Adnan Ghalib is not my name

[BluTack]

hello everyone...I'm going to start posting some drawings here and i need some good crits. Thanks.

[BluTack]

This is Arial after her boyfriend left her for a younger woman/mermaid. She's sitting on a rock at the bottom of the ocean somewhere, plotting her revenge against her ex and his new lover.
done in photoshop

[BluTack]

I posted this in the wrong place didn't I?

[REGNIRUTH]

hi, i like your monochromatic treatment to the painting. I get the impression of her being underwater, the eerie feel of evil works with the green.

you've got her proportions right.
she does look like a woman, so not much else to say in that department.

But I think she could use a little more color in some areas. maybe some purple for the hair and the tail. monochrome paintings are easy to attempt, but it doesn't always work. but i think you put to good use in this painting. I guess I could say that monochrome executes emotions/moods better than a wider range of colors.

keep it up.

[BluTack]

hey thanks man, i really appreciate your sentiments.

Adding some purple in there is a good idea, i will try that out. There's some blues and yellows in there already so its more a subtle analogous color scheme than a straight monochromatic. But yeah I get what you mean, maybe it is a bit too green overall.

[REGNIRUTH]

awesome dude, would like to see a repost if you make any changes.

[BluTack]

this is a Rembrandt study i did a few weeks ago, oil on canvas. It took about 8 hours to do.
some life drawings coming soon!

[Hethabyr]

Love the mermaid piece (I think the subdued palette works really well) and the Rembrandt(ish) study looks interesting too.

Keep up the good work.

[FRAYLETOK]

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[Gloominati]

pretty nice stuff so far. Liking the style of the mermaid-painting. Thought that it's painted traditionally at first sight.
techically-wise the last piece is great, though it would be nice if you might post your reference as well. IMO it looks a bit to smooth for rembrands portraits, though, as I already said, the painting itself is awesome!

Looking forward to the life-studies :D

[Rusty]

Its with great sadness to announce that John Waterson (aka Blutack) has recently passed away.

He was a humble, open and a very genuine guy and one hell of a artist, he was a full time artist at Binary Star. I only knew him for a short time but he left a lasting impression on me.

You'll sorely be missed my friend, all my condolences to his family and friends.