Artist's Comments
she does nothing but dream,
dream a little very day die a little every day for she cannot ever have what she dreams for. one day she's foolish, takes a chance tries to make her dreams come true she feels the sun on her face the wind in her hair brushing by her so swiftly her body falls but her soul is flying. this is a personal piece, personal to me in a few small ways, nothing major. we all wish we could fly, but few of us are foolish enough to pursue those dreams. this is in no way supposed to be a interpretation or the Icarus tale. i set out to try and outpaint myself. a few of you guys have been saying well, this piece is your best yet or that one is, yet every single one was drawn by somebody else. it was driving me nuts! i gave this piece my all, lots of ref used but not in the places you'd expect, made sure i took my time and spent plenty on it too. the idea of the long canvas here is to guide the eye down, especially here on dA where it requires you to scroll down, my intentions were that you get a sense of how far she fell. about 15 and a half hours total original dimensions 3750 x 10350 pixels 300 dpi submitted for the bring your vision to life contest Comments Awesome work. Great atmosphere! I love the placement of the angels!
 Again with my accidental Print request... Stupid browser shifting page contents as it loads the last 1 image... Grr!!! Fav is well deserved though, this is a very cool piece! Great job!
  the little poem so reminds me of me ! I sleep more and more to dream of a person I see in my dreams and I feel like burning my wings doing so - running after something not real and out of reach.
absolutely gorgeous and fantastic piece Nei !! --  If a vagina is art, so is a penis too. If a woman's ass hole is art, so is a man's ass hole too. If a woman's breasts is art, so is a man's chest too. If tied up women is art, so are tied up men too. hey now that's some very pretty work!
 -- "Ride hard... Live free!"  I had to go back and look at this a few times to notice all the details. It reads very well, and tells an amazing story, just from the one picture. I can draw all sorts of ideas about what happened up to this point from this.
I love all the details, and the gorgeous colouring. I like as well the fact that the piece is elongated and pulls your eyes to the "commotion" As a final note, she got a decently long way if that's the cliff she lept from. -- "I'm trying to be friendly. Really."  Whose more foolish the fool, or the fool who follows him?
-Obi Wan Kenobi Okay serious. This is a beautiful image Nei! I can say you certainly out did yourself having worked you with on the collaboration. It really seems like you improved since that image honestly. The water you did here is beautiful both in the background and foreground. I really like how you did the splashing on the rocks too. The Cliff, the clouds the volume light streaming in from above is all gorgeous and I like how the clouds have a bit of stormy look to them. The accompaning story is cool I had to read it twice just to make sure I got it right as I read it and looked at the image. Okay so I didn't run out of air this time! I'm stunned but obviously not speechless  It truly is beautifully done I can hardly wait until you decide to outdo yourself again. I look forward to seeing your extras.  From all your own creations (drawing + painting), I must say you have improved greatly and it's a pleaseant piece to look at, great quality work with lot of atmospheric. Still, his star crown and her hair (just the two small parts on the front) just don't quite match IMO.
-- The pen is mighter than the sword, until it runs out of ink... President of ~teentitans and ~YoungJustice-Club I`m Brown at Rule of Rose crew! Bow!  Well done, Nei.
-- Keight == "There aint no such thing as a free lunch." - R. A. Heinlein  Wow.. you've really outdone yourself. I think it's safe to say that the pieces that you've only painted don't do your painting skills justice now. Looking forward to more pieces like these. It's a nice departure from some of your darker pieces.
-- "the power of a man's mind is directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drinks." - Sir James Macintosh "Way too much coffee. But if it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever." - David Letterman  clouds look real, the flow is perfect, the eye follows down through the whole piece. Reminds me of Renaissance piece. epic.
|
Details
April 14
229 KB 229 KB 616×1700 StatisticsShare |
Community News2705 The Road to 100 Million Deviations!$Heidi
 reports, 16h 14s agoDeviantART is counting down to its 100 millionth deviation! Join in on the fun and take a look back at some of the most noteworthy deviations we've seen along the way. The deviant who uploads the 100 millionth deviation could win a special prize, too. Hurry, we're going to hit the 100 million mark soon! 75 That Zen Feeling$chix0r
 reports, 1d 20h agoThere's a brand new Zen feeling going on in our Help Desk! 68 Photography Feature II=3wyl
 reports, 1d 19h agoA collection of photographs from a variety of artists, some that are really underappreciated. Just by giving one minute of your time to write constructive comments, favourites and even watches will make a great difference. 65 Daily Literature Deviations- December 22, 2009=DailyLitDeviations
 reports, 1d 6h agoDaily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it. Each day we will feature 5 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you  the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community. |
PollWhat is your favorite holiday tradition? |
deviantART Loves You
Deviously serving the art and skin community for 3,425 days.
Only 227 days until our tenth birthday!
|
Deviousness
^Ikue has been a devious member of our community for almost 7 years and in this time he has proven to be nothing short of dedicated and devoted. Whilst volunteering his time over the last 22 months as a Gallery Moderator within the Community Relations Team, Chris has brought the Vector gallery and many vector artists directly into the spotlight. ^Ikue's commitment to the community is evident in everything he touches and you can always find him reaching out to others with an encouraging word. Chris is a natural leader with a vibrant and empathic personality, and is a role model for deviants everywhere. It's ev... Read More
|
Note
Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Digg
LiveJournal
MySpace
Report a Policy Violation
Follow us on Twitter
Become a fan on Facebook
Critiques
I think the vision of this is extremely clear. It's a Great image from colors to composition,and it is a nice adaptation of Icarus' tale=] Ther's no question about that, but with a lead female as the main character.
I didn't give this the highest in regard to originality because it seems to come from the Icarus tale, but the angel and charib are a really nice touch with the star halo above the male, which helps to make this your own.
The anatomy is pretty spot on! You've gotten much better with it here. Two things glare out at me though which are easily fixed. First is the brush stroke you have on the fourth and fifth major cloud formation. Everything else seems pretty nicely blended, but for some reason it is very obvious and not as soft as you usually do..... The second thing is the left pectoral. It's flowing under the arm and should be in line with the right pec. The shoulder and the pec muscles flow into each other and the way you drew it is as if it connects with the back under the arm somehow. I think with these two things fixed this would basically be a perfect image technique wise.....
With regards to impact, I think the long composition take away from that impact, which isn't bad. I don't think the impact was meant to be high here. If there was a desire to strengthen it, maybe pushing the idea of Icarus more and adding some modern images to it, i.e. a high rise building instead of a cliff, would help to push this image further in regards to impact.
I think this is a great image, could be better as with most things, but is damn good and I enjoyed viewing it. Thanks for posting=]
Previous PageNext PageThank you for your Critique
You are not logged in.