The Fighting Trees - Work in progress (Updated)

[evilrobot]

This is looking fantastic nice start.

[Chip Valecek]

@kevin-longueil great job on the values so far, looks really good! I think the composition is working.

[Kevin Longueil]

@evilrobot @Chip-Valecek - Thank you both! I really appreciate the feedback

[TessaW]

Very cool!

[Will Terry]

@kevin-longueil This piece is fantastic - really. I couldn't help but mess with it a tiny bit. I would make the bird a stronger statement/focal point. It's a judgement call - but I think it would have a quicker read giving it more appeal. Great work!

[Kevin Longueil]

@tessw Thank you Tess!

[Jason Bowen]

Really awesome!

[Kevin Longueil]

@jason-bowen Thank you Jason!

[Kevin Longueil]

@will-terry Thank you so much Will!! I really appreciate your kind words and draw over! Having the crow be more focal or not has been a real back and forth for me - it is so great to get your thoughts on this!!

[smceccarelli]

Really really beautiful - one of my favourites from the whole series! I had a thought about wether the "nose" of the tree and the crow are too parallel, but maybe that's not noticeable - especially if you pull out the crow a bit more, as Will suggested.

[Kevin Longueil]

@smceccarelli Thank you Simona!...i had nearly given up on the Fighting Trees illustration but it is now becoming my new favorite - i need to resolve the nose situation as you say - i had not noticed the parallel lines at all so thank you!

[Eli]

That piece is AWESOME.

[Kevin Longueil]

@eli Thank you Eli!

[MOO]

@kevin-longueil The tree's face is really cool. Nice job!

[Kevin Longueil]

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen Thank you Marsha!

[Kevin Longueil]

I think i have improved it? Killed a few darlings in the process but i think it is better ...not sure about that branch i added on the wrist of the tree though......

[aska]

@kevin-longueil All you create has got a feeling of deep, serious and interesting art, if you know what I mean. It's great

[Andyg]

This is awesome. Fantastic work. Kudos.

[Kevin Longueil]

@aska @Andyg Thank you both!!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@kevin-longueil woah! I love this grayscale painting you made. It's amazing! There is one thing I think you can work on though--- the contrast of your foreground and middle ground. Both grounds look so similar in value its hard to discern the middle ground from the foreground and vise versa. You can fix this by darkening the foreground, blurr it if possible, and then lighten the middle ground. That way the focus won't be stolen from our tree. If you find the foreground dark enough, just lighten the middle ground. I hope this helps. I can't wait to see the final piece.