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XVIII
20'x16' Acrylic on Canvas

Traditional painting on canvas for DX3. Should have been done months back, but I'm really happy with how it came together after waiting it out. In the end it all sort of 'worked'. Hopefully I can pull some things I have learned from this one to help speed future paintings up.

Thanks for looking and I hope you all dig it!

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Painting also posted to my website

Beautiful! Love the little hint of chaos in the background, really ties the theme together.

Only thing I'd say is the backpack looks a little weird, but I've seen it portrayed artistically all sorts of ways, and it looks great in any abstraction.

The face has a lot of impact. It makes me imagine that he's remembering something grim, or something he'd prefer not to recall.

Samus_aran115 wrote:Beautiful! Love the little hint of chaos in the background, really ties the theme together.

Only thing I'd say is the backpack looks a little weird, but I've seen it portrayed artistically all sorts of ways, and it looks great in any abstraction.

The face has a lot of impact. It makes me imagine that he's remembering something grim, or something he'd prefer not to recall.

Sorry but that's just stupid! It's a helmet, it doesn't show expressions.

I like the picture though, good job.

Looks really great. You have got some skill there! The eyes really make it pop.

grey_death wrote:20'x16' Acrylic on Canvas ... Should have been done months back

No wonder it took so long. Must have taken gallons and gallons of paint.

Honestly, I feel like the backpack would have benefited from a touch of detailing, just to break up the overly simplistic "stick and balls" shape. With the light source where it is, it's one of the more prominent features; because of this, the entire painting initially felt a lot more simplistic than it actually is. The background is great, the reflections in the lenses are great, the hints of forms in shadow are great, but I can't shake the sense that this marine has a child's toy strapped over his shoulders. That said, I do like the painting more and more as I continue to look at it, both generally and as I see in greater detail just what you've done to achieve those points I particularly liked.

[edit, upon rereading prior posts:]

lloyd.net wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:The face has a lot of impact. It makes me imagine that he's remembering something grim, or something he'd prefer not to recall.

Sorry but that's just stupid! It's a helmet, it doesn't show expressions.

Who said anything about an expression? Even if the marine inside is supposed to be whistling a happy tune, the lighting, pose, and slight elongation of the helmet all give a rather grim (but determined, I'd argue) impression. If you disagree with emotional character Samus ascribed, say so - as it stands, your post reeks more of ignorance than rudeness, which is not an insignificant feat.

I like the depth in the painting even with you using such few colors in the background. the emblem really stands out and show the pride of the legion....I really like this!

Great Job