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    • smceccarelli
      smceccarelli Pro SVS OG @QuietYell last edited by

      @QuietYell Wow, thank you for your thorough feedback! ItΒ΄s mainly for posting on social media (Instagram, Twitter, FB). Maybe a couple of e-mails. I was not planning for text on the image. The setting is indoors and I think the idea of a carpet or a wooden floor is brilliant. The suggestion of indoor should come mostly from the lighting (candle-light). I think I will follow your advice and go for a 3/4 vignette with just a textured background suggesting a wooden interior. Thank you so much!

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      • QuietYell
        QuietYell SVS OG @smceccarelli last edited by

        @smceccarelli so glad to be of help! I like that it is indoors; adds to the humor. Great work as always!

        Scott Monaco | QuietYell.com
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        • QuietYell
          QuietYell SVS OG @smceccarelli last edited by QuietYell

          @smceccarelli btw, you might want to take a look at those social sites to see what canvas ratio might be best to accommodate all 3+. I've noticed that Twitter crops vertical images (unless I just don't know what I'm doing when I post - haha), horizontal images are on the small side in Pinterest, and square fits your profile display of images in Instagram the best (though, I believe it shows the image as vertical/horizontal in the post-feed that others see)

          I guess you could also simply create multiple images that are cropped according to each social site...

          Scott Monaco | QuietYell.com
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          • smceccarelli
            smceccarelli Pro SVS OG @QuietYell last edited by

            @QuietYell

            I guess you could also simply create multiple images that are cropped according to each social site...

            That is exactly what I try to do as often as possible πŸ˜‰
            I always start with the Instagram format, unless I have other constrains...

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            • Lee Holland
              Lee Holland last edited by

              Great image @smceccarelli can't wait to see this painted. πŸ™‚

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              • smceccarelli
                smceccarelli Pro SVS OG last edited by

                Practically done. May re-check value balance in a couple of days, after it is out of my mind. Thoughts and feedback welcome!

                0_1480964821003_Xmas_Small.jpg

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                • QuietYell
                  QuietYell SVS OG @smceccarelli last edited by

                  @smceccarelli Looks great!

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                  • Rich Green
                    Rich Green SVS OG @smceccarelli last edited by

                    @smceccarelli - boy does this scene make me smile. That moose!!! Great job as always Simona!

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                    • mattramsey
                      mattramsey @smceccarelli last edited by

                      @smceccarelli very excellent

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                      • Lee Holland
                        Lee Holland last edited by

                        Really nice image πŸ™‚ Love your brush work aswell.

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                        • DanetteDraws
                          DanetteDraws @smceccarelli last edited by DanetteDraws

                          This is SO brilliant @smceccarelli! I always love your character design (even the tree has so much pizazz!) so much and you're so very talented when it comes to rendering too. I'm also always a sucker for humour πŸ™‚

                          The background is a bit too gold/brown for me - but this is a personal preference thing so very subjective. Feel free to ignore me on that! On the topic of background though, there's just two areas I find distracting. The texture behind/above Santa almost looks like a face to me and my eye keeps going there, trying to make out what it is. I'm also distracted by the two large rectangular shaped brush strokes (on a 45 degree-ish angle) in the upper right. I think those two areas could be blended a bit more. But otherwise I think it's fantastic! Great work as always πŸ™‚

                          P.S. I'm blown away by the tinsel garland - wow!

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                          • Carrie
                            Carrie last edited by

                            STUNNING!

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                            • Katie W
                              Katie W last edited by

                              What a fun and beautiful image!

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                              • Jodi Gregg
                                Jodi Gregg last edited by

                                Wow! your work just gets more beautiful and lively every time I see it!

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                                • lmrush
                                  lmrush Pro SVS OG last edited by

                                  awesome image- my favorite is the background. Backgrounds are so difficult for me

                                  Lisa Rush
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