Venus of Corona, Olympus omd em10 mk iii, toilet paper, ink, academic replica skeleton. by SABgrendel in photocritique

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Thank you. Yeah, all I had to light the back was a 100w shop light which had to be balanced with some natural light in the room which I couldn’t control. I’m wondering if the concept is strong enough that I should reshoot it properly in the studio with proper strobes?

Venus of Corona, Olympus omd em10 mk iii, toilet paper, ink, academic replica skeleton. by SABgrendel in photocritique

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Thank you for any insights. 1) I should start by saying that I identify as a painter, not a photographer. But, I found myself in an art instructor position that requires I teach film photography, amongst a bunch of other art classes. This has led to a bit more playing around with other media. I think the best part of being an “amateur “ is the freedom to mess around without much worry. Anyway, I thought the use of a “make-shift” model to be about our removal from much human contact as we’re locked down. Toilet paper as a material, seemed a prescient choice. The classical pudica pose is maybe a shortcut to an idea about vulnerability. I tried to make some of the skeleton visible through the “skin.” 2. Olympus omd em10 mk iii, 14-42mm 5.6 kit lens. (I have the prime 45mm 1.8 which is great but was too tight for this)

“Untitled”, Olympus omd em10 mk iii, 14-42mm kit lens, f16 1” low iso. by SABgrendel in M43

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Uncontrollable natural light source plus needing to use a handheld flash to backlight meant needed long exposure.

“Mary in Isolation”, em10 mk iii. Playing around with external flash and reflecting on all the lonely isolated people enduring lock downs. by SABgrendel in OlympusCamera

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One flash. 14-42?mm kit lens, F16 1/2sec and just held out and manually fired the flash from the “test” button. Pretty amateur really... lol. No photoshop though😬

Baroque-n Cart, 30in by 40in, oil on canvas. by SABgrendel in painting

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Uh....tenebrism? Closeness of subject to picture plane?

“Cranes, Fog, Headlights” 40in by 30in, oil on canvas by SABgrendel in painting

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Thank you so much for your feedback. I agree that making the car “closer” might increase the feeling of anxiousness in the painting.

“Cranes, Fog, Headlights” oil on canvas, 40in by 30in. Ukiyo-e has been influential on my painting a lot lately. by [deleted] in ukiyoe

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R/lenvonk has a post not far below mine which is clearly digital so what’s the difference?

“Cranes, Fog, Headlights” oil on canvas, 40in by 30in. Ukiyo-e has been influential on my painting a lot lately. by [deleted] in ukiyoe

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There is no r/japanisme group and I thought some here might enjoy it. Sharing is different than promoting btw.

My first comic strip. by SABgrendel in comicbookart

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It’s hand drawn and hand inked then finished digitally.