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The Forest Advances by *themapper:iconthemapper:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Landscapes & Scenery

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Submitted: March 2
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This is my second attempt to compose something in ink. Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph 0.35 technical pen. Actually, it's my 3rd landscape ever.

I used a reference photo - this one's of an abandoned farm near where I used to work. It's been a challenge trying to figure out what to draw and what to leave out.

The front of the little house doesn't quite work - I'm still learning. Especially pleased with the Spruce trees & fence posts. I wanted to give that feeling that the forest is slowly reclaiming its former ground, that the farm house & yard are being encroached upon.

Advanced critique, please - I'm trying hard to learn.
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*themapper:iconthemapper: Mar 2, 2008, 11:55:17 AM
I just noticed the scan came out looking smudged. It's not part of the picture - it's just a dirty scanner screen. Also, the colour in the scan came out a little on the red side - not sure why, I used black ink.

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Entre chien et loup.
*medievalgoddess:iconmedievalgoddess: Mar 2, 2008, 12:08:28 PM
:P Windex yo' scanner, guy!

Looks pretty good to me, though I'm not an expert in this type of ink work. :3

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~mistressmirandah:iconmistressmirandah: Mar 2, 2008, 1:53:49 PM
The left hand draws my eye because it's the only area where there is a great deal of white. It makes me want to put something there. Like grass detail or something. That is, quite seriously, the only critique I can come up with. Otherwise, kick ass because I couldn't do that.

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We see the light and know that it is neither shining from heaven
nor from the end of a long tunnel.
We thrive in the darkness, not afraid to close our eyes and just feel,
just be for a moment.
we are poets by Monica S. Kuebler
*themapper:iconthemapper: Mar 2, 2008, 2:05:59 PM
Yes, that is actually smoe of the feeling I was trying to achieve. That there is some emptiness that needs filling. I don't have a good sense yet, though, for how to balance detail with white space. Vignettes are a challenge to me, as I want to fill in every inch of space.

I think you could do this too. :) It's been a real struggle for me to get something definite moving again. Though to my eye it is plainly flawed, I am pleased with it.

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Entre chien et loup.
*themapper:iconthemapper: Mar 2, 2008, 2:06:56 PM
:D I will clean it.

Thanks!

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Entre chien et loup.
*medievalgoddess:iconmedievalgoddess: Mar 2, 2008, 2:58:35 PM
^^ You're welcome!

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I'm mad. You're mad. We're all mad here...


We are fangirl. We are Legion.
*BloodShedRed:iconBloodShedRed: Mar 2, 2008, 5:26:35 PM
wow. o___o
You're so good, Russ.

I wish I was half as good as you are at landscapes.
*themapper:iconthemapper: Mar 2, 2008, 8:30:10 PM
:D Thanks, Ky. :heart:
And I wish I was half as good as you are at anime.

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Entre chien et loup.
~mistressmirandah:iconmistressmirandah: Mar 3, 2008, 5:35:35 AM
Oh heck, the attempts I made at painting just about killed me. I could never make them look the way I saw them in my head. Still drive me up the wall. Maybe one day I'll re-try the one I really loved. *shrug* I don't think I'm ready for that kind of heartbreak though. ;-)

--
We see the light and know that it is neither shining from heaven
nor from the end of a long tunnel.
We thrive in the darkness, not afraid to close our eyes and just feel,
just be for a moment.
we are poets by Monica S. Kuebler
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