Post #293242 by Sneakytiki on Tue, Mar 20, 2007 3:25 AM

You are one badass painter Jungalero! I'm a big fan of mixing styles. I've no doubt you could teach me more about painting than I could suggest to you, but I just wanted to post 1 suggestion especially since you are contrasting the flat background with the dimensional figure in front.

Any time you paint an outline around an object (or draw 1 for that matter) it tends to flatten said object. You need some lines to start the painting but to make it pop fwd you need to get rid of them unless they would exist in real life. The dark brown outline of the Woman's face/neck works fine on the right as this is your shadow side. The dark outline of the face and neck on the left which is your bright high light side would not be there, and as painted flattens your figure a bit, tending toward merging her into the background. The piece is so well done that it's a great success as painted and she DOES pop fwd. I just wanted to recommend painting that dark line out of the left side. If you painted that a light color against the dark green it would add alot of depth to the piece. Just for shiggles try holding your finger over the dark lines on the Left side of face/ neck and watch the woman come towards u. Weird aye?

Anyways Bravo on an outstanding piece! Please don't take my suggestion as any kind of a slight. I wouldn't waste time talking about anything unless I thought it was outstanding.

ST