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Published: 2009-01-17 02:04:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 11078; Favourites: 257; Downloads: 310
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Gracie made me do this.
upload it, I mean. This piece is really old, I think I did it in october '06, haha. And now I am being forced to show you! But anyhow, here it goes, I hope some of you like it 
I think it took me about an hour or so, and I probably used some reference for arctic sceneries, haha.
On a sidenote, even if this is not a recent picture, I haven't been dead, nor inactive, haha. There were and are a lot of issues with my computer though. However, I might show you a commission that I did in december for a local band soon, so keep an eye out for that.
Daniel
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Beautiful light! The water is so reflective.. and the small white lines, in the rock, give strength to the image.
Maybe it's just a hour, but it's pretty nice!
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Beaucoup de merci, Éliane 
But these speedpaintings have become increasingly important to me...conveying something quickly is such an important part of my work
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I'm really curious to know why this technique is very important to you!
I know that, in the sessions of live models, some poses take only few minutes, and it helps me a lot to improve my drawing.. but I guess in the case of digital painting, maybe that's for different reasons?
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No, on the contrary, I think it's for quite the same reasons 
Here at work I do the same...everytime we start a new area, for a few days all I do is quick sketching. And afterwards we pick the best shots and work them out in more detail
When I did figure drawing with models, I was always glad when we did short poses, for much the same reason. Sadly, in most courses it seems to be longer poses... and I really need to do more figure drawing, I'm crap with figures 
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haha!
It's really interesting, thanks for the explanation!
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Oh you are most welcome, anytime
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OMG, awsome! Can u teach me? So COOL!
Does that pretty much cover the usual comments?
Okay, it makes me SO mad that you have to have the premium membership to leave what dA calls a "critique". Fortunately, I have been more than up to the task of writing my own, without guidelines and a voting system, and have been doing it for some time now.
*sigh*
You know what I like most about this picture? The water is great, and the ice in the water is very well done, but the best part about this picture is the way the wall of ice on the left has the edge three quarters of the way up. It's such a simple thing, but it completely makes the picture in a way that nothing else in the picture did. Of course, that's not to say that the rest of it isn't amazing, but when you put this picture side by side with the other speedpaintings that you've done a little more recently, there are distinct ways that I can see the improvement, which for an artist of your stature is really amazing. I know too many artists in the upper eschelon of the online communities who don't really see a need to continue to improve themselves, which is a dangerous position to take, so seeing you take the effort to get better is really neat.
The only thing off about the picture from a technical standpoint is that the water is too flat. In a narrow straight like the one pictured here, there would be a few more waves present. Or at least, that's what I think.
And man, every time you upload a picture I have to rush off to my notebooks and furiously write up ideas and draw maps. You for some odd reason very much inspire my desire to create new worlds, new locations, and then write them full of odd, often highly sarcastic characters, and give them lots of beautiful women to have sex with...
I digress. But seriously, upload some more, and soon! Or I will have to search you out and force you to continue to draw and upload!
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Oh my god, you're alive
As always, I'm really thankful for your in-depth comment. You are quite right, the water looks a bit calm. I think it was like that in the reference photo that I looked at back then, but some things work in a photo that don't work in a painting. But the icy kind of environment was heaps of fun to do
And I quite like the way you say my paintings inspire you
I don't know though how much I will upload soon, as right now I'm working all on paper with my trusted pencils, pens and markers, and I'm really enjoying it
How's life treating you?
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Haha, yeah, I'm alive and kicking, still. Life's treating me well also, so I don't have any complaints.
You're doing traditional medium art? You should show us some of that. I sometimes think that traditional pens and pencils are harder than digital to draw with.
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Well that certainly is great to hear! 
Hehe every medium has its advantages and disadvantages, so I dunno if I would classify any as harder or easier. But I certainly like how tangible pens and paper are. I'm really enjoying that. I look at these sketches mostly as concepts, though. Putting ideas down and exploring them. And if I like any, I can pick them up later in digital and really work them out. I draw mostly in a small 8x5" sketchbook right now 
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It looks reminiscent of a Casper David Friedrich.
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I don't know about that
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very nice. i really like it, in the thumbnail, i really thought it was a photograph.
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thanks a bunch
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mostly right? pfft! You got it right on
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haha, I see
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lol. heh, we just have like 15-20 cm on the ground. but at least it's white out.
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true true. still early in the winter. we have until end of April and early May of snow until it goes away for good until october
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Haha I see
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Thank you
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sehr sehr cooles bild respect, +fav
ich selber hab mein intuos erst seit ein paar tagen mal schauen ob ich irgendwann auch mal was vernünftiges hinbekomme, war bisher eig nur im photography bereich tätigxD
gruß juan
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Hehe, danke dir
das intuos ist schon ein tolles werkzeug
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[link] hier mal meine erste arbeit xD naja..
jo für retuschearbeiten ist es echt super geht ja alles 3-4 mal so schnell damit^^
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Na immer schön dran bleiben, dann machst du auch schnell fortschritte
Hehe stimmt, retusche mit maus ist nicht so spaßig
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weiss nicht ob du mein journal gelesen hast falls es dich interessiert sag einfach bescheid,
sachen wie keilrahmen laminieren etc gehen auch da dann aber am besten nochmal nachfragen bei mir xD
gruß juan
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Hehe ja, hab ich gelesen. Ich habe aber da momentan keinen bedarf, vor allem in diesen stückzahlen
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nene meine firma hat 3 eigene foto-profi-labore^^ warum in diesen stückzahlen das sind einzelpreise oO für 1/stk^^ da steht nur bei größeren mengen nachfragen 
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Ooh, I remember this one! I liked it back then and I still like it now.
(PS: the title reminds me of a song from the movie "Bring It On")
(PPS: good luck with moving out and stuff, one of the best things I ever did, I'm sure you'll love it too
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Hehe, thanks a lot
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Gorgeous color palette. I love the tones and the light play. Really pretty.
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thank you so much 
tell me, how have you been lately?
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I've been doing pretty good honestly. ^___^ The new year has been kind to me. 
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I've been okay so far, hehe. Now classes are starting again, I'm curious how that will go
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Good luck! I know classes can et pretty hard but you're very smart so I'm sure you'll be just fine.
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that looks awesome! beautiful colours and very nice job on the reflections
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you're welcome! i'm not too bad thanks. enjoying the new year- how about you?
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I'm okay
well not really
but I'm good anyhow, haha. I'll just have to get them done
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