Sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well, I think this turned out beautiful ^^ The mountains all have a very nice sense of depth with the way you rounded them, feels a bit three dimensional almost. And the waviness of the flowers/grass on the bottom give it a bit of a windy feel. Beautiful work, and I hope you feel better :)

Getting a tooth out tomorrow. The antibiotics have been messing with me but I'll be OK. Thanks so much for the fav...and for the comment. I kinda saw the three dimensional/windy stuff as I did it. That came about because I ended up overdoing it with the blur brush but after I scrolled out I realized it kinda looked like it was blowing in the wind.

I think the middle part with the mountains and clouds is some of the best stuff I've done yet. Thanks again for the comment-it meant a lot ^_^.

Ah, hope it all goes well, antibiotics can be a bit weird on your body sometimes :S And you're very welcome ^^

I think I have to agree, those clouds look great. It's great to see your work improving :) Like Kurzar said, I think it's awesome how much detail you were able to fit with so little, especially on those mountain slopes. (And ahhh Bob Ross is the best, we were just talking about him at work today coincidentally enough ^^)

^_^ Again, thank you. I really do appreciate it.

Looks great! Pretty basic yet, not.

*Nods nods* Yup yup. I understand what you mean. It's a little stiff but it shows a lot of potential. This was all one layer, too. Like doing it traditionally so there's less margin for error since if you make a mistake sure you can hit undo but a lot of times those happy accidents help make it better.

In the case of this it was the happy accidents that helped it end up looking as good as it does. Bob Ross lessons ftw. Btw..thanks, love <3 <3 <3 <3

pretty

Thank you :)

Really nice work, Zid :)

The word "fresh" springs to mind, with those high mountains and fluffy low clouds.

Considering how you wasn't feeling too good, this came out wonderful! A scene of real serenity...

Sure hope your tooth removal went okay, zid...soup for a few days, I'll bet! *hugs close*

*hugs* Getting it next week instead. Really sick atm. Thank you for the compliment.

This looks beautiful!

Thank you :)

You're very welcome!

I think this picture could probably use some strengths in composition and possibly a more organic feel. The river particularly seems to lead my eye into the picture and straight out like an impatient travel guide, never granting my curiosity the chance to want to explore those forests or mountain sides. Instead, you want the shapes in these elements to work together forming light patters that pull the viewer through the piece, which gives it a sense of life and movement. Characters make this process easier, rather then harder, because you can point the eye movement from point to point like a guided tour and people will automatically follow the direction of the character's eyes to see what they're looking at (using social cues to your advantage).

I also think that it might benefit from a slightly more organic look to the geographic features. River's curve, bend, split, combine and outright dissapear in the forests from time to time. The forests will likewise be on both sides of the river sometimes melting into the mountains and othertimes covering fuzzy little hill tops. There are also breaks in the forests, where we have meadows peak out covered in wild untamed grass and maybe a happy little elk with an afro. Most mountains that also happen to share that triangle look on the left are typically volcanic in nature and often-times singular. More often, though, you'll find them with the side blown out from a prior eruption. However, tons of other mountain shapes also exist from other geologic forces that result in the ranges you're looking for. These tend to drop off into hills which you can then you mold your rivers and forests.

Finally, I just noticed this, but where is the light coming from in this picture. Nothing casts a shadow. It's kinda creepy and it's wiped out any sense of depth we might get in the picture. We can only rely on positioning cues to determine how far away the mountains are, say, compared to the river or the clouds. However, we can't get any sense of depth overall to give these objects a weight.

I nuked my other comment because it was a bunch of excuses as to why I don't push myself to learn this stuff when I really should. Thank you for your advice-I wish I got more advice like this. It's beautiful, and I'm going to make a note from it because you're 100% correct.

If you have any suggestions as far as art books or tutorials or anything like that I'd appreciate it very much. Thank you for watching me, and for critiquing. I appreciate it so much.

As a person who had studied weather in school for four years or so, I looked (and/or stared intently) at the clouds you drew. The overall picture is lovely, and I could expect to see a similar view from a glider.

Initially I thought the cumulus (puffy) clouds over the mountains may not be organized realistically given their proximity to the mountains (and therefore shifting currents of air and turbulence). However, you ended up being spot on based off some images I pulled up off of Google. Maybe the weather guy gets fooled every once and again. ;)

Anyhoo, I hope you get to feeling better. Please continue to draw clouds! n_n

Thanks!