Quote by elisadevelonI
love how much detail you managed to put into such an easy-looking piece. Nice job on the lilies and the roses in the
girl's hands. I also enjoy the letters above the crescent moon - they kiiinda remind me of all the creative Scarlet
Letter designs. I'd leave out the dashed lines around the frame. I don't understand if they're a part of
the Art Nouveau style or what they're supposed to mean. Probably make more solid swirls instead like at the bottom
and stretch them towards the edges of the wall because ya know - it looks empty.
I don't think you're rusty at all, though. The lines on the girl's cloak aren't as smooth as they
could be but it feels like you made that on purpose, which you probably have. The rest is as sharp as ever. Nothing to
complain about from the technical point of view.
Thanks for the comment!
The dashed lines are from the original scan; I initially wanted them to frame her head like a halo but ended up
connecting them to the frame instead. Reconsidering this piece, solid swirls mimicking the ones on the frame
would've been better indeed. Unfortunately I didn't see it at the time, lol. It'd be nice to revisit this
in the future tho.
The emptiness is actually a feature and not a bug, lol. I've been more keen on minimalistic,
everything-in-the-center walls lately, like this one or
this one, for example. And most art nouveau works are
portrait-oriented as well.
Having worked with it for much longer, PS feels more familiar than AI, which is why I chose to use that instead of AI c:
The dashed/dotted swirls and lines on the girl's cloak are actually made with the freeform pen tool, similar to
what I did in this wall, that's why they
look irregular.