Piece for the Live Critique on Tuesday

[Nancy Gormezano]

I love the little feet and his costume. Beautiful piece. The only thing that feels slightly off to me is that the face seems rendered in a harder edge style than the rest of the piece, which feels lovely soft, fuzzy.

[Will Terry]

I can't wait to critique this one Shinji - When a piece is really good it's easy to make subtle suggestions and then take credit for it - HA! ...really nice - hope we come up with some good suggestions...

[Naroth Kean]

This is awesome! I really like the character, the lighting and those little tiny paintings hanging there really add a lot to the story. I remember him from your "frustrating piece" you posted some time ago haha. Btw what is GPLW?

[shinjifujioka]

@Naroth-Kean You got that right, haha, he is the same character from my "frustrating piece". If you take a look at the cover of the book at the top of the stack, that is the illustration that I originally was going to put him in.

And GPLW stands for "Great Power Lies Within". Sometimes I just put little made up acronyms in my illustration kind of as a message to myself.

[mattramsey]

Will this critique be available for everyone to watch? Maybe posted on YouTube later?

[bharris]

Stunning work!

[shinjifujioka]

@mattramsey According to the class description, the critique will be viewable by other SVS students. But I'm not sure when and how...

[craigrussellart]

That's fantastic @shinjifujioka !

I'm gonna be in the critique session too. My work's nowhere near as good as yours though. Looking forward to it anyway.

Craig

[shinjifujioka]

For those interested, these are the progress pics from really rough sketch to final. Currently, this is more or less my usual work process.

[Jana]

This is really interesting, Shinji, thanks for sharing! It is always great to see how you guys do what you are doing.

[shinjifujioka]

@Jana Thanks!

@craigrussellart Yeah, I'm looking forward to it too. A little nervous, but it should be a good learning experience :). One thing that I'm learning more and more, is that the most important element of an image is whether or not it conveys a message to its viewer. In my opinion, technique and all the other art theory falls secondary to the emotional impact of an image. Which is probably why there are so many appreciators of all sorts of styles of art. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm still trying to figure out how to portray myself through my art, and I'm sure you're trying to do the same

[craigrussellart]

@shinjifujioka Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. It's all about conveying feeling and mood, as well as telling stories. I'm realising that more and more these days.

You shouldn't be nervous. Your work's really good. And the feedback will help you get better and better.

[Lee White]

really beautiful. I will be critiquing this one tonight and have some suggestions with a paint over and examples I'll be going over step by step. I can't wait! It's always so fun (and challenging) when starting out with a piece as complete as this one is.

[Lee Holland]

Fantastic work shinji, I also looked at your blog.Helmet and hound looks amazing.

[shinjifujioka]

@Lee-White Thanks! It'll be my first real critique, so I'm looking forward to it! I'll try to get as much out of it as I can.

[shinjifujioka]

@Lee-Holland Thanks! Loved your otter pics.

[Dulcie]

Really beautiful work, Shinji - I agree with all the other glowing comments It will be interesting to see how they critique it tonight..I hope the video is available soon afterwards like with the 3rd Thursdays...I like that the red paint pot is the only bit of red, it focuses your eyes into that spot on the floor. I wonder if maybe the pictures at the top could tell more of the story...I can see flame and maybe flying in those shapes which fits with what you said.

[shinjifujioka]

@Dulcie Thanks!

[shinjifujioka]

@Lee-White @Will-Terry Just wanted to say thanks again for the critique. I knew that the image could be pushed further, but I didn't realize how much more I could do. Definitely informative and I'd recommend anyone thinking of signing up to do so at the next opportunity. Also, will the recording be available to view? I wasn't able to watch the last two critiques and was hoping to be able to view those as well.

[Jonathon B]

@shinjifujioka Hey thanks for posting your progress pics. They're really helpful to see how you got your lighting figured out. This is still something I'm having a hard time with. Also seeing your piece in the critique last night was great. I learned so much from that one.