Adam Burden of Man

[tcarlson]

The introduction of human to Earth...
It is a 30 by 42 " Oil and panel, that Illustrates a scene from Genesis-
God blessed them and said to them. "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
Ask questions.. make comments... Im interested on what people have to say about this piece
http://www.rsad.edu/~tcarlson/thirdyearsite/sketches/Adamfinal.jpg

[cucaracha]

quite modern architecture for those times ;)

the only thing i don't like very much is the background.
it's a bit loosy and undetailed, but good job over all

[John P.]

This is obviously not a literal image, but you have tried to get across the sentences "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it" in a symbolic way, and for that I can see the things you've done to get that across.

At first i reacted to the modern buildings as well, but then I kinda 'stepped out of time' for a moment(yeah; trippy! :D), and viewed the picture as a travel through time, with the man as a symbol for the whole human race, and the buildings as a symbol of all the cities and things we've built through time(to 'subdue the earth').


So now the only thing I wonder about, is the thingy on the upper left. Umm....what is it? :p


Overall a good piece, although i think a bit more sketchy than what i've seen from you this far.

But good. :)

[ODIN SIX]

Funny ,,,,It shows up here but not in your OOOHHH & AHHHHHH thread........

There is something off The the Left Hand ,,, maybe its just ME


Nice work .....

[negativespace]

I like the colors on your figure. I think you may need to rework the neck and shoulder area. They flatten out. Try to have someone pose for you; I am not sure if you would see that much of the head. The jaw area would probably be obscured by his shoulder.

[I.was.ink]

I agree with neative space. The background looks a bit on the flat side, and the his left shoulder looks like its pulled off where it should be connected. Like its misplaced.

[leckronium]

i think i agree with negativespace on that the neck and shoulder area needs a little work. his left shoulder seems to be out of proportion to the rest of his body. personally i would like to see the warm and cool colors moved around a little more so that my eye isnt so fixed on the figure in the middle. the painting style or brush strokes dont bother me at all.

[ljefe]

I like the idea, and the aparent anguish the figure has due to his pose. only a few things as far as i can say:
1) I concur with John, what is that thing in the upper left? maybe make it more clear and it will work better...
2) both his feet are hidden, and the ankle structure seems either off or weak. maybe someone can back me up on this, but i say, if that's your weak point, check some anatomy and throw in at least a hint of grounding for the big guy :)
3) your background, foreground, etc (basically, not the figure) seems to have a stylized, specifically soft color scheme, with lots of good color use in different areas. When I look at the figure though, it changes. that has a certain effect, which you might have been going for, with warm v. cool, but i think i would personally like the piece better if the figure were a bit toned down, get some nifty color variation in there (like more than yellow...) and maybe even stylize him slightly. but that's me, maybe i'm wrong
3) nice hair cut. maybe it would be cool if you had some locks hanging forward over his hand, with gravity and all, instead of the plastered look that you've got now.
wow, that was more than i thought it would be. good luck finishing this off if you decide to change anything!

[tcarlson]

Thank you for all the great crits guys... they really help... ok let me clear up what I intended for that object in the upper left.

I was looking at alot of classical paintings... and generally god is represented by strong light on the subject... so I used that on the right side of the painting.. with the break in the clouds... so on the left I decided to apply something that could represent other opinions (non religious views)... other possible origins of the human race.. It is an object that is comprised of right angles, which was also introduced to this earth when the human race was...... foriegn concepts were introduced very alien to this world.....
The circle under his hand represents a source, it is radial to juxtapose the Sun which is also radial... and is the source for light, which again light is classically used to represent god.

His hand is featured because it is "hand" is a root word for man.... we are set aside from all other animals because we are the Only animal that uses tools to make tools.... which involves our hands and foriegn knowledge... that is so contrast to this earth. It is that knowledge that we have brought to the Earth that makes it that puzzle piece that doesn't fit

Thanks again