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A former colleague of mine surrounded by objects of sentimental value.Watercolor 32x46 cm
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This is an awesome, very detailed and well organized art! The character looks realy realistic and he has an expressive face with nice shadings. He looks like he is just in the middle of some experiment and get caught with the camera of one of his fellow worker. The skin texture and colors are awesome! This purple-bluish shading gives a kind and warm athmosphere to your whole art. I love how much you have payed attention to the details from the biger parts to the smallest ones - like the bottoms of scientific equipments - as well.
Awesome work! ^^
This is my fafourite art from you! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Thank you! I am glad that you like the purplish color scheme
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Wait, what?!
This isn't a picture?!Oh my lord!
Well,what can i really say?
This is incredible. The only thing remotely off from this is the kinda weird light on the watch. What went wrong?It looks so unfinished and off...Were you rushing this?If you were, then i can understand but still. The pose is kinda bland, i already have seen loads of artworks with really similar poses, yet this stands out for the sheer complexity in the artwork. For example, the hair in the arms. This isn't that prominent in art for really obvious reasons(it's really hard to do) but the fact you actually went out to DO it? Dang.
This is overall an amazing artwork and i can't come up with something to be improved(excluding the watch, fix that plz)
I will give it a 92/100. Absolutely incredible.
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Thank you for commenting!
I honestly do not see the issue with the watch, because it was the only thing here taken directly from a reference. Is it too reflective? Could you clarify?
I went for a classic pose, because I wanted a portrait not an illustration.
Why is everyone talking about the hair on the arms this time?)))
I did not do it on purpose and I do not support hyperrealism with individual hairs, eyelashes and pores on the skin. But what I strive for is to get the right texture: if there is some skin hair, the skin will be more textured (painted with granulating paints with more water or dry brushed).
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About the watch, yeah. It's way too reflective and just seems kinda off.
And the hair thing? Dunno, didn't know everyone was commenting about that
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Holy cow! At first I thought this was a photograph. But after looking at this, I was blown away when I noticed that it was actually a painting. My favorite part of this painting definitely has to be your use of shading on the person. My one critique however is the background. To me personally , the lack of lighting and shading makes it just a tad dull. But other than that, I really love the painting. You clearly put a lot of thought and time into it. You clearly have a passion for still life paintings. Keep it up darling.
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Thank you!
I am afraid I don’t understand what you mean by “lighting and shading” in the background: there is a light source, and some objects with lit and shaded parts. Do you mean that the contrast is too low?
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Yes. But other than that, I still love it.
You’re welcome
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I love it how you can do realistic paintings.
I may not be an expert on realistic paintings but I do know a thing or two about shading.
There are some negative things about the drawing:
()Too much darling.
()A little bit more lighting (human needs it the most), sorry but true.
()A little dab of variation in the hair (like blooding, blacking, Redding etc..).
()A little bit of oil smears would help (gives it that "real" touch).
()You can add some arm-hair or darken the already arm-hair.
Above all great piece of work! My favorite part of the painting is the background (of course the human too).
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Thank you for commenting!
1. I am not sure what you meant by it. Do you mean that he is too pretty? Or that it looks overworked?
2. I am afraid I disagree with it, as my idea was to depict the light from the horizontal overhead lamp in an otherwise dimly lit room and to bring thus lamp to attention (together with the watch). I just don’t see how more light would help.
3. Very true, I was wrong to use a lot of burnt umber that is fairly opaque and does not allow much layering for a darker feel (and I dis not want to put stuff like phthalo blue there), but I am happy with the bluish hair on the temple that is supposed to be gray.
4. Could you please clarify where they should be?
5. Arm hair! That is actually a nice idea for future works, here I think that the granulation and paper texture creates enough of a texture to account for thin and not so dark hair.
The background is the most sentimental part for me
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No problem, I only hope this critique expands your artist ability. I am happy to hear my points were valiant, and thank you for the clarification on the lighting.
Answers to your questions:
You could add some dark circles under his eyes to give it a bit "realist" touch.
You could put oil smears on the shirt, table, hands etc...
I hope this clarify all your questions.
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Clever storage of pipettes at left upper corner ^..^
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Very convenient indeed
Thank you!
