Ocean Sunset Painting - Looking for Critiques
4yr
Fried Onion
Hey everyone, just finished this painting. Looking for critiques on color, value or anything that'll help me improve!
Thanks
Hi there! very cool piece. I like the vibe.
If you want to get a more realistic result maybe you can add more ambient shadows and look for references in overcast lighting to see where to put light and shadows.
You can totally add more depth so things will feel closer and farther, also by using deeper shadows or atmospheric light farther away.
If you're looking for a flatter style which doesn't have realistic depth and shadows you can still use these principles in a stylistic way. You added some shadows on the shirt but not the arms or other things so maybe you can start from there.
If you have any particular reference or style you want to achieve maybe you can share it. :D
Okay, I just figured out this amazing thing. My monitor's color setting was set to moderate brightness and very high contrast. So when I was drawing it, it felt okay.
Now that I am looking at the image from my phone, it looks totally different. The values are also different. Just got blown away by this
Thank you so much for the feedback.
Regarding the shadow on the hands, it's there but I guess it's not dark enough. I'll have to make my lights more lighter and shadows more darker. I made sure to check the values regularly by converting it to black and white but somehow missed it.
Regarding the style, I am definitely not looking for a flat style, but somewhere close to realism. I don't really have any reference for this, just drew it out of imagination.
