Marai redux
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He asked about Jade Vanderholle, the computer game character I used for my 3D modeling class last year. Was she something that held my love? I made her out of perler beads, even. Would I paint her?
But the thing is, that love is what I put into the painting of Marai from Dekan, and when it was finished, it didn't inspire much interest from anyone outside. Since then, I've been wondering why. She holds things I very much care about. Why didn't that translate into the art?
It was her lover, Bonnus, that she was dreaming of by the fire, wondering if he would ever come home to her. Shashigai said to remember how it felt when he was still living up north. I didn't know when he would come to join me, if ever.
In that case, I said, I'd frame it totally differently.
So I sketched out another try, and since it came out all right, I spent today adding colour. I'm curious whether it gets any closer.

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Date: 2011-06-12 05:45 pm (UTC)When you went home... does that mean you grew up there too? Marai grew up on the farm and then later she came to be in charge of it. She really didn't want to do it at first, for years she refused, but I guess she must have eventually decided it was all right because she's still there now.
It's ok about no criticism. I also just kind of wanted to see if people would enjoy looking at it.
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Date: 2011-06-12 08:10 pm (UTC)Possibly vaguely unhelpful but the absolute first thing that caught my eye was the detailing in the fabric of the sleeve... sat there for a moment being like "oh wow, that is gorgeously drawn, how did she do that?" and it took me a minute before I could move on to looking at the whole painting.
The hair and the head scarf look amazing as well. I like the glow of the fire both inside and in the distance, and the textures of the stone.
My main critique is that something seems a little bit off about the proportions in the hips and legs, like compared to the size of her shoulders and arms they should be a bit larger, or something is awkward about the positioning. But everything else looks really good.
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Date: 2011-06-16 01:23 am (UTC)