Gorodin opened this issue on May 26, 2002 ยท 14 posts
hauksdottir posted Wed, 29 May 2002 at 4:04 AM
Gorodin, Not only does the lighting give volume to the planet... you added a whisper of atmosphere. Good! :) A much more viable world. with the highlights in her eyes, the light on the planet, and the light on her face all from the same source, it just looks more real, because there is no falsity to niggle at the viewer's subconscious. We know there is a sun out there, and probably other worlds besides. The entire composition is just slightly tighter all over, and much sleeker and more effective overall, too. Moving the 2 contrails closer together, helps... even if I'm still not too sure what they are (no contrails in vacuum, but it works for StarTrek). With them and the arc of the planet's edge, the viewer's eye may leave her face, but not for long. If I did anything at all to this image, I might saturate the author's name a bit, making it bluer so that it is clearly a color, and tieing it with the blues in the planet. However, I have killed pieces by overworking them (darned perfectionist tendencies), so my recommendation at this point would be to declare it finished... and a job well done. I am looking forward to seeing your next piece. Carolly