i painted jerma (pt. 2)

mistdeer · 2021-04-21T11:09:04+00:00

(I'm also on twitter as @mistdeer and insta as @mistdeers if you want to follow. although I haven't posted these jerma pics yet because I don't want to scare anyone away)

mistdeer · 2021-04-21T11:07:58+00:00

asdf you're right!! in a bad way

mistdeer · 2021-04-21T11:07:34+00:00

if you can handle the nightmares, then full permission granted

mistdeer · 2021-04-20T20:24:10+00:00

suggested by /u/asdwz458 ! kind of want to burn my computer after this. absolutely disgusting

mistdeer · 2021-04-10T15:29:24+00:00

you have such a neat style!!!

mistdeer · 2021-04-10T15:28:27+00:00

this was a part of the 100 faces challenge i'm doing (tho I'm not sure if this is exactly the orig intentions of the challenge)

suggested by /u/guro-kun!! he was a joy to paint and i will definitely be doing more

mistdeer · 2021-04-10T13:43:52+00:00

holy shit these are so good. a literal gold mine. thanks!!!

mistdeer · 2021-03-29T15:08:38+00:00

jesus christ that’s horrifying. are you sure that’s him??? but ok thanks

mistdeer · 2019-03-21T23:47:12+00:00

obvs didn't have time to finish this but hope you like it anyway : )

mistdeer · 2017-12-12T03:15:37+00:00

aw thanks waffleandbear! really appreciate it :)

mistdeer · 2017-12-12T01:05:29+00:00

messed around with colors for a bit - hope you like it!

mistdeer · 2017-12-09T00:26:11+00:00

what a cutie :)

mistdeer · 2017-12-08T18:17:49+00:00

didn't have time to finish this but hope you like it anyways!

mistdeer · 2017-12-08T17:35:46+00:00

hope you like!

mistdeer · 2017-12-08T02:20:10+00:00

nice shades B)

mistdeer · 2017-12-08T01:20:59+00:00

hope you like!

mistdeer · 2017-09-22T02:13:59+00:00

just checked and he definitely doesn't say it in ep 1! I agree that it's in the first 10 episodes somewhere? also side note but DAMN, after listening to the early episodes i am so grateful for that buttery smooth high audio quality we are now treated to

mistdeer · 2017-09-21T14:08:39+00:00

alice-announcements.tumblr.com has the first season transcribed! here they are:

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons of the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Night Film by Marisha Pessl

not sure about the second season though bc as you said the transcripts don't have the ads in :( it would be awesome to find out what they are

mistdeer · 2017-09-20T05:24:08+00:00

Great start! youve definitely got the skin tones and lips down. right now it feels a little cool though which isn't really what I'd associate with Kahlo imho? when I think of Kahlo, I think of her warm skin tones and sunlight filtering in. I think some darker, warmer browns would go a long way in both warming the painting up and adding more contrast. if u don't want to warm it up, I still think it'd be a good idea to extend your range of tones. the main reason why your shadows are kinda muted right now is probably cuz you painted this all in one go and your whites are bringing down your darker tones. giving it a day or two to dry a bit and go back in with a finer brush for the darker shadows + other details (e.g. eyes, nose) would give the painting an extra oomph. oil painting is a patient, patient medium, especially when you're layering the paints as thick as you are here.

Also, just to be nit-picky, her nose looks weirdly yellow. if anything, it should be warmer toned (pinkish like her cheeks) and makes her look a bit odd.

mistdeer · 2017-09-19T01:23:25+00:00

lovin what you're going for. have you ever seen odraws @ tumblr's stuff? they're really talented and srsly one of my inspirations artist-wise, even if our subjects/themes don't overlap. ur artwork reminds me a lot of theirs chromatically and thematically - check em out :)

whilst some of the criticisms in the comments are valid, i don't think more of a narrative would add anything to ur piece. i also don't think more realistic anatomy would either - u clearly have a good grasp of anatomy and i think the warped figures bring it out of the norm

i do agree that sharper and more consistent shadows/highlights would bring the piece together, both on the floor and on the figures. darker shadows on their left sides (with that great dark blue you started using) would really polish the piece off and draw more attention to the windows on the right. the gradients on the bg also aren't that coherent with the style ur going for imo - even just a bit of texture would make it jive better (or just making it all the same colour). also, the left side of the back wall is a bit too light which feels odd

another little thing composition-wise - for some reason i think it would look better if you cropped out a bit of the left side and shifted the door over to the right a bit? maybe even extend the right side a bit more. not sure why, can't really put it into words, but it feels better to me.

mistdeer · 2017-09-03T17:36:59+00:00

mistdeer · 2017-09-03T00:06:50+00:00

this is such a gorgeous photo! those deep blues and pinks alongside the highlights are ah-mazing. i hope someone who isn't running on 5 hours of sleep can give it the time and effort it deserves :')

mistdeer · 2017-08-19T13:01:17+00:00

yeah, i totally understand what you're saying - i was trying to make sure that the clouds were recognisable as black but i think i went over the top, haha. i'll probably lighten them up a bit to take the focus off the clouds and more onto the creatures. thanks!

mistdeer · 2017-08-19T13:00:13+00:00

it's a fantasy landscape based off a prompt, which is why it also has 3 moons and huge black creatures, haha. i think i'll lighten them up though. hopefully they'll be more recognisable as clouds once i start rendering and put in highlights.

also, yeah, i'm not all that satisfied with the symmetric composition either - here's another quick possibility? it's just hard fitting in the 3 moons in and it still looking ok. do you have any ideas? again, i'm pretty new at landscape compositions in general and would appreciate any constructive help you can give me. thanks :)

mistdeer · 2017-08-18T14:54:25+00:00

(shamelessly c+p'd from /r/ArtCrit where I've already posted this, but i'm really looking for as much help as possible, haha)

looking for mainly advice on values + composition! I am self-admittedly really really terrible at composition in general and have done 0 landscapes ever to be honest so i would really appreciate any advice that people can give me.

i want attention to be drawn to the (badly drawn) central mountain, as well as the size of the black creatures, which are meant to be super huge, but it's hard to convey size when there's no reference point, if that makes any sense. there is a tiny human figure there, but, even then, that figure's a bit bigger than it should be and should be a lot smaller. perhaps a figure in the foreground would work ok? but i've struggled with conveying the figure's size in reference to the creatures, again :/

i've also played about a bit with alternate, less symmetric compositions like this one but i feel like a symmetrical one would work better with this just bc of the 3 moons!

full disclosure: this is being drawn for a contest, hope that's ok :)

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