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First of all – this piece is stunning! I seriously mistook it for a photo when I saw the thumbnail. Excellent usage of color, shading and softness of the watercolors paired with neat details and clear separation of the character and the background. I love how clean and even you’ve managed to make the coloring, but still maintain the beautiful textures of watercolors. I love the tones of purple paired with warm yellow light – they create such a soft atmosphere that one can easily figure this image has sentimental value in it. Overall the image looks coherent, layout is well planned and the details evenly spread on the canvas – none of them hugs all of the attention, but they all rather frame the person nicely, giving him a story and context. I know his shirt is probably meant to be simple, though I wonder how would it look with some details on it – perhaps thin stripes or a little something lighter around the neck.
I can’t say I have much to critique here, this is such a coherent piece – mainly tiny tiny nitpicks. I think the person’s face is a bit smudgy on the left side. I mean the shading and colors look great, but compared to the bright highlights of the right side of the face I feel like the eye are could be a tad brighter – just like the warm skin tone on his hand. There are also lots of very nice clear and bright details on the background – yet the character is quite dimmed and doesn’t have much crisp lines on him – could be on the face, his ear, hair etc.
As said not much to point out here. This is a stunning piece! Still looks like almost a photo to me.
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Thank you for a thoughtful comment and excuse me for the late reply!
I guess I could have added just a bit more detail to the shaded part of the face, however, it is more dangerous to overload it and make it look 'drawn' instead of painted, so I erred on the side of caution
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Спасибо! Рад, что он выглядит таковым
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Thank you! He is a doctor now
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Congratulations on being recognized - well deserved, too, it's a very sensitive portrait.
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Thank you! I was aiming for it
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I can lie convincingly
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Are those all ethernet ports on the electric row?
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No, they are electrical fuses.
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Things sure have changed since last time I was in a laboratory.
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I love the mood in this.
Makes me wanna do watercolor stuff!
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This is a beautiful piece of portrait!!
For water colour to be controlled so well for the toning you presented is already itself impressive but seeing the amount of detail in the painting just blown me away.
I really love how the style of your painting really suits the topic and subject matters. The amount of realism and details can really let the audience create a story using the photo. It presents a scene that has some age maybe a time between 1990 to 2000s? Especially the equipment in the background, I think your style fits perfectly to present this kind of realism!!
This might only be understand by people with some age (unfortunately me lol) that the background seems to lack a clear light source and shown some blur in the shade and the tone difference of all the objects. Perfect representation of light bulbs back in the days.
I don't feel like this work needs more any changes or attention. Really love the work, thank you for sharing.
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Thank you for commenting and for the watch!
Actually, it is 2017, however, the equipment is much older than that or rather it has not changed much, the niche things do not seem to evolve as much as common ones like smartphones
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Oh sorry, I think I fell too much into the mood and atmosphere of the painting XD It really felt like it was before the 2000s
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You know, subconsciously I still feel that now is 1995, because it was the time when I first grasped the concept of time
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Although I can't relate to the year 1995 but I totally get what you mean XD
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I noticed your painting in the PC gallery due to the understated colours which set it apart from the other images there that are usually very saturated. The way you use light to emphasize the eyes of the man in the picture is also effective - the tube light behind his head and the little light point on his right cheek make it easy for the viewer to find the focal point of the image even on a small thumbnail. Thus the picture looks interesting right away.
Looking at the full version, I immediately get an idea of the personality of the person you portrayed, which is a very good thing (at least if my impression of what he's like is correct) since showing the unique personality of the person portrayed is of course one of the main jobs of a portrait. I would assume from his face and body language that he's sensitive, introverted, intelligent and a good listener. The way his right hand grips his left wrist seems to hint at nervousness - however the rest of his body language is quite relaxed. If it's supposed to be a relaxed grip, his knuckles should be a bit darker so they don't stand out. His hand also looks strangely big to me, but maybe he just has big hands. He seems to be in friendly conversation with someone he knows, his head is stretched forward slightly and he seems to enjoy the interaction.
Taking a look at both the person and the surroundings he's in combined, I see that the lab seems to have a slight and charming disorder to it and the man wears casual, practical clothes. That's a nice touch because it shows the reality of lab work - not like the overexposed clean labs in advertising clips - and makes me think that he's comfortable in his work space.
To be honest, I don't consider the picture too bright at all. The contrast could be higher, sure, but that might destroy the relaxed atmosphere. The only thing about the picture that bothers me is the wristwatch. It's too big and too bright and draws too much attention. I assume it's probably one of the objects of sentimental value you mentioned but I think it should be more inconspicuous. It's probably the brightest object in the picture even though it's not its focus.
All in all, a really nice portrait of a likeable looking person. The image composition is also good since it gives the man plenty of space to look into and arranges the other objects in a natural looking way.
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