So, here's my mandala piece. Honestly I hate it. I don't even have anything to say about learning anything from the experience. I was really happy with the finished sketch and ink, but once I got down to coloring it I started to lose interest. I don't know, maybe it's just me or do I color really badly? Ah, well I guess there's nothing I can do about it but practice more for now. So now to list the materials I used eh heh heh; it's done on watercolor paper, the girl is outlined in micron and colored with watercolor/copic markers, the background is done in acrylic, the eyes of the demons are done in watercolor, the red glow coming from the alchemy symbol was Photoshopped as well as the red glow on her clothes. So start the critiques because I know I went wrong somewhere I just don't know where.
So, here's my mandala piece. Honestly I hate it. I don't even have anything to say about learning anything from the experience. I was really happy with the finished sketch and ink, but once I got down to coloring it I started to lose interest. I don't know, maybe it's just me or do I color really badly? Ah, well I guess there's nothing I can do about it but practice more for now. So now to list the materials I used eh heh heh; it's done on watercolor paper, the girl is outlined in micron and colored with watercolor/copic markers, the background is done in acrylic, the eyes of the demons are done in watercolor, the red glow coming from the alchemy symbol was Photoshopped as well as the red glow on her clothes. So start the critiques because I know I went wrong somewhere I just don't know where.
5 comments:
Hey 'Zilla!
Rather than try to hold a productive discussion on this site, I would prefer to talk to you about it face to face. That way we can cover a lot more and I can see it as it is; not in a photo.
Don't be so hard on yourself. There are lots of good things about this piece.
Keep it, bring it to school, and we'll discuss it. I think you can make some changes that will make you feel better about it.
I was impressed by the degree of involvement it displays.
There are parts I like, such as the girls positioning and her expression.
I thought up some things I could do to make myself feel better about the background. The only thing is I'll be adding those changes in Photoshop so I'll bring a usb drive of the finished product to school along with the original piece.
I think the main thing that is bothering me is the background... it just seems to be taking away from what she is doing and the over all look of the image.
Ah, well the most I can do is fix it to how I like in Photoshop and then make a print of it I guess.
I posted the edited image.
Honestly, I like it much better now. It has more of the darkness I had imagined for the background and I took out the eyes because I felt they were distracting. Also, I added in more swirls so it looked like she is being dragged into the dark.
I agree with everything you've said. Sometimes you just need to "step back" from a piece to figure out what it needs. Also, YOUR purpose for this work is more impotant than mine. That's why I was leaning toward a face to face conversation.
I'm glad you're happier with it. Yes, bring in the digital image and the original.
We all have a lot to talk about and a lot to do.
Okey I definitely will! Thanks for the advice and confidence. =]]
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