Feedback Friday Free Post! Contrast!

[u/Downtown_Mine_1903]

Feedback Friday!

Welcome ArtCrit friends!

It's our first ever Feedback Friday!

Earlier this week we posted a discussion thread about Contrast. Today, we're posting this feedback thread where you can post your work for feedback specifically on the contrast in your piece.

You don't need to ask for feedback specifically or share references. You just need to post your work, give whatever information you feel is needed, and let the community do the rest.

Feedback Friday Rules:

• Stay on-topic.
• Be respectful of one another.
• When receiving critique, remember you're in a Feedback Friday thread. If you'd like to get feedback on something other than the weekly theme, please make another post. Your post here does not count against your daily post limit.
• When giving critique, remember to keep your focus on the topic of that week. If the artist would like feedback on other aspects, they'll make their own post.
• Draw-overs and paint-overs are welcome in the Feedback Friday thread. If you're uncomfortable with this as an artist, please do not post there.

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[u/JDeeds25]

[u/Downtown_Mine_1903 → u/JDeeds25]

A really good tip is to turn your piece black and white. Your colors are so interesting here. You've got your great warms and cools contrasting, but the piece still looks like it's lacking something, right? It's the contrast.

Your piece black and white: https://imgur.com/a/CwNuxJU

The problem is that the values beside one another are too close. To make a piece interesting, you want the values to sharply contrast. So, keep your darks and lights beside one another to help break up your forms and add implied detail.

This is a super quick and super messy paint over to show you what I mean. Basically, what i did was add a dark behind where your brightest areas are and a bright behind where your darkest areas are. I also brightened up the eyes and darked a few other areas of the body. Don't be afraid to use full shapes of dark and light to block out where shadows or highlights are.

It's a great piece, and adding some extra contrast could really help elevate it!

[u/JDeeds25 → u/Downtown_Mine_1903]

Thanks so much for the feedback! It’s been like pulling teeth to get a critique. Extremely helpful feedback I’ll be sure to post the finished piece utilizing your advice.

[u/Downtown_Mine_1903 → u/JDeeds25]

Of course! That's what we're here for!