Orishas, Antonio Javier Caparo (2D)

[bradyscott]

Wow, this piece is great. I love the birds they really have a weight and texture to them. The fractal art on his t-shirt is great too. Nice work and good concept. Almost reminds me of the 'demon to the right and angel to the left bit'. Very, cool, I am anxious to see more of your work.

[plasteredcat]

Beautiful style, great colours... nothing to crit and plenty to admire. Amazing:love:

[Kaspaas]

Well, what can I say, when you're good you're good. Well done bro

[SeifoSid]

the colors are interesting, the textures and volums are well rendered...

[123Shell]

This is so beautiful...I love the textures, colours and the concept.

[Incidental]

Really cool image, The birds, the comp, Love it!:thumbsup:

[G-FLUX]

5 in my book dude, looks awesome.

[Milivoj-Lemonade3D]

wow!What great development from bottom to top!love the idea, great work! 5 stars from me!

[knaaker]

that is stunning. i usually try to point out areas that might need to be touched up but I am hard to find anything on this.

my favorite illustrator and painter is peter deseve and this painting is probably the closest i have seen anyone come to his work in digital format. the hair and the atmosphere really remind me of his style and i love it.

i would totally buy a print of this.

[waheednasir]

beautiful...:).

[olive2d]

Really nice rendering and lighting.
I like this athmosphere and colors...
Great work:thumbsup:

[Aupirit]

I love it! It seems a picture hanged on a wall! I love the doves! the second it's a pleasure to watch! :) weel done!

[Ikaa]

Very beautiful!

[Flamewave]

interesting style!

[Abyssis]

...just sweet and very special :thumbsup:

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[kaparo]

Hi everybody. Thanks for all the comments! I really apreciate them.
Knaaker: Peter de Seve is one of my favorites too. I was not thinking about him when I did this image but, now hat you mentioned it, there is something from him in it for sure. Perhaps the use of loose pencil line in some areas beneath the color, something around the head and the hair. Thanks for that point. We keep always looking for artist aorund us and it is nice when someone finds those infuences in our works.
Thanks a lot!

[mossyoak]

Very interesting. Lovely style.

[laiyuyoyo]

I like the color.:love:

[PapaNinja]

Poetic, beautiful, original ... Great :D

[Enigma_81]

I love the color of this pic,make me feel warm inside.
NICE ONE:thumbsup:

[rawgon]

such a fine illustration & very appealing!

[techdivine]

amazing art work...the lights ...the mood....simply superb....:thumbsup:

[killad4v1d]

...nice :)

[Soverign]

incredible style, beautiful concept

one question: what is an "african-american religion" supposed to be? Are you sure u don't mean African?

no real crits tho, amazing work :)

[mim-Armand]

5* ;)
I like this hire model! :D

[cm0401]

i like it!!!
Nice one

[kaparo]

Hi again everybody
Thanks a lot for your comments!

Soverign: After the Spanish conquered America (I mean South America) in the XV century they brought African slaves. Those persons came with their religions but were not allowed to practice it so they mixed it with the catholic icons and rituals. With time this syncretism became a root. That`s why in Cuba and other Caribbean countries we call them in general Afro-cuban or Afro-american religions. Anyway each one of them has its own name depending on the country.

[qinqinbaobao]

I extraordinary favor your style of fresco, and the rhythm of the drawing, it like fantasyland!

[tuck]

Congrats, beatiful image !

really great colors and design.:thumbsup:

[NigthcrawlerJP]

Amazing!!!

[nkdksk]

great illustration i follow your work from acme days your work is excellent still so

[scala]

As I was just telling you it's like a painting we could spent hours looking at Orishas . Wonderful . Are you a Painter too ?

[ario]

hey. i really love this piece. beautiful work. nice texturing and coloring.:bounce:
nice job:thumbsup:

[kaparo]

Eric: I studied painting a long time ago but I do not paint frequently. I do lots of ink drawings and from time to time I make some watercolour illustration but I´ve been working digitally lately. I can tell I miss acrylicis a lot. Hope I have time to go back to it some day, at least for fun. :thumbsup:

[Thehustle]

I am an animation student venturing into his 4th year and this piece is really inspiring and a beautiful pice of work.

[scala]

Hey Antonio sorry to answer late I just dicover your message . I hope you can show some of your inks or paintings soon...

[kaparo]

Welcome back!
Andre, it i great to hear that. I feel flattered. I love animation too, one of my passions.
Eric, you can find some of my traditional illustrations here: http://www.shannonassociates.com
In the home page you'll find a thumbnail named "Caparo". Follow it and you will see my portfolio. In the first page there is only one traditional ink drawing, the face of an old man. It has some color pencil and acrylics for the light areas. In the second and third pages there are some pencil drawings and in the last page (5) you´ll see some color pencil illustrations for children books. Nothing there done completely in acrylics.
Hope you like it!

[scala]

I've been there before I really like it the old man is wonderful , I really appreciate also the puzzle man in page 2 , the main thing is the light and the color in allyour works .And a lot of poetry. Keep on ...

[jimidv]

very fantastic work.Beautiful style and great colours

[Abyssis]

...very nice to see after more than 1 year such comments...congrats :)

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[kaparo]

Hi there!
It´s never too late to hear from you! I´m glad you like it. After one year it is still my favorite work. Thanks!

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