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Published: 2007-01-30 14:35:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 31821; Favourites: 826; Downloads: 295
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I don't know. I was going for something, but I don't think I quite got there. Maybe the sheep needs more dark washes over it to push it back even farther into the shadows, but once you start doing that, you can make yourself crazy, going "Just one more wash!" until you've got a solid black painting.I don't know.
One to shove in the studio for a year or two until I figure out what I'm missing, maybe.
18 x 24, mixed media, mostly acrylic. Original is for sale, I guess, and prints are available.
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It may be just me and my overly critical eye, but the left "wall" really seems to flatten the image. The right wall is in perspective so it gives a sense of depth. The left wall though, does not provide the eye with any spacial information. I know the angle of the scene would make that wall accurate physically, but compositionally it is distracting. But as always you've done a great job capturing the character of your... character and the rock texture is exceptional. Thanks for sharing!
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There's something poignant about this piece!
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Oh! Poor sheep. ;_; I've seen many a sheep sheared in real life, but I can't say whether or not that affects my perception of your sheep, somehow. The fact that it's Gearworld does make me fear for it regardless, alas.
I love that you can feel that it's terrified without its having any cartoony, exaggerated features, apart from the pose. Great job with the texture of the wool, too.
I think that the original sketch has more sheer (argh shear puns) "creep" factor because of the starkness, but the painting is more... erm... firmly surreal?
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Poo tortured sheep! I'm suffering with him, what a nightmare! I hope he really get's more shadows to hide him, perhaps then the scissors won't see him!
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I love it just like it is. It makes me think that the farmer lost his shears and the sheep is giggling because he knows where they are... but isn't telling!
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Don't rely on black shadows to do the work... black (especially with white to tint the highlights) usually just flattens things out, instead of setting them back. Try a warm/cool contrast for the shadows and see if that works.
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Generally I use a combination of paynes grey and raw umber for darks, yes.
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It reminds me of a Gary Larson cartoon. 'The Golden Arches got me!!'
(maybe instead of pushing the sheep into the background, you could pull the scissors out? Or maybe in another version, you could paint the sheep trying to go incognito?)
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It's awesome, but it somehow reminds me of Silence of the Lambs XD
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I think the sheepy lost a little bit of vitality from the sketchy, s/he looks stiffer. Maybe that's what's throwing you?
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Maybe it's just me, but could it be that what you're missing is the sheep's harmonica?
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Maybe it's just me, but could it be that what you're missing is the sheep's harmonica?
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Love the image, but I agree it doesn't quite feel like it is sitting in that space. You may look at the highlights instead of the shadows? Still very cute!
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I love the expression, it's like the sheep is fearful yet full of giggles all at once. The evil shears have been defeated and bound, and while the fear still lingers, there is a wellspring of glee bubbling up and threatening to spill over. I like it, plain and simple. 
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I think the light looks good like it is. It looks like he was trying to hide and just got found out. ^^
But, you know, that's just me.
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I have to admit, sadly, not one of your most inspiring pieces. Something seems off... if I weren't so tired I'd be happy to pin it down.
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This reminds me of that movie coming out, Black Sheep, about were-sheeps... o_O Neat stuff, I like this.
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gear world sheep,, I love it, though i must say only you could make a sheep look so.. err no quite so dumb as usual...
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Billy. He who taught Bob Dylan the Harmonica, sits on the last day of his life, in the barn, contemplating the afterlife. As a giggle comes to him he realizes that supper is around the corner.
Too bad he's lived on spoiled beans for the last several years of his life.
.......
I noticed you didn't attach a cute story to this one, so I hope you don't mind, I just couldn't resist. hehe. I love your stories that you create with your art.
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What a creative compisition. I love the earth tones you got in there for a farm yard animal and love how he is sitting. The expression is great. I woud just around his back left belly part darken the back that is in there slightly and then highlight the belly, the front legs and the rear leg on the right. Maybe his nose a little more and the edge highlight on his right ear and round off the top a little that would make it pop. But over all what a great fun image. - Linda
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I agree, at some point the sheep lost the horror and ended up looking like one of those devotional paintings of Mary... Like maybe Fra Angelico's _Annunciation_. Something about the ears, too....
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For some reason, i think it needs a plastic bag. *blinks* but that could be sleep deprivation talking...
hehe, it's cute though.
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I first thought it was a sheep playing the blues on a little harmonica. I don't know how he'd hold onto it, though =/
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I love this. The sheep looks scared. Reminds me of the Pink Floyd song "Sheep" for some reason.
~Ra'akone
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Friend sheep looks like it has just seen something obscene. (After all, what are shears for except to make sheep violently naked??)
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It's really wonderful to see a darker piece from you. You have such an affinity for the cheery, funny, cartoonish style, but ones like this will always be my favorites of yours. This one is all about texture - I like the sketch, but I think the finished piece has so much more depth and realness, whether or not the feeling you wanted to come through actually did.
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I think actually a very dark wash over the left half of the sheep, keeping the other part exposed a bit to the light, would change this dramatically. 
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The face in the sketch somehow looks more scared... almost tearful, actually... if that helps at all
I love the textures you've used though, and the scissors really stand out against it all. Really nice. Missing your interesting back stories though...
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Why don't you try making it darker digitally? That way, if you go too far you can just click "undo". I love "undo".
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very inner darkeshness........very....very......but I dig it.
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i don't know why, but the original that became this and this, look sooo different. I mean their the same thing, but i guess it's just the difference of if it has color or not that just gives them a different feel... weird. Wonderful work on both though
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great emotion too it he seems very afraid of being sheered cowering there in the corner
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This one has too dark atmosphere. I liked the sketch the most - it blinks with an eye
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hey amazing painting! I Iove the dark colors!
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Well, maybe it didn't come out quite as you wished, but remember: to err is human, to forgive ... ovine.
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Well, maybe it didn't come out quite as you wished, but remember: to err is human, to forgive ... ovine.
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I'm such a dork, when you said 'wash' I was thinking laundry. So I was all like, "Throw that sheep in with the load of darks!"
Yeah, I have no brain. Anyway, I like this piece, especially the random scissors.
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wonderful piece - I really feel for the poor guy. And I dont think you need another wash, it looks pretty good to me!
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Hmm, maybe instead of soft dark washes it could do with some harsher noir like shadows? Hard to say... Heh.
Such is art. =]
-Diana
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for a second I tought the sheep was playing a harmonica and that was just a little too odd.
lovely piece
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