Awards
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Daily 5th Place –
07/12/2009
Author's Comments
This was another of my first definitive ink paintings, obviously you can tell that this was done on a 2 page spread in a sketchbook, and I didn't bother editing out the split in the pages. Definitely not one of my best works, but I think I captured the movement well and learned a lot by doing this.
The People Have Spoken
Average Score: 9.8 / 10
I'm gonna say something wacky. The split between the pages makes me think of a doorway to infinity :P
I'll agree with the others and say this stands out from your other works. Also, the white line is rather interesting. I saw it again in the Eye, but this one looks like you actually intended to use it. It looks more like a fissure; the way it is eroded and lighter. It really stands out that way. I don't know if its your medium or whatever, but this picture is a bit green. I like it, as it gives it a slight other dimension, but doesn't distract from the work's mood. This one is not as abstract, but it definetely shows your skill with the watered-acrylic; the detail in the trees, the left one especially, is tremendous.
Another success, and a good day to you. 5/5
Author's Response:
your support is really helpful, thanks again. Just to fill you in, the white line is there because most of the work I do is made over a two page spread in a sketchbook, I decided to use it to my advantage as the vanishing point in this one, but any appearance of the page split in other scans is unintentional. The green is there because the pages of the sketch book were slightly yellow, and I put a cooling filter in photoshop, which I guess led to it being slightly green. I definitely like the actual content of the picture, although the path and the vanishing point are somewhat cliche, but at one point this was the highest scoring art submission on newgrounds!
There's an incredible tension in this work... that white line in the middle is like an event horizon to a black hole, and when I look at it, I feel inexorably, inescapably pulled in toward the centre, past the trees that blur with the speed, to the end of the journey, to that horrible white light that rends the world apart. It's somewhat terrifying, really. To me, this is a painting about the moment right before death.
Author's Response:
it really carries a lot of emotion for you.
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wow
I think this is considerably better than your other work, not to discredit those, but this stands out.
The landscape is drawn very very well, especially considering how this is only in black and gray.
You use the crease between the two sketchbook pages artistically, which is really original and appropriate with the theme - the crease forms a "path" through your painting.
This is surreal but not as abstract as your other work.
Good good good
Author's Response:
Really? I've never thought this to be as refined as my other works, I'm surprised that you thought this one stood out. I've never thought of it as a good stand alone, rather an ink painting just to tag along with all the other quick studies I've done. I can't say its detailed but I can definitely agree it draws in the viewer, especially with the void in between the two pages.
Water and ink isn't the most forgiving art medium to use, but you seem to have very good control over it. This is really talented work.
Author's Response:
thanks, but this was made before I started using ink, instead I used watered down acrylic paint. I'm not sure that it makes much of a difference though, you just can't get it as dark with higher dilutions
