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Griatch-art [2013-01-26 19:02:33 +0000 UTC]

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My favourite part of this image is the sky; notably the parts in the upper left of the image, where the solid reddish hue gives way for pale purple/grey. That really gives a whole different level of realism to the sky. I also like that whereas there was probably some smudging going on while doing the sky the strokes from that smudging is not obvious and are hidden by those fine thin highlights that adds that extra touch of refinement to the bottom of the clouds. Subtle and excellent!

If I may offer some critique it is on the lower half of the image, around the island with the house. The first thing that strikes me is that the house does not seem to have any solidity. It looks drawn on top of the red water, as if you didn't push down the brush hard enough. I realize the heavy red of the image will colour the house as well, but not in this counter-light. All you can hope for is heavy blacks unless your house is, well, transparent. This impression is further emphasized by the windows just showing red, as if the house had no interior. If you really wanted to show the windows you should probably have gone with only faint highlights in the windows; but most likely you wouldn't see any details in this counter-light.
The shadow falling in this calm water is very fuzzy. The water is really acting like a mirror here, so the reflection will be razor-sharp black, possibly only with some waviness at the edges. Same goes for the vegetation sticking out of the water.
Finally, the faint yellow column in the water just underneath the island is not really matching anything in the excellent sky, I'd suggest removing it and try to have the water better mimic the sky above it.

Make no mistake, this is a very good piece! But in my humble opinion I feel that making the island/house more solid as well as reconsider the shadows would make this stand out much more, making the brilliant sky-depiction in the upper half of the image have a matchingly brilliant lower half. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/>
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PhotoComix2 [2013-02-06 19:04:54 +0000 UTC]

For the eye of my fantasy would be no need of a boat..
That may even look as a poor hut on a microscopic island from far , in the tricky red twilight lights

But no, that is not a island but the rich garden of a floating house, and under the blooming garden and the
flourishing tree are no rocks or the metal or wooden shell of a vessel, but the living floating Sponge

are the vapours from her digestion to sustain .

As for direction you may not care much about direction if you have everything you need around , water, sun ,sea,fruit vegetables fish even honey and milk
.The Sponge naturally move following the most , most warm ,clean , vital flow

Sponge will never get close to dead or deadly water , you may trust your Sponge

But you will never live in such a place if you will not know how to naturally and friendly interact with the neural system of the Sponge , if not naturally in sync...
and so ,YES, you may convince the Sponge to a new destination ..but not by forcing or imposing.
Would be much more as to convince to yours beloved to modify the destination of honeymoon , not as giving order to a slave
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...nice painting and atmosphere
As far from criticism... well most of the details i described are not too visible :wink: but well details maybe went lost for that tricky twilight lights
with the neural system of the sponge so ..yes sponge

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BrandonLoucksArt [2013-02-05 20:16:02 +0000 UTC]

To me it would be! Great job!

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virtualTune [2013-01-27 13:10:05 +0000 UTC]

first of all I am a photographer by nature, not a painter, so If I sound overly picky, please excuse me. The colours are great and when I look outside at -20 degrees, I surely would want to be on that island right now. The sky is well done indeed, especially the top half because it has variety and unity, a mixture that is very hard to balance. Towards the lower half the red becaomes a bit overwhelming . In the lower part of the sky one brush sticks out a bit and makes it look a bit amateurish. A little more variety would be more natural.
Now to the water: If this was a photograph then this must be a very long exposure or else you would not be able to capture the sky's reflection so well. However, If that is the case, the surely the house and trees would also reflect much more accuratly.
If you look at all the clouds and then the clear bottom half of the painting, it appears as if the air was very clear which is rather surreal with so many clouds. Adding some haze to the background and thus seperating the trees a little bit from the island up front would certainly help.
If this was a long exposure it would be almost impossible to get some clouds in focus and others blurred/smudged.
All of this only applies if you were going for realism rather than a dreamy surreal place.

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Euphreana [2013-01-24 02:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous work, by the way.

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Euphreana [2013-01-24 02:34:52 +0000 UTC]

I definitely wouldn't mind using a boat to have that house.

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NoctiLuna [2013-01-22 22:56:28 +0000 UTC]

Lovely colours I'd definitely row over there!

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itongtang [2013-01-21 13:00:40 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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sana24 [2013-01-20 07:32:52 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is beautiful, especially the bright and wide use of color. I also love how the eye is drawn in by the paler cloud in the upper left, led to the yellowish clouds & trees on the right then finally the house. There's some really nice movement in this piece. The fact that this was created digitally makes it more impressive I think. Really well done, I envy your landscape skills.

And I think the view is totally worth the boat ride

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