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The Fall of Generosity

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"It's such a quiet thing to fall...but far more terrible is to admit it." - Kreia, KOTOR II

Full credit to :icondcencia: for making the Nightmare Rarity vector.
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:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Impact

This critique is going to be very long, very technical, and very truthful. Why? Because that is what an artist wants when they put up critiques, so sit back, relax, and pay attention.

Elements of art:

Texture: I can see the difference in the rain, the ground, the clouds, and the hair strands coming off of Rarity. It was a very good use of balancing texture for all that is going on.

Space: Space can be very tricky, but you have gotten 2 out of the 3 main components beautifully done. The light penetrating the clouds is a very good use of background space, and can be seen through the foreground and the middleground. However the middle ground, seems to be lacking. Rarity and the ground she's standing on seem 2-D, giving the look that nothing is really happening in the middleground. Making the piece a little more 2-D than we think.

Color: Color was executed very well in this piece, Very mellow, very sad and depressing. It speaks for the whole piece, which can also be a bad thing. Relying only on color will only get you so far, use color and other lighting effects to emphasize different parts.

Tone/Value: Ah yes, tone and value, one of the hardest things to master in the art world, with color this piece looks amazing, but take out the color, and suddenly the work seems less emotional, you need more contrast in the shades that are used in the color of your clouds and such.

Unity: Wonderfully executed here, a cloudy overhang going over what use to be sunlight, very nice work tying in the textures together along with the landscape and Rarity.


Some other things I want to mention, is that when using dark gloomy colors on an entire photo, don't be afraid to add vivid lighting, for example, someone in the comments mentioned the eyeliner being a blue, It emphasize's the eye, which then goes to the tear, however i thing if the tear was a little more brighter, or had some glow to it, it could add much more emotion to the piece.
Again try and mess around with your grass, she seems sorta "placed". Adding some shading to the grass could help this.

All in all, it is a very Beautiful and Emotional piece to look at, You should be very proud of this piece.

My critique may seem a little harsh, and to be honest, it is. No, I probably wont, myself make something as good or as original as this, but with the knowledge of art that I have, I wanted to make sure to point out flaws, because if you don't improve them, it only hinders your capabilities.