Daily Deviation
Given 2011-03-29
Vials of Life by =
aRchAng3lZz
Suggester says:
"Very well executed painting - dark, mysterious, with hints of surreal and fantasy. Wonderful alien landscape on some distant planet where nobody is going to relax and drink tequila... but to kill crawling things with 18 different weapon types."
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gucken and =
Zhachrod (
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`MacRebisz )
The moment that one immediately lays their eyes upon this piece, they feel as though the landscape is moving before their eyes, pulsating before them like some weak and dying animal barely alive as it struggles to force fluids through its emaciated body. The detailing in the landscape is great, depicting each and every crease in the haunting forest of flesh brings out a lot of the dark and thick atmosphere that envelops all who look at this piece like the flesh and blood that covers the landscape within the piece. The color usage further builds upon the dark tenseness of the area and gives off a nice sense of depth within its design usage. Its compositional elements all blaze with tons of artistic personality that can immediately be seen through each and every single brushstroke upon the page and shows just how talented this artist can be.
However, while I praise the originality and detail of the piece and overall depiction of the landscape, I feel there could be some things that can improve its overall composition and quality. For one, now that you have a pretty good depiction of the plants and structures, perhaps now is a good time to build onto their current levels of detail. Try improving upon the shading effects in the scratches and textures of the plants and build upon more minuscule color tones to bring out more detail within them. Some of the reflectivity is on the plants but any parts that aren't in the light appear flat and uninteresting. Either build on the shadow effects and make them slightly more encompassing, or you should try and blend them into the foreground and background haze a bit more to keep them from distracting from the rest of the piece. Try and add more detailing to the ceiling of the landscape as it blends in a bit too much with the rest of the haze and lacks a bit of overall distinction to make it as appealing or noticeable. My bottom line is just to improve on upon all of your pre-established compositional elements in order to bring out more of the detailing within the piece that's being skewed by the unpolished nature of some of the detail.
The worlds that our minds can create for us are always truly outstanding. From the most fantastical worlds that can make all of your dreams come true, to the bowels of the netherworld creating imagery from only your most horrid nightmares, it all presents a very inspired and creative world from our minds. Vials of life is an excellent example of this rule and shows us how far we can take our imaginations and create anything we can think of. From the breathtakingly disturbing landscape design and creepy atmosphere that feels as if its creeping through the image like that myasmic mist within its landscape, its all a work of art. Great work =aRchAng3lZz, and here's to many more pieces from you.
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