind for the next time i play with foliage and forest themes and hopefully improve on it.
thank you again!
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The leaves are actually really pretty~ Like epic confetti!
And YUS! The colour pallette is p e r f e c t~
ARMOUR IS FSDGSDGJNISGNIS I mean come oooooon ( ) ->
Anyway- you are very welcome for it and you deserved the compliments SO MUCH- I really hope I can do digital paintings like that someday. I am working towards that and really admire your work for being of such beautiful standard~
I saw this piece in the Comment group thingy (terrible memory) and was IMMEDIATELY drawn to it- I just couldn't scroll passed~
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eeee yeeeaaa armor implants are a thing too * U * she looks lovely in your style!
oh gosh thank you - it really means a lot to be put on a standard and i hope i don't disappoint in the future! ; u ; i'm sure you'll be able to do backgrounds and everything even right now C:
(are you referring to project comment? i regularly submit some of my more finished pieces for concrit because goodness i could really use some concrit; was slightly worried that people weren't going to critique it though haha)
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Oh goooosh thank you~ She's my number one OC!
I'm absolutely certain that you'll never disappoint~! And I'm certainly working on it! Backgrounds are definitely my weakest point :c
And yes~ That's the group~ I just joined and you were the first I chose to critique~ Can't wait to see more!
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Let me start off by saying that your use of colors is breath-taking. The lighting, colors, and the atmosphere itself matches the mood perfectly. Not bad on painting the trees, this being your first time doing them. I admire the effect t=of shafts of light slicing through the trees.
I see there is much distraction between the two boys, putting distance between them. It makes them feel so close, yet so far apart.
The boy to the left's armor looks nice, but I would say a little less gray on the red fabric. It almost looks like it's made of part-armor, and part-fabric.
I would say a little more detail on the forest floor, but overall the picture looks full and alive.
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thank you for the critique! ^ q ^ it took me quite a few adjustments and screenshots to get my colours to what it currently looks like on the screen, and even now i'm slightly wondering if a bit more purple would suffice LOL
yee i wanted to put in a sort of --- relieved tension, in a sense, between james and rayne? they're unsure of what to expect, nervous that they won't recognize or deal with the inevitable changes, but still relieved to see that the other is alive.
i'll try and make sure i blend in the colours a bit better next time! for rayne's clothes (anything that is not the belted arm straps and armour), i wanted it to have a grey-red gradient top down not just because of the lighting, and i guess that didn't convey as well as i would have hoped. same for the forest floor - i could have used different brushes instead of a single brush, or added some more details to the forest floor to make it less monotonous.
thank you once again! i'm honoured to have your feedback C:
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You're very welcome! This is my first critique, to be honest. I felt like helping other artists. I'm glad you found the feedback helpful!
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Nice, flowing composition of trees that is unified through the color red. The grey of the mens' outfits contrast with the color scheme of the forest. I would make the woods more realistic as far as colors, and add some shadows and highlights. Although, now that I think about it, the red reminds me of blood, which could evoke "bad blood" between the two guys; excellent use of imagination! Other than that, excellent! I love how you captured the emotion between the two men; it almost seems as if they're brothers or good friends. "Coming Home" is a good name choice for this.
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thank you for the critique! i chose red as the dominant colour as, well - for various reasons, most prominent being that 1) i wanted to draw an autumny scene and it's amazing to see all the vibrant hues in forests and such (also homecoming is during autumn so why not), 2) red is associated with happiness and luck in chinese culture, 3) blood ties or no blood ties - the two characters in the picture still have a bond as close friends, and i'm glad that it managed to show through in the end. C: it's also probably why it doesn't look realistic because i was going for a more surreal scene than anything.
it could definitely use more contrast, though! i focused on the details more than the general look while painting this, and didn't add highlights until the end ^^"
thanks again!
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This is awesome! I really love the colors you used for this X3! It is great! I like the character designs also! Your artwork is so pretty X3!
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late, but thank you kindly! ; w ; it was a lovely experience to play the specific hues of red and purple used this piece, and i loved coming up with the outfits for my bbs ;;
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You're welcome X3! I'm glad it was a great experience! Aww! I know that feeling too! (Although a ton of my sketches are not on here...but one day I will get them on here!). I really like the outfits you came up with also X3!
