These were all done in the past two years. Some are finished, most are not. I'm presenting them from the newest to the oldest.
Work in progress:
WIP:
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I apologize for the quality of some of these pictures, my camera is old and not what it used to be. The medium for these paintings is acrylic on canvas. Hoping that talking with other artists (Such as the ones found her at Punaji) will help further motivate me to paint more often. Thanks.
I really like the third-last one, there's definitely a nice sense of drama in the scene. The second one is also really nice, and I think you should continue working on it for sure.
To be 100% honest though, for the most part these do nothing for me. They seem uninspired and flat. They seem to build a lot on cliche's and fantasy elements, but for the most part are lacking any sort of dynamic range or depth. Based on the qualities of the 2 I liked, there's definitely potential to expand beyond that and make something unique.
In terms of technique, the colours you've used are great, so keep up the good work here. I'd invest in some differen (or more varied) brushes and sizes of brush. The brushstrokes here are all very one-dimensional, and there isn't really any weight dedicated to any particular area of the canvas. As a result nothing fully cathes the eye and your viewer is left to kinda just glaze over everything instead. This of course is with the exception of the two I already named, those are a step in the right direction.
The eye is drawn to large patches of lights and darks, and how they play against eachother to creat contrast. When everything is midrange in terms of tone, it gets muddled. The robot pulls the eyes' attention, and as a result we have a reason to move around the scene and take in what's going on.
One other thing to consider is style. These kind of seem unresolved in what they want to be. They're paintings, but also highly illustrative. You've got kind of an odd balance between those two. It would help your work a lot to go one way or the other. There's a delicate balance between realism and personal style, and these haven't fully gotten to a point where they seem well thought out yet on what they want to be.
I hope this doesn't all come off as harsh, it's all intended to help. :)
Thanks for the criticism. It's kind of hard for me to say anything really about my work, in terms of what i was going for and all that. I'd like to say my style is almost that of fantasy-folk art because of my own conjured up laws for perspective and all that. It's hard for me to say how i feel about my own paintings. I enjoyed painting them very thoroughly, but I never felt at all sure of myself or even happy upon completing them. I can say only that I paint in the one way I can at the time I create the work. Whether I am satisfied or not the painting is indeed finished to me and I can find no more of anything that could be added by brush or sword. All I can do is try again and again until I can create something meaningful and inspiring, something that may invoke such strong personal emotion so as to be referred by a select few as art.
Here is something I whipped up this morning coming down off an intense lsd trip. I have entitled it, "God's river soaking in hell's fish."
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