/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6717747
Silly me.

>>6279073
Hi, I'm an anon from that same thread, the one who gave you a couple of suggestions for cloud shapes.

This is, simply put, a beautiful picture; your previous version was enthraling already, but the feelings conveyed by the subject matter of that drawing have been enhanced in both intensity and scope by this new rendition (you have even added a twinge of cuteness with the presence of that dog).

I'm kinda surprised to get such an Art Nouveau vibe from the new version; I don't know if you were influenced by his style, but the way you depicted the smoke using dotted lines somewhat reminds me of the work of Aubrey Beardsley (pic related).

My only nitpick would be that the smoke could have benefitted from the inclusion of some spirals here and there, especially in the areas with the largest and roundest volumes. Those spirals would help to give it a more gaseous appeareance, as well as a better sense of accretion and movement; try to think of them as if they were heaps of carpet-like smoke layers being rolled up by the wind.

>>6085748
>>6085781
Yeah there's a lot of cross pollination in 19th century European and Japanese art. The more stylised simplification, flatter figures, and somewhat graphic quality of Japanese art influenced the impressionists like Van Gough and illustrators like Aubrey Beardsley (who in turn qouldninflu3nce the gwneation of japanese illuatrators that came after him) while European techniques like atmospheric perspective influenced their Japanese contemporaries like Hiroshi Yoshida.

There was a lot of artistic back and forth.