Outcast (new version)

[PainterIlya]

I`m completely renew my "Outcast". In this message I place 3 version of this painting (2 old and new).

New version (2004)


Second version (2002)


First version (1999)



Title: Outcast (new version)
Year Created: 2004
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimension: 0,95 * 0,8 m
Allow digital alterations?: Yes!



I want to hear your critique and comments about it. And I would like to invite everybody in to my gallery http://www.painterilya.com/indexE.htm

[Ulysses]

Great work! I really like the texture of the newest painting and the tones and variations of the old man's skin. His expression says a lot. I do like the overcast/early morning sky in the last piece though...I think it pushes the mood even further.

[Sgt.Pepper]

Dont take this the wrong way, but I really like the 3rd one (1999) the best. Amazing work!

[Cyrus]

That looks really good, I'm not sure I'd be willing to do a painting three times myself. I like how you added more color and contrast to each version of the picture.

The only thing I might suggest is maybe doing something in the clouds to bring them out more, the top right area of the picture just seems a little too big an empty space for me.

[Porkasaurus]

I hate to say it as well but the original one is superior. I've been studying the differences between all of them for the last 5 minutes and that first one just has best feel. Between the way the trees are painted on the left and the old man's beard/face area to the distant farmer with cow.

I think it's the lack of detail in the original. The latest one seems to compensate for that but some of the "soul" is gone.

Great work all around.

[Phuzion]

I'm going to disagree with Porkasaurus. I think the final one is a huge improvement, from the composition to the choices in details. I think the higher contrast serves to create a greater sense of deep space. The only thing I like in the previous two is the way the horizon fades off more....

I think the trees are vastly superior in the latest one because they actually fit the style of the figure. In the first one they look cartoony, and they look like they should be large trees, which makes him look like a giant. While I love the figure in the first one, he looks like a wise man... whereas in the latest version he looks more decrepit, and fits the title a lot more...

My crits would be thus: Fade the horizon a little more to increase the feeling of depth... move the little farmer and cow up from the hill so they don't like tiny little sprites or fairies standing on the same hill as the old man.. and either darken the blue of the sky, or lighten the clouds because they are too close in value, it doesn't quite read right... you want the blue to read as negative space, and the clouds as positive, but right now they're kind of swapping here and there so it's a bit confusing...

Overall tough, great work. Really nice use of the medium. Props to you sir ;p

-Daniel