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Purple nightmare -portfolio- by *ShadowUmbre:iconShadowUmbre:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Surreal

©2009 *ShadowUmbre
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I figured it would be better to have something else to show up when I apply for the schools than just watercolors, and since I found an unopened box of oil pastels in my closet I gave them a try.
...turns out I kind ofsuck at pastel painting. My fingers melted into the damn things because I gripped them too bad. :S

I'm not entirely displeased with this piece, though. I'll include it in my portfolio unless I get something better done in some other media.

-Edit-
Hehee, a lot of people seem to get reminded of Watership Down by this piece. I guess I can see why. (That movie game me traumas as a kid. ) :P

Oil paslets || A3 || 7h

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~Acid-Vertigo Feb 16, 2009, 6:16:27 AM
I am stunned. The end. xD

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~thelivingdeadgirl13 Feb 16, 2009, 6:17:28 AM
I think it looks pretty nice
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=Vsotvep Feb 16, 2009, 6:18:51 AM
Lool... poor fox..
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*Aokineko Feb 16, 2009, 6:22:21 AM
Love the colors! Reminds me of a youth novel I have called "A Taste for Rabbit" by Linda Zuckerman, this is like teh opposite of the cover in a way. Love the colors! Yeah oils pastels are tricky, I used them years ago, but prefer not to anymore because of how messy they are.
I love the image though that's for sure!
Great job on the composition!

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~katsunakii Feb 16, 2009, 6:23:33 AM
The eyes of the (demon bunnies?) look great! I love the collision of yellow and orange there. Also the technique you used to define their details using the purple against black is very subtle. Love their ears!

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=Sayuri-Lilly Feb 16, 2009, 6:30:23 AM
I think this is quite nice and abstract, I don't see anything wrong with it <3

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=Drakarus Feb 16, 2009, 6:30:29 AM
Ah, I simply love the 'split' in this. :) And props to you for using those oil pastels well. They're a bitch to use, I know. XD That's why I stick with the soft ones.

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*Decarabia69 Feb 16, 2009, 6:35:09 AM
Oil pastels are great, but they're a media that doesn't please everyone. You can blend them well with mineral oil or mineral spirits, but it seems you already knew that.

I like this piece because it reminds me of the tough-guy rabbits in Watership Down.

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=Felidire Feb 16, 2009, 6:39:42 AM
Hah, awesome, love the colors. ,,xD

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~MarySilver Feb 16, 2009, 6:42:01 AM
i hope i never meet those rabbits...not at night
great picture!
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