Holy Cow! Beautiful. I love the depth in the picture. I wonder how it will feel when you put all the other elements depicting death and destruction. The position of the Nature spirit remind me a little of the Akido stance, it’s probably the bended knees that cause me to have those associations.
/ERic
phhhttt! (rolls eyes in disgust)
hahahaaaaaaa… oh, we’re all DOOOOOOOMED. No, seriously…
:eek: faints This is amazing, Linda! I love it! That’s all I can say! I’m just blown away already…man! That is beautiful.
All I gots to say is it’s great to see your preliminary and in-progress stuff. Your images are always really beautiful, and it’s great to see how you get there.
BTW congrats on getting something in the next Spectrum! I wonder what piece(s) you submitted?
This is beautiful and elegant…inspiring yet discouraging because I dont think I’ll ever be able to compete on this level… I know my skills are no where near this…good luck in the comp.
first off let me just say that i like your style…very old school soft and lush…
now im gonna ctrit the hell out of your work as if you were my painting student so please excuse…oh and i cant be bothered with spelling as i have a massive hangover…lol
first off i cant really get any feeling of emotion comming from the work…the story that you have posted is a very good idea and will make a great piece…but in the picture i get no feeling of that story…imagine that we are doing a post-modern crit where the viewer makes the story…what will they think? what feeling does the viewer take from the image…? every picture tells a story…but what do you want to say?
next i come to earth…do you really need the mask? i think it isnt really needed. in a very realistic picture you might want to think a little more on the practiacl side…i really cant see why the mask is there at all except just for show…why would earth wear a mask? and if she did what would it look like?
also earths proportions are a little off…her legs are very long compared to the other girl…
both look cool but they seem a little mismatched in proportion ans perspective…
ok one more crit…
something i always tell poeple when im teaching painting…dont be scared to go dark…squint you eves and see how the picture looks…at the moment its pretty washed out and has no sense of depth…use tone to set the position of earth and the girl into the picture…also the backgroung is just as important as the figures…why is it being left to last?
anyway…its comming along great…im looking forward to seening it in the end…
sorry for sounding harsh but i thought you might like something more than a “awesome” comment…
cheers…cyb
I was already impressed with your handling of the figures (very inspriring, BTW), but the trees just took my breath away! Wonderful things are happening here!! 
Incredible, I love the symbolism behind nature’s wild hair, and the humans tidy style, yet both seem quite harmonic, delicious piece… :drool: :love:
It’s an absolute joy to follow your work in this thread and I wish you the best of luck with your entry.
The colors and composition are working very well, but what really blows me away are the characters’ poses. You do that so well, the way you incorporate your figures into your environments!
Stunning! I can’t wait for the continuation!
not much to say…i love ur work and been watching u since i first saw that yarahi portrait over epilogue…still one of my favorites…
i’ll just continue watching your work in peace and i hope u achieve what u’re after…good luck
Nothing much to say, except amazing. You have a beautiful, dreamlike quality in your work, something I would love to obtain in my own work. This is truly awesome work.
Cheers
Mack
Im not jealous, Im not jealous, Im not jealous…
Yeah, OK, Im jealous!
This is looking great Linda. Seeing those details go in is quite mesmerising. You have a wonderful style and im sure you will do very very well in this competition.
Im very much looking forward to the finished piece.
Hi, Linda! Damn, you can paint! A few remarks: The human girl’s feet are way too small, compare them to Nature’s feet. Nature could have a more “wild” look, I guess. More hair, more of those flowers Her dress could be catching some wind. As Simon Bull said, the picture could have more contrast. I love the highlight on the human’s shoulders and forehead, very symbolic! The atmosphere is very hazy, like a dream (which is what you intend, right?), but I just like more contrast. The trees in the background look motion blurred, is it intentional, or just because you’re right-handed and painted it fast? If I made a motion blur in that, I think I would do a circular one, around the character’s heads, not the diagonal one which you did.
Last but not least: I don’t see an interrelationship between the characters in the way you describe it. The human is not a master of anything (in the picture) and nothing in her suggests artificiality (to me). She also doesn’t appear to be a servant in any way. But Nature definetly a master. The whole theme remind’s me of the River God scene in Hayao myiazake’s Chihiro-Spirited Away in a sense (beautiful film!) or could turn into something like that.
All said, I wish I could have your technique in my lifetime, but my job and girlfriend keep taking away my precious time!!! Your painting is beautiful!
Hi, Linda! Damn, you can paint!
Yest it seems she can paint…but i’m not sure…:arteest:
(kidding 
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