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LuxDani — Silvertip Wild
Published: 2009-05-26 22:36:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 663; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 28
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Numba three, letsee how long I can keep this up.So much to do and so little time to do it. Deadlines suck.
Silvertip bear. AKA Grizzly
I really screwed this piece over with the experimenting I did. The base is watercolours, then is overlayed with pencil crayons, acrylics and more watercolours.
I can't even begin to explain how much better it looks in real life. Photo is kind of a disgrace, actually.
Closeup here yo
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Just from looking at your close-ups, I can tell it's probably does look much better in real life than how the scanner did. However, sometimes scanners can help us find those flaws and help us improve. They exaggerate on the areas we don't execute as well. ^^ Do you still wish for a critique from me?
Overall, you did a beautiful job with this and my favorite part would be the mountains (the one on the right, closest to the bear especially). You've done a great job with giving them texture, mixing colors, and each one having a slightly different shape from the rest. The one on the far right is my favorite of them all because it shows a little more detail in the rocks and because it stands out from the rest due to its lighting and contrast between the sky.
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Mm, a critique would be nice, but omit anything about the feet. I'm not pleased whatsoever about how the front paws came out, so yeah. Anything else would be fine. <3
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Alright - I'll ignore the feet.
The majority of the anatomy was executed pretty well, but I would just raise the hind a little. It seems to be going a little too low, even for a bear. Here's a good example of a bear: [link]
The overall major thing I would recommend to focus on is your coloring. You did a nice job with getting texture and neutral colors in, but now you want to make the colors stand out a little more. Exaggerating the lights and darks can really help an artist out, and the finishing results never look extremely exaggerated. So if you practice on lights and darks, I think you'll do just fine. ^^ Keep up the amazing work!
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I see what you mean about the hind, but the reference I used (one I took at a zoo a few years ago) had the bear with his front half on a rock and therefore his back and hind legs were lower then the front. I did that in the painting but I didn't really make it seem that way with the front legs. But that was the purpose anyways. :\
I'll definitely work on the colours, in the near future. And dramatic lights and darks are fun, not to mention they look so much better.
Thanks Shanree <3
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Mmmm... just remember that although you know what you want to show, we don't know unless we see it. ^^ Don't worry, that took me a while to fully figure out as well. I guess what I'm trying to say is that make sure your picture can stand on its own since not everyone reads the artist's comment.
Yup, no problem. Glad I was able to give you one last critique before it ended.
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This looks really excellent. I love how you did the fur, it looks awesome and the texture is lovely. I am also fond of the background, it looks wonderful, I love those mountains and the way you did the trees. Bears are so neat, you did a really great job on yours. I think they are kind of difficult to draw in some ways but their anatomy is most fascinating.
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Wow D:
The detail in this is magnificent! All those little trees! O:
I love the detail and texture on the rock too. I'd love to see this in person. :C
Wonderful work~<333
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A photo would be disgraced by this beauty owo
That's amazing! Beautiful! ~
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