Beauty and the Beast?

Painting \ Figure | 01/07/07 @162 | addicted2macs | critiques (8) | views (512)

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This one's been in the works for months, going through several iterations. I guess you could say it's my first serious attempt at a real composition in a while.

I started with the concept of Beauty and the Beast, but as I went through the work, it occurred to me that you never really know what's beautiful and what's beastly by appearances alone (moral of the story, I suppose

). So, I guess this begs the question--Who's the beauty? Who's the beast?

This was originally 1800x1800 at 450 dpi (4x4 inches). It's done in Photoshop CS2 with 8 layers, some not visible. No refs.

Hope this comes out OK. My JPEGs tend to run a little dark once I save them.

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ThruMyEyez

01/07/07 @163

Good style. I like the flowing lines and dark mood.

Diane

01/07/07 @568

Nice work

The trees on the background could use some more work, they look unfinished. The anatomy is a little bit off, but nothing very important. The only place where it looks really off is the forearm of the beast, it looks too heavy compared to the rest of the arm and body.
+7/10

cnell

01/07/07 @607

nice to see everything in b&w. not an easy thing to do.

addicted2macs

01/07/07 @672

Thanks, folks.

Diane, the forearm is purposely malformed. I wanted it to look like a big club of an arm, you know, to make him look all freaky and weird

I'll go back and rework those trees in the bg, just behind the beastie.... They do need some more tweaking, now that you mention it.

Daykan

01/07/07 @854

nice concept

josephcaesarsd

01/23/07 @326

This is a far leap from your previous posts, Brian.

Really nice work! The only thing I wanted to point out is the woman's clothing --the drapery folds on the right side of the image seems fluffy as opposed to the left.

The background trees are already ok for my preferences, I think they should remain that way so that focus on the art remains on the foreground.

addicted2macs

01/24/07 @062

Thanks, man, I realy appreciate your comments on my work! I knew the dress was out of balance, and in my mind it made sense. I wanted this 'beauty' to have a feeling of melding with the night forest. So, I thought I'd take the flow of her dress and mimic that of the trees. It's probably one of those things that made more sense in my head than on canvas

Wallace

01/28/07 @682

Nice work Brian

lovely use of blacks an whites
The forarm is indeed VERY big, but it works for me,
gives the beast more power

The roots of the tree is e bit confusing all the more
so it tends to blend in with the cloth foldings of her dress

Great work all around + 9

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