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Summer 2011- two point perspective assignment

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My two point assignment from my Summer 2011 Perspective class.

Gryphons <3
I had been running low on ideas, so I turned to :iconwindsonde: for help, and this is what I got.

Random aqueduct and castle in the background were suggested by my teacher to improve the overall background and composition :shrug:

I had fun on this one, despite how much work it was.

Gryphs: (sort of right-to-left)
Iorangi
I don't remember who the other two were supposed to be, or if they were just whipped up and stuck in there on the spot. Reminded by my sis that they were supposed to be these two

'colored' with Prismacolor markers, cool gray set.

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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

I really enjoy a couple things about this piece, so we'll start with those. First - the contrast between the fairly rigid, crumbly stones and the fluid, detailed creatures is excellent. You took the time to put each one in a different pose which turns out to give a great sense of them approaching even though they -could- be statues or something (but I just don't think so!). The shadow and simple lines work well and it's clear what the purpose of this piece is - you've got the main corner pretty much bisecting the frame. Well done on the arches too. In a day and age where someone can just copy/paste an image for repetition, it's nice when an artist takes the time to actually manually create it and they contrast well with the horizontals of the brickwork.

It's interesting that you say it was your teacher that suggested adding the castle into the background because I think that's actually the weakest part of the piece. It's functional and doesn't really detract in anyway, but it would maybe be more consistent to have had a crumbing aqueduct or arches, or even a tower (because you've already got the crumbling thing going on). Best case scenario might be something like a nest for the creatures, or silhouettes of more flying in. I agree it shouldn't have been left empty, I'm just not convinced that a castle is the best solution. Again - it's not bad, just sort of out of place. Also the text that you've sort of written (Aw, crud) seems like an afterthought - I might have made that the title of the piece or had him write it on that open piece of paper he has open. And the foremost wall section has brick lines going horizontal and vertical but in the receding sections to the left, even the archways, there aren't really any verticals at all. It sort of gives the impression that they're of a different composition (like adobe or something).

The creatures are really the strongest thing going here, and I think it would be neat if you played with that a little more. What if we saw one that was crumbled - clearly a statue - to add a little mystery for the viewer? Are they statues or real or what? Could be interesting. Same with that guy's paper or backpack - maybe the paper has a drawing of one of the creatures in a pose that isn't seen - like he was drawing it and then it moved? His backpack might be decorated with some feathers or a claw or something. Just some thoughts.

All in all an excellent piece that I enjoyed looking at and letting my mind run with possibilities. Well done!