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I want to take a walk through this forest SO BAD omg ;w;. The light shining through all the leaves looks breathtaking, and the piece just seems so bright and lovely and happy 
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eep thank you for writing such a lovely comment! ;; i'm glad to h ear that what i wanted to reflect from the piece is clearly noticeable from your words /////V///// mm not exactly sure if taking a walk through this forest is a good idea tho with how much red i dumped on it LOL
i'm not exactly sure how long this took me, from start to finish, as it's been nearly a year since i finished this, but i want to say around 30-40 hours? perhaps a bit more. i never intended to actually do progress shots until i realized that i had quite a few
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Wow, that's pretty impressive! I've rarely done digital art, so the progress shots were interesting for me to see 
Your art is very beautiful and speaks a lot of volumes... (it's given me "feels" XD) Keep up the good work!
P.S
I still want to take a walk it's too pretty
(I hope this comment makes sense wow )
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whoops, i never realized that my last couple words got cut off at the end :"( meant to say that i never realized that i had quite a few wip shots lying around - i think this piece was what started me in taking progress shots of my future works, haha.
i'll do my best to not disappoint in the future! i do love when people get feels and angst wwwww
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omg your backgrounds are 10/10 such perspective
your coloring is also v noice
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...i'm not sure if you meant this seriously but thank you?
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yes i did mean it seriously this is gorgeous
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So cool! I really like the way you painted the trees, the strokes you did for their trunks flow very nicely, and OH MAN!!! I just love the rays of light coming through the tree canopies... so spectacular!
Keep up the great work, my friend!
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it was my first time painting trees in this piece, so i'm extremely flattered to know that it turned out well! adding the rays of light was probably one of my favourite things to do with this piece, haha.
i'll do my best to not disappoint in the future!
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They turned out very well indeed! And I can see why you enjoyed adding the rays!
I'm sure you won't disappoint, my friend! Cheers!
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Jeez, I'm slightly intimidated by the critiques below (as I currently type this, once I submit the comment the critiques will be above, of course...) and the detail and wonderful descriptions they use in their feedback
But
This piece is so beautiful ;;
So I had to try and say something
The emotion in this piece is... I almost want to say startling. It has a wonderful impact, both with and without the explanation in the description (which is beautiful too, but I'm trying to take one thing at a time x'D)
The colour is beautiful, and although red is an odd choice for the theme 'happiness', I somehow think it is fitting for the specific... type of happiness you express in this piece.
//plus red is an awesome colour, and you've used it so beautifully ;;
I love the light effect, I have no idea how you got it, but it is really pretty and gets the 'sunlight shining through the tree canopy' (/or something more poetic) across really nicely xD
The clothing of James and Rayne looks really cool, and you've drawn/painted it so beautifully ^^ I particularly love James' scarf(? bandanna?)
The shading on Rayne's hair is beautiful
The general shading on everything is awesome lels
I think I freaked when I found you could zoom in, HOW MUCH DETAIL-
It's honestly so beautiful, did I mention all the straps n stuff on Rayne is cool?
//are you sick of my fangirling yet?
I'm getting sick of me repeating stuff.
I love the the relationship you've briefly outlined in the words "waiting for his close friend rayne (blond hair) to come back from a war, and both of them relieved that the other isn't dead in a ditch." It's so bluntly put, the emotion is raw and hard-hitting.
Oh, oh
Did I mention?
The metal shading on Rayne's right shoulder
Magnificent.
Now; I'd start going through what you said in the description but... wow
This is a horrendously long comment, so uh
Sorry...?
TL;DR: omg this is liek su pretty i luv it, kairosclerosis is an awesome word and lol ye happiness is weird brah~
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before i respond let me just say that i live for comments that thoroughly express one's opinion and reactions to what they see oh gosh thank you for the thoughtful response! i'm absolutely floored by your comment //////V////// and don't be intimidated - everyone has their own way of formulating their responses C:
in retrospect, while i chose red as it reminded me of blood and all the frustration i had while working on this, i also was reminded of the fact that red is attributed to happiness (traditional weddings in particular are basically a sea of red i suppose) in chinese culture - and while this isn't a wedding, it is a reunion, so i guess that sorta counts? i also wanted to use something other than my usual blue-purple hues, and i'm hoping to use that hue again some day because it was an amazing experience to work with it!
as for the light shining through the leaves, i just created a layer set to addition, and used a brush that was set to fine flat and made strokes that way; then i lightly erased the start of the brushstroke that i might have not wanted C: i could have probably made them more diagonal in tandem to each other though. (hope that helps explain it a bit!)
rayne was such a pain in the ass to shade and i kept on complaining to a friend because ALL THOSE STRAPS ughghghhg but aesthetic is a thing wwww i'm glad you liked the metal pauldrons though! armor in general makes me hnnng too hard :") james's scarf is one of my favourite features about him his clothing, never mind that they're both wearing basically greyscale outfits and i am horrible at designing outfits
thank you for the positive response on my characters and their designs they're part of this original work that i still haven't finished but i'm hoping to upload more artworks featuring them one day (although there's quite a few of them in my gallery already haha)!
