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Author: | Tas_mania [ Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
Really well done. Congratulations. It's quite cool in the Southern hemisphere summer for me. The idea of melting permafrost as a Christmas card is pure genius. I wish I thought of it. |
Author: | sallyanne [ Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
Lovely card Griatch. I look forward to your card each year and am not dissapointed when it arrives. Enjoy the little story that comes with it too. I can't see anything wrong. Look forward to watching the timelapse too |
Author: | ofnuts [ Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:18 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
Lovely one, I like how the eye wanders from the Vaette to the river to the background, and the whole thing is indeed very serene. In cauda venenum: - The grey blotch in front of the pines on the extreme left is weird, the shadows are lighter/softer elsewhere - The "main" pine is crooked and I have never seen a pine like this, they are fairly straight trees usually. - Physics police: since there are stalactites, it must be quite cold so either the river is slow but frozen, or running but then should have ripples. |
Author: | Griatch [ Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
Tas_mania wrote: Really well done. Congratulations. It's quite cool in the Southern hemisphere summer for me. The idea of melting permafrost as a Christmas card is pure genius. I wish I thought of it. Thanks, as usual with these cards, the 'story' of the image tends to develop as I make it. ![]() sallyanne wrote: Lovely card Griatch. I look forward to your card each year and am not dissapointed when it arrives. Enjoy the little story that comes with it too. I can't see anything wrong. Look forward to watching the timelapse too It's become a fun tradition to do these, glad it was not a disappointment! ofnuts wrote: Lovely one, I like how the eye wanders from the Vaette to the river to the background, and the whole thing is indeed very serene. Thanks, that was the idea! Quote: - The grey blotch in front of the pines on the extreme left is weird, the shadows are lighter/softer elsewhere - Good point. I updated the far left side, softening the shadow and also added more detail to the trees there overall. Quote: - The "main" pine is crooked and I have never seen a pine like this, they are fairly straight trees usually. - I tweaked the trunk to give it a little less of a bend, but it's not unusual to trees to have a bend, particularly when standing alone like this, affected by wind all year around. It is also coming out of the ground at an angle. Quote: - Physics police: since there are stalactites, it must be quite cold so either the river is slow but frozen, or running but then should have ripples. - I need the icicles there in order to better indicate the fact that it's a protruding ledge, without them there 's little to guide the eye. One could maybe picture the fire revealing colder parts of the ground, but overall I'll probably have to claim a bit of artist's freedom on this one ![]() Thanks for the feedback! I have now updated the first post with the finished (and slightly adjusted) image. Check it out. ![]() . Griatch |
Author: | teapot [ Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
Beautiful landscape Griatch and they look cosy by the campfire. I think everyone will be pleased to receive it for Christmas ![]() |
Author: | Issabella [ Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:20 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
A lovely Christmas Card. Griatch, Congratulations for another wonderful artistic creation. ![]() ![]() |
Author: | Griatch [ Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Where the Vaette Rest (my Christmas card 2021) |
Thanks for the nice comments, teapot and issabella. And yes, I think the card was well received. ![]() |
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