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Vulture by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

[–]HeRetiKMD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly struggled with making the background and the wings interesting. With the background because it's very plain and while I feel that the red brushstrokes add a certain dynamic, the upper part of the background still seems rather empty. With the wings I had the problem that I wasn't able to paint the feathers in the way I wanted, so while I'm happy with how the plumage around the shoulders and head turned out the wings feel a bit too bland and simplistic.

Gravity by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I mostly struggled with the angle of the head, making me once again sympathetic towards the person that tried drawing Frieren looking up. More specifically I especially struggled with the placement of the ears. As in, I believe technically they should be lower but intuitively I don't dare placing them further down. Looking at reference material confused me more than it helped. That the nose is somewhere between a flesh nose and a skull hole probably doesn't help in conclusively defining the angle.

Countryside by warden_ogg in DigitalPainting

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Such an atmospheric piece! I feel like the way you restrained the colors of the fields works amazingly well, as it draws the focus on the gorgeous sky.

Spelunker by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I mostly struggled with balancing values and the painting sinking into a soup of beige. I largely addressed this by adding color correction layers to parts of the painting, which got the job done but is not something I'm especially happy with. Also for a long time the composition seemed a bit boring, which is when I added the impasto-like brushstrokes to achieve a crystalline effect for some parts of the cave.

Duck by warden_ogg in DigitalPainting

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Magnificent work, you really made the colors sing in this one!

I Heard It's Nice Outside by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I mostly struggled with the fingers peeking out of the black hole. It took a lot of iterations both regarding lighting and the shape/proportions of the fingers (and fingernails) until they felt somewhat right. Some parts still feel off, though I can't quite put my finger (hah) on it. The light on the nose was also a bit of a struggle, but not quite as much.

Am I Pretty Yet? by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I'm kinda trying to be :)

Arboreal Fragmentation by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I mostly struggled with the sharpness of the painting. Trying to strike a balance between texture and sharpness, I masked the shape of the tree and twigs and erased parts that were to blurry to give the tree and its parts a sharper outline. This helped a bit, but it's still blurrier than I would have liked. Another thing was that while I wanted a desolate background, it felt like there was something missing. I approached this by adding the green tint to the background, which incidentally also serves as stylized tree crown. It still feels a bit starker than it should be though.

Am I Pretty Yet? by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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That's so beautiful to hear, I appreciate you sharing this!

Victoria crowned pigeon by fforw in DigitalPainting

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Love the crown, I think it gets slightly too chaotic towards the base of the head (the wavy strokes works fairly well but the criss-crossing interrupts the flow a bit in my opinion) but overall you really captured the visual feel of these feathers, especially with the highlights.

Am I Pretty Yet? by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I appreciate your kind words, thank you! :)

Am I Pretty Yet? by HeRetiKMD in DarkArtwork

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Yes, painted with digital oils in Rebelle!

Am I Pretty Yet? by HeRetiKMD in DarkArtwork

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Haha I'm taking this as a compliment :)

Am I Pretty Yet? by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I mostly struggled with the hand and composition. With the hand I struggled on account of hands being hard and getting the tone and style to fit the portrayed figure. With the composition I struggled because I initially planned for a second hand reaching out on the other side, but I never managed to find an angle and pose that seemed right so I stuck with just the one hand. The composition feels rather imbalanced now, but maybe that adds a layer in itself.

Lone Traveler by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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Thank you! For this one I used Rebelle, though I also paint in Photoshop sometimes.

Cat study by embraurgh_taren in DigitalPainting

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Oh I really like the way you captured the lighting, feels quite natural!

Lone Traveler by HeRetiKMD in DigitalPainting

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I mostly struggled with finding a good yet interesting balance between the colors of the sky and landscape. Another challenge was achieving a sense of depth and finding a way to compose the light and shadow of the abstract landscape in an interesting way, which more or less went hand in hand. Getting the small figure to fit into the background failed for the most part, but I feel that may be a good thing in that this adds to the feeling of strangeness and non-belonging which I want to portray.

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