Overcoming Evil

Painting \ Uncategorized | 06/30/06 @794 | klyph | critiques (39) | views (2240)

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Description

I wanted to convey the calm, smoky (incense & candles) atmosphere of the temple. You'll have to trust me that the full version is much better than the scaled-down version. There's at least 5 hours of details on the puppies that isn't showing up here.

Technicals
Photoshop CS2
10-16 hours
Wacom Intuos2
No reference (mostly from memory, I have a few buddha statuettes at home and have seen my share of stray puppies...)

Background
The contrast here is the grand, golden Buddha and two tiny puppies - street dogs allowed to roam free at the temple.

The Buddha is in the 'Overcoming Evil' pose, which is also the name of this piece. In this case, the temple is a sanctuary, and the statue looks down upon a curious puppy whose life will be easier now that he (and his sibling) has found a place at the foot of heaven.

Here it is on DA (incase my image isn't showing up)
http://www.deviantart.com/view/35594511/

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Comments (39)

Daykan

06/30/06 @804

wonderful!! beautiful colours

Andy--Jones

06/30/06 @807

You have achieved what you aimed for. Very peaceful mood and a lovely painting. Buddha loves puppies!

navate

06/30/06 @875

I love the colors! You're right, the smaller version doesn't do the full version justice. Great piece.

slickgreekgeo

06/30/06 @906

Very moody pic, deserves more critiques/vote. +9

Foxie

07/01/06 @027

Beautiful job!
I love it!
Lovely colours!

ARZILLIER66

07/01/06 @030

Nice work! i love it

Nell

07/01/06 @034

This piece definately deserves more atention. Good job!

DreamTheater

07/01/06 @206

i like the subtle colors and overall feel of the work. great job.

Traff

07/01/06 @408

Well worked mood and atmosphere - the positioning of the dogs/candle slightly off centre frm the Buddah works well. Even the notion that the candle is lighting the whole statue seems quite believable, since the statue itself seems to be radiating the glow back.
The puppies are straying towards being cute

maybe somethiing a little more mange-ridden may have been an option?... but thats just me.

Phill

err not that I'm mange-ridden myself you understand - just my taste

ThruMyEyez

07/02/06 @456

Great work Pam!! Good theme!

Gods-Mistake

07/02/06 @494

Hehe, cute!

I just think Buddahs nose has become a tad too sharp, because of the highlight on it. He can cut carrots with that. Okok, a bit absurd, but you know what I mean, dont you?

Oh yeah and I think some more shadows over his cheeks could make it more realistic. Look at this example for example.

But hey, it got a really calming feeling to it and I love it for that!

klyph

07/02/06 @516

Totally agree - Ben!

The thing with painting a Buddha statue is that these statues aren't anatomically accurate. His face is completely cylindical - the eyes jut out a little farther than the cheeks. And the nose... hmm... I can probably slice a carrot with the Buddha statuette I have at home. *heeheehee*

Thanks for the link - nice!

PJClapp

07/02/06 @695

You really did achieve a nice atmopshere here. Maybe some of the darks could be pushed alittle futher. Other then that very nice piece.

Cigaro

07/02/06 @725

the perspective on the left puppy is off imo, the rest is nice. good atmo as previously said

curlyhair

07/02/06 @853

I totally love it!! It is so kind,so touching!
I prefer not to look after technique mistakes.
Honestly, I just can't crit it and it is not because I lack some knowledge for crit
I love it. I saved it to my special art collection
You're getting 10 from me.
And special award for you

Juro

07/03/06 @730

Nice, I'm enjoying the details you have put into this one, and I think you have learned a few tricks in your last work. This is very nice. Don't forget to use darker/stronger shadows and highlights to give the work more depth, good going!

Madanapale

07/04/06 @027

This is really cute and adorable!
beautiful lighting and very nice rendition of the "Enlighted".
Carlos

eshine

07/04/06 @259

oh wow Pam, I love the shadows and colours! The puppies are just the right subject I think for the purpose and omg are sooooooo cute! I want one! Great composition and symbolism, +10

manti

07/04/06 @501

i really like the concept and how the statue seems to be looking down at the puppies.

what i don't think works (in my opinion) is how the light seems to be coming from the candle in the middle and then it seems (from the shadow cast by the statue itself) that the light is coming from the right. I would have put shadows on both sides of the statue giving it a more contrasting feel. dunno.

m4nti : +7 / 7

klyph

07/04/06 @664

Thanks for that. Manti!

The structure depicted here is a 'house' for the buddha statue. This is common for statues in northern Thailand. They add a grate and a neon/electric lamp at the top so the buddha image gets lit at night. The structure is too small for people to actually spend much time in... I'm guessing it's used to discourage thieves.

JESR

07/04/06 @728

woow it looks very nice i like the ligthing effects. +10/10

sajjad

07/05/06 @338

nice.
good luck

lolita

07/05/06 @356

omg, this is so cute

FAV

07/06/06 @240

great concept.
ha, love the way the statue seems to be looking down at the puppies. great, indeed
great job
Florin

Talgen

07/06/06 @841

So nice!

pegahoul

07/07/06 @372

Ooh! Cute puppies! Nice concept ^^

venomsblood

07/07/06 @672

aww, it cute adn a rela nice atmospheric work

VenoM +10

Claeng

07/07/06 @754

Interesting

I really like the gold ornaments in the full size version. It would take a 300 dpi printout to do it justice. Great detail.

*edit* at first I read "overwhelming evil" for some reason and didnt really get the title ^^ Silly me

Punny

07/08/06 @390

nice and soft

Diegoth

07/08/06 @540

awesome and charming! sweet puppies!

CreativeSchism

07/08/06 @638

I love the color pallette of this image! I think you did a beautiful job! Maybe a bit more reflective light down where the candle is on the Buddha image but that's nitpicking! Nice work!

bakatron

07/09/06 @692

nice work pam but you need to do some contouring and volume lighting plus refraction a bit more. if you played with those, itd have more of a 3d feel.

trangle

07/13/06 @151

Good concept, give me a good mood.

SchatziElfe

07/16/06 @185

A serenity piece, the soft golds the benevolent Buddha and especially the puppies give it all a soft soothing aura. As some of the above, the buddha's nose is too sharp, looks a bit like razor sharp pressed trousers creases. Otherwise, perfect.

Azurelle

07/16/06 @621

Nicely done, those puppies are so cute!