Style
I repeat myself, but you manage to give your pics a great style everytime. This for exapmle could be used for some kind of advertising campaign instantly, because it has a great recognition value.
Also when I saw this piece I instantly thought about Zeno's arrow paradox "the flying arrow is motionless."
Only downturns seem to be the tailfeathers and the background as already mentioned.
Thanks, I always try to put some style aspects in my drawings, so its good to know it works. Because water is such a fluent ever moving thing (heraclites) I wanted to capture that for this flood thing. I am quite glad with how that turned out myself too.
DIVE DIVE DIVE
Yeah I like it. The bold, striking colours of the king fisher are gorgeous, but the best bit is bubbles and the surface of the water that have been pulled along with its dive. Gorgeous. Great use of brushes for the background, too.
I ~think~ the kingfisher needs some more contrast on the blues. The detail you've got is fine, but I do feel you could have brought it out a bit more.
I'm giving you a 10, though, because it's a great image, and I love it's dynamcism.
Thanks for the 10 and review, I guess I could have used abit more contrast in the blues .. especially the second darkest shade could be a tad darker probably..
Wow
I think it was great how you captured the moment of impact when the bird dives to snatch its prey. Great job.
The way you made the splash from the bird and the bubbles escaping its beak and feathers is just awesome :)
Thanks!
WOW
Holy crap did anyelse see 2 birds?
Two birds? nope... just the one.
OH NOES
DON'T DIE WITTLE BIRDIE
Not dying sirreee! Just grabbing some fishes!!