Beautiful work, and very touching! The wings are gorgeous, and like the above commenter, I love the rat's expression. How sad...
Do Rats Go To Heaven? by @denise (Denise Chan)
Penance for dissecting a rat* yesterday as part of my Biology practical. :\
I feel bad for the poor critter.
openCanvas 1.1.
*Disclaimer: Very graphic! You have been warned!!
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I like it! Great visage of a rat. Was this from memory or did you get refs? The lighting is excellent I love the wings and the way they're all electricity looking. Their colors are great, and the way you've captured the way that the light casting would be is spectacular. If the circumstances were different I'd say that it's a little too soft. The balls of light in the background look a little bit too generated - like they were rendered on a computer. The only solution to that is either use fewer filters, or do more work for the BG on the paper (assuming you started it on paper.) I woulda gone for a black background, but that's just taste. Your biology is fine, the only thing that I'd question would be the eye, it looks a bit dull, shouldn't it be a little bit more reflective, on account of all the light? Great job.
Thank you for the lovely long comment! :)
Glad you like the wings and colour. It's odd that you say the balls of light look generated - the picture was 100% painted in openCanvas, which doesn't actually have filters. If you don't mind me asking, what makes it look rendered? That way I can avoid it next time. :)
If I were doing this again I'd embed the eye more deeply in the skull - right now it looks like it's stuck on, so in that position it should be a bit brighter. Then again you could say it's that way because the rat's dead, but that wouldn't be very nice would it? XD
Thanks again for the comment!
I am so glad I don't have to do that at school.
Very good pic, from the thubnail I thought it was a real painting! The full view is really worth it too, it is awesomnely done! I'm in love with those wings and the melancholy expression..she's literally asking "why?" Very emotional.