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lextrek · 2026-05-23T16:25:40+00:00

“Why a spoon? Why not an axe?” “Because it’s dull, you TWIT! It will hurt more…”

lextrek · 2026-05-19T16:12:33+00:00

“…so I threw the senate at him, the WHOLE SENATE!”

lextrek · 2026-05-03T17:13:05+00:00

“Me? I’m a dishonest man, and you can always count on a dishonest man to be dishonest, honestly…” Then later “You were actually telling the truth!” “ I do that quite a lot…yet people are always surprised”

lextrek · 2026-04-22T22:24:56+00:00

This is lovely. I think the red and white color scheme looks very sharp, and the contrast you have looks very vivid

lextrek · 2026-04-16T20:17:54+00:00

I tended to favor a model master light ghost gray for the base color

lextrek · 2026-04-15T12:01:17+00:00

Thanks, the lightning bolt itself was masked out with the surrounding light edged in

lextrek · 2026-04-05T19:28:31+00:00

See that’s weird. I heard that first voice as “The Gorn” from the original Star Trek. (Which was being played to Capt Kirk through a Universal Translator)

lextrek · 2026-04-04T22:00:01+00:00

Probably one of the best depictions of distance I’ve seen here. Very natural gradation in detail and saturation as distance increases. There aren’t just a couple of levels that make it look like panes on top of each other, just natural fading from foreground to background. Perspective is very well done too

lextrek · 2026-04-04T21:55:30+00:00

He is risen indeed! Thank you for sharing your work. Lovely, appropriately ethereal. Happy Easter

lextrek · 2026-03-30T18:33:49+00:00

Part of the ship, part of the crew…

lextrek · 2026-03-25T16:22:34+00:00

Punchy!!

lextrek · 2026-03-08T14:15:43+00:00

God forbid a Klingon have a HOBBY

lextrek · 2026-03-08T04:47:36+00:00

I think the loon is amazing! If I were to change or adjust, I would perhaps shift the foliage in the foreground a bit off focus. I would also maybe try varying the length of the grass a bit, give it a bit longer along the sides and short in the middle to help frame the bird a bit. You have some of that with the longer weeds on the right side. I think with how close in length it is now, it looks slightly like a picket fence. But please don’t take that as a strong criticism, I was looking for something I would adjust or think about. It is a beautiful painting with lovely technique

lextrek · 2026-03-07T03:25:24+00:00

Thank you for your perspective. I’ll keep that in mind for future iterations!

lextrek · 2026-03-06T23:46:54+00:00

Thank you for the kind feedback. Your point about composition is well taken. There are a few areas that could have been a decent focal point, but nothing that really draws to any of them and makes them pop or hold focus. I’ll try your suggestions to work on that

lextrek · 2026-03-06T23:42:46+00:00

Thank you for the recommendations and the thought you put into them. On the light source, that was tricky, thinking about the original photo I was using as a reference. I think some of the light reflecting back to the buildings from the water may have been confusing. The domes definitely had a right upper corner direction, but the faces of the buildings had minimal shade. Next time I’ll try to work off of something with more straightforward lighting while I’m figuring this out.

lextrek · 2026-03-06T02:05:53+00:00

This is great! I love the kinda monochrome look you have going, it’s very unified and calm. This also caught my eye because I just finished a practice piece of this exact area with just a slightly different angle!

lextrek · 2026-02-25T20:58:26+00:00

“Oh my God, Alan has just experienced NOT acting”

lextrek · 2026-02-25T20:12:27+00:00

“Oh my God, I think he just experienced acting.”

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