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Icarus

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"Soon there’ll just be feathers and the quiet of the fall " ~Thea Gilmore, Icarus Wind


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Edit trois: I.. I... :faint: [link]

Edit deux: I made it to the semi-finals! [link]

Edit: Messed with some balances and shading.


This is my birthday present to myself! Not really my usual style, but still fun.

For the Myths and Legends contest. Icarus is my favorite Greek myth~ I feel like there are so many ways to interpret the reason for his fall; pride, rebellion, ignorance, ecstasy, carelessness, self control...

Soooo, yeah.... Now I have two more pictures to finish? This is the last contest I'll be entering for a long time. I have some very big projects I'm working hard on.

Kari out ;3
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

When I first got my subscription I didn't know if I was going to want to use my critique feature. I tried it out a few times to see how it worked, but I can honestly say this was the first thing I have seen that made me actually say, "Wow, now that deserves a critique."

"Breath taking" is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot, and is rarely used on a piece of art that deserves it, but I am proud to say this pic clearly deserves that title. You really knew how to use every inch of this canvas to fully show off the feeling you were trying to create. You filled up the lower half of the screen with his body and kept most of the rest of it empty, so as to create the feeling of him falling, while at the same time filling up this blue space with feathers and clouds so as not to leave empty space, which I've always thought can destroy a good pic. And I loved the way you curved these clouds, as if they were circling around him, like he was trapped in the middle of a chamber, a round prison of these clouds.

You were also able to create that sense of falling, by putting Icarus' hand just slightly below the center of the sun. If it was in the middle of it, then it would have created the sense that he was successfully grabbing it. But with it just a tad below the center, it creates that sense of him almost reaching it, but then failing at the last second. You basically are able to successfully tell the story of Icarus with just the placement of his hand. Putting that much meaning behind one part of the picture is very impressive. I really can't go on enough about how amazed I am by that.

I could go on and on about how great the details in his wings and hair is, as well as the ruffles in his toga. Or talk about how the shadows on his back create the sense of despair that contrast the bright blue of the sky, representing the hope he is reaching for. But then I would be here all night, so I'll sum it up by saying that this piece is beautiful, and conveys emotions on almost every level. Fantastic job.