(i think i've responded to everything...?) definitely hoping to see your insight on future artworks! if i can scrounge up enough motivation to finish them that is
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*looks at my comment* wait, why is it white? Is my computer broken? Is my deviantart broken? Is- OH MY GOD YOU FEATURED MY COMMENT.
//shot
I don't even
I don't even know what to say
Thank youuuu :')
The fact you even read my scarily long comment and replied (and so quickly) was enough to have me flipping, but
Wow.
Dawwww, haha, you're welcome xD I'm glad I didn't... scare you off? lels
Mhmm. I just kinda... I don't even know. Just kinda threw out any and all of the thoughts running through my head. Look at my comment's wonderful structure.
Oooh, I never thought of that xD Yeah, that's an interesting way of looking at it xD
Odd, because in psychology, red is attributed to things like danger, sex, anger and so on, stimulating aggression and impulsive thinking. That's why sale signs ins stores are all (usually) red, because it grabs your attention, and triggers that impulsive thinking to buy buy BUY-
//I'll shut up about psychology now.
It does look really pretty, and although there are darker shades, it comes out as a kinda pink - which kinda makes it seem softer and... I really don't know what I'm talking about haha, but the red/pink is pretty, and I honestly can't imagine the forest being any other colour.
Ahhh, yeah. Blue-purple just looks so pretty though, haha, I can understand the temptation xD
Ah. I'm guessing you don't use Fire Alpaca
Nah, that does explain xD It has a really cool effect, I'll definitely be trying it xD haha
Pahaha omg, yes
Detail makes for pretty characters, but stressy artists lels
Pahaha, yes, I totally agree
Pffff- *splutters* you're bad at designing outfits? All my characters have lived in the standard jeans-and-hoodie outfit for years. I have about fifty. The majority of them literally have a costume design that stops after naming the colour of their hoodie. And even that's either blue or red, //shot
Or their clothes/hair is really dark, so it's like hAVE FUN SHADING-
Greyscale is so pretty tho owo
Eeee, you're welcome xD I look forward to seeing more of them xDD
Mhmmm, will definitely go look as soon as I get a spare moment (:
(I think so...?) Oh, definitely xD
Pahaha, oh my, yes, I completely understand x'D
I wish you luck, artist's patience and motivation~ xD haha
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it's true that red is associated with that in psychology, but colours do have different meanings in different cultures and i just decided to forgo one for another in a way to connect back to my roots C:
i use SAI, although i've been meaning try clip studio paint sometime sooner or later. good luck! (i tend to stream quite often, so if you stop by one of my sessions, just ask me on tips or anything and i can try and help.)
jeans and hoodies is still quite attractive depending on the jeans and hoodies haha -- i only have a couple OCs because most of the ones i've created are basically a mix of the ones that i use the most, but it just means that i can draw them more :") hair wise, i've found that i tend to go with natural hair colours, but i've always wanted a character with light blue hair since i enjoy shading blue hair the most. hmmm. hMMM. one day.
i'll be needing all of that and more ughhhhh
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Yeah, that's really cool xD
Your roots? Oooh, that's awesome xD
Ah, yes. SAI. *sighs longingly* Apple doesn't like good programs ;;
Luckily Fire Alpaca is pretty good... I think...
Oh yeah, clip studio paint, I really... totally know... what that is... *quickly googles*
oh my. Okay. That... Good luck. It looks complicated 0.o'
Oooh, definitely, I'd love to xD What times do you stream? And uh, what time zone is that? lels
Pahaha, well hopefully x'D
Ahh, that's an interesting way of narrowing down your OC's. I might... well, need to do that, maybe.
And lol yeah, the amount of characters I just have rotting away in the depths of my Notes... Poor buggers.
Yeah, same here, tbh. So that means very little deviation between all my many many characters, whoops.
Ooh, sounds cool xD I always find blue easiest to shade for some reason x'D
Pahaha xD
Pahaha xD Don't we all (:
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haha, thank you! i'm happy to hear that you liked the colour choices for this composition ^ q ^
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I did! It's awesome!!! Keep up the good work!
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I especially love those trees 
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thank you! it was my first time painting trees so i'm glad you like them ///V///
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Wow! Very impressive
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