Official OT-Creativity Thread 1

[ndchristie]

im open to general critique if you like, although i should say right up front it's going to retain its roughness and not recieve 'finishing touches' as far as the technique is concerned.  the lack of pixelpolish would be a valid point in this case, but im not going to follow up on it for this particular piece, as it was never intended to be a work of art, only a fun exercise.

[Helm]

It's more that I feel a more unified palette (pulling the various tints closer to a whole) would help this than the lack of polish. I know this has been a general theme for a while, and you as an artist will feel compelled to follow your particular path, but I also feel obliged to keep pointing out what I think is valid critique. You can keep the tonalities with less glaring shifts, yeah? It's a bit calydroscopic at the point. Feels like he's a painter that's gotten all Pollock with his action-painting and has smears of blues on his face.

[ndchristie]

ah, yeah....i could do that, and it would be a better piece of art.  somehow though i feel like i am better represented by a kalydescope.



better, no?  but not my avatar.  i feel compelled to show there what i do before reigning in my bad taste with moderation and theory.  does that make any sense?

the second looks a lot the way i paint...i purposefully use only 3-4 raw colors to mix with let my brush become soiled when working in each region so that i will get colors that are much more like each other.  since im always tempted to go bold i can usually paint dirty like that without making the paints look drab

[Helm]

Well yes, better, though you don't have to lose the saturation on your yellows or anything. Closer mixing doesn't mean a generic brown, you know what I mean. Spike the saturation when you need it, just don't poke holes in it with the complementaries, that's my basic idea.

[digitaldust]

*This person is obsessed with antitheses.*

[Helm]

That's a beefy furry nerd.

[Stwelin]

Yiff elsewhere!

(are those pecks or... gah, i cannot even tell the gender of this being!)

[Rox]

The face tells me it's female. But... gah.

[Sherman Gill]

I'm scared.

Somebody (That isn't a giant furry genderless nerd) hold me.

[digitaldust]

It's ttly female.