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Birgitte-Gustavsen β Up To The Neck WIP
Published: 2012-01-22 20:12:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 5210; Favourites: 163; Downloads: 30
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Edit 3 : Still working on this, though it's going slow. Still quite a bit refining to do, and then to do some brush work, and make that face less Photoshop smooth.I don't particularly like using references for images that I may consider one day selling as prints, but if I can't get some acceptable forms on those flowers I may have to cave in. They started as quite sharp and pointy leaves, but they've eventually ended up rounded. It's not just about lines, but the shading as well, quite a few of them just doesn't look like they have a petal thickness. They seem chunky and too solid.
I also don't quite know how to improve the far background, I imagine some willow trees and suchlike, but it doesn't look quite right as it is.
Any others comment to help me making the submerged figure more realistic in the water, improving the composition or anything that comes to mind, feel free to share your opinion
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Hi, and sorry for such a late reply. I've been gone for a long while, and am now trying to answer at least some of my many forlorn comments. Basically the long ones and the questions. Anyway, thank you for the kind words and for the suggestions
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You're welcome
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I like the style... and the composition too.
I don't have lot of tips about the realisme of the figure, I'm sorry .__.
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It is truly magical. Good drawing and perfect colors mixed up. Great work!
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ALmost painful to see... this raw emotion. Desperation and helplessness. Well done expressing the emotions clearly. Lovely color shown in the lotus flowers, they bring a nice and peaceful attitude to this sorrowful picture. Incredible job!
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love the coloring, and the lotuses look amazing.
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very interesting! I like the use of color here, it looks very harmonic. The details are very nice and I really like the texture you created with the brush strokes, gives the picture a nice touch! maybe the contrast could be a little higher, but apart from that it is really nice!
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Rerally beautiful, the colors, the idea. Everything. The perspective is unique.
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Lilies are very beatiful. Quite interesting style of shading
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Nice speed painted brush work mixed with good blending in the human figure. nice work.
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I like the variety of brushstrokes on the lily pads, water and background. Great composition too.
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First of all, this is a really gorgeous piece! I love your painting technique to bits! Those little lines you use add so much to your pictures and make them really interesting to look at
I don't think you should worry about using references, not at all! Particularly when it comes to those small things in the image, like flowers or mechanics or other items. Drawing from references will only help you learn how the subject looks and sooner or later you'll be able to draw them completely without references
I don't really have anything to add about the rest, except that you could try toning down the brightest green in the background. There's some of the same color in the leaves up front and that makes the trees pop a bit too far into the front of the picture. Especially on the right side of the image, try either covering them with some transparent blue or making the area around them look more like they do on the left side
I hope this helped at least remotely...
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Hi, and sorry for such a late reply. I've been gone for a long while, and am now trying to answer at least some of my many forlorn comments. Basically the long ones and the questions. Anyway, thank you for the kind words and such lovely critique 
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Oh no worries!
Likewise
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I just love the technique you used to color the water and waterlilies, this is really awesome!
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They feel on this is fantastic~! I love the shading and expression~! You're very talented, keep it up!
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The water, the reflections on it and the overall color world and feel are great
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Really beautiful, amazing details and colors!
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I like the perspective here and even the emotions in the face of the girl are just amazing.
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A very ambitious piece, and very beautiful colors and loose brush strokes. I see nothing wrong with the flowers. I see one major problem though: the waterline. The water at the chin is higher than at the back of the head. It looks like the waterline is concave, and this probably wasn't your intention (or was it?). Also the angle in which the leaves are viewed is a bit too high (I think the leaves should be viewed more from the side, so they appear a bit flatter).
I hope I don't come on too harsh, because I really like this piece. Enough for faving it, in fact,
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Hi, and sorry for such a late reply. I've been gone for a long while, and am now trying to answer at least some of my many forlorn comments. Basically the long ones and the questions. Anyway, thank you for the kind words and critique is always welcome. I actually did make it a bit curvy because i wanted to increase the impact of perspective, but i do appreciate it may not give off the look i wanted
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You're very welcome, even after almost 2 years!
Okay, if that was the intention then mission accomplished.
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ThanksΒ Β 2 years is probably my record in procrastination where comments are concerned.
Actually, when reading your reply it occurred to me that maybe if I added a submerged section of water I could increase the perspective feel, push it a bit more perhaps, and hopefully give the viewer the feeling that they are in the water alongside her. In the same boat, as it were. Without a boat. There may be hope for this WIP yetΒ Β
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Haha, I don't mind! In fact, I'm glad I could be of some help. Good luck and I'm very curious to see it when it's finished.
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I really love this, the flowers looks so pretty!
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i love the lily's most of all, they're just.. woah, amazing!
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I love the expression on her face it looks like she can barely touch the bottom of the pound with her feet
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This is fantastic work. I wish I could produce something with such feeling to it. Great job!!
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very nice! is the kind of work that makes me wonder about the story around the picture
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The perspective, colours and symbolism all are great. This piece really makes one think.
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Thank you for saying that
Though the idea was purely visual in origin for me, so nothing that resembled proper thought went into it on my end
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wow, the coloring on this looks amazing. can't believe it's a WIP 
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That's sweet of you to say, thanks
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Amazing work, specially the colors, shadows and the Technic that you used in is great
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Very nice! 
I wish I could help you, but I just can't seem to find anything plausible
I'm trying to think most specifically about the far background, but nothing 
Sorry
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Thank you for commenting, and for trying your best
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This has lovely perspective. I can't wait to see it finished!
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