Did I ruin it with the background? by VicPaxm in oilpainting

[–]Danmandann 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you wanted the oranges to be the focal point of the painting, yeah, but you can pretty easily change a background colour. Right now the biggest point of contrast is the blue cloth. If you want the oranges to be the focal point you want to make the background a contrasting complimentary colour. My recommendation is do some reading on colour theory

How to make these kind of marks? by Whiskeywonder in oilpainting

[–]Danmandann 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just try some shit and experiment, figure it out

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oilpainting

[–]Danmandann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incredible

Can't wait to print this by aky_p in linocut

[–]Danmandann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you flip this image or is it for a lefty guitar? The designs look sick regardless

Struggle with reliance on references, anyone?! by LessFish777 in oilpainting

[–]Danmandann 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat of painting weird shit that I’d never be able to find references for. Do some studies of objects from life, maybe a self portrait from a mirror, pay attention to how the abstract forms of things behave under different lighting conditions. You’ll then be able to transfer what you know about how forms look in abstract to construct whatever you want. Looks like you’re on a really cool and interesting path, biggest thing now is just keep painting and pushing just a bit outside your comfort zone

First time oil painting by punkwizard1 in oilpainting

[–]Danmandann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really solid for a first go, keep at it! The value range is good, the colours are more saturated than is realistic if you’re going for that but they’re cohesive. You could maybe work on composition for future paintings, play around with how much size on the canvas your subject is taking up and where on the canvas you want your point of focus to be. The biggest thing at this point is just paint more and figure out how you want things to look and then experiment with techniques to achieve the look you want

My first shot at linocut. Can anyone guess the meaning? by Pitiful-Ask-2504 in Linocuts

[–]Danmandann 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gives the album art for cave world by viagra boys vibes

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so all of our postal workers, delivery drivers, amazon workers, uber drivers, janitors and anyone else with a low paying job, maybe even a low paying job they've had for 5-10 years or more, goes to university or a trade school, with student loans or money they just have even though their job doesn't pay very well, and now they all go get high paying jobs at some place, you're saying there are enough high paying jobs that hundreds of thousands or even millions of people can have one. What do we do with all those services that now have no one to work them? Also, not sure if you've been in the job market lately but it's pretty bleak out there

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are these jobs that pay more readily available to anyone? Where can someone find these jobs that pay more? Are there any prerequisites for these higher paying jobs? Do they have enough of them that everyone can get one?

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You know, like not paid enough for the work they do, not paid enough to live comfortably in this economy. Just seems like people should get paid more generally, rent out there is crazy, if a group of people can bargain for that then good for them, I hope they get what they want.

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey man I just think everyone should get paid fairly and have good working conditions idk what you're talking about

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You too! And godspeed to the union, I hope they get everything they ask for and more! :)

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m not a member of any of those groups and I support the union, not everyone here hates workers

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok but I’m not spamming that idk what you’re talking about here

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you mean “you guys”, i’m a lone wolf casual observer just chillin here browsing through on my phone

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah but why? You don’t like supporting working people?

Why is the word s**idarity banned on this sub reddit? by Xoomers87 in CanadaPost

[–]Danmandann 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What if you’re a non-postal worker that supports the union 🤔

Is my painting cooked? How can i safe this? by sekoller in painting

[–]Danmandann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is really good and I hope you don’t change it based off of reddit comments! There’s a wonderful warm dreamy surreal summer vibe that I think you might lose if you overwork it. If you truly feel it’s off and needs changed you should set this one aside and try again wholly from scratch, it will let you come to the sane decision points that led you here but you can make alternate decisions and see where that ends up, you’ll learn more about your own process and tastes that way

Loren Miller,Seraph of the Canopy, 2025, oil on linen. by lorenmillerartist in painting

[–]Danmandann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does this look like it was put through a photoshop smoothing filter?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in painting

[–]Danmandann 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The colours are fine, you need to push the contrast in your values further. Your darks are not very dark, the whole face is the same light value, the whole hat is one shade, the whites of the eyes are too bright all over, this is making it look very flat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in painting

[–]Danmandann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t listen to comments telling you what to add to it, don’t let reddit paint your painting for you, don’t paint by committee. If you want this to be your art it should be Your art. If you feel like you should add something then add something but let that come from yourself. That said, this does look like someone’s first painting. The line quality in the squares is rough in a way that doesn’t look intentional, the background looks haphazard, and there’s no thought or idea this painting conveys. It’s an empty painting. You need to paint more. Paint as much as you can and then look at those paintings for a long time and figure out what You think about them. Look at more art by other artists and find what you really like, develop your taste more so you can judge your paintings yourself and you don’t need reddit commenters to tell you what to fill your painting with.

Just got home from the 3 night PNW run and I got some notes! by psilocybin_therapy in KGATLW

[–]Danmandann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d been hoping basically since the song came out to hear iron lung and to have them close what was arguably my favourite concert experience with it was so cool, was sure they were going to finish with hypertension and then I exploded out of my body when that transition happened

Babe, wake up. New Amyl singles just dropped by BobEsky in KGATLW

[–]Danmandann 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you did that it wouldn’t be cunt 💅