Fox portrait for myself. ^__^
Category Artwork (Digital) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 875 x 1127px
File Size 1.51 MB
This is a really interesting composition. At first I wondered why you'd used purple for the background. Purples are very rare colors in general, and using one in the background is an even less common choice. However, when I took into account the way that the snow-covered pine needles frame your face, I think I came to a better understanding. You ended up having the pine needles overlap with your face; you don't poke your head out from the tree, but rather wait inside, benevolently observing.
Indeed, this is almost certainly why you chose purple as the background color. The obvious color to choose is blue, but blue is the complementary color to orange. That would cause your face to pop. However, you chose purple, a color which is chromatically much closer to the oranges that dominate your palette. This was a very smart decision, because rather than popping out from the treeline, you instead recede into the background. Furthermore, it also leaves the scene hazy and dreamlike. Seeing the sort of aura you put around yourself, I assume that this was intentional. I also appreciate the very subtle use of color around your eyes—although your body doesn't pop, your eyes definitely do.
I think that this portrait says a lot about you. When I see it, I see someone reserved and contemplative, but also very bright. If you think that describes you well, then you've done a fantastic job communicating it.
I must ask one question though—What's with the birds? I'm no ornithologist, but they look like red-breasted robins, but with the beaks of finches. They also appear in a winter scene. Why that particular species of bird? For what reason did you include them in a winter scene, despite their migration? I do hope you respond.
Indeed, this is almost certainly why you chose purple as the background color. The obvious color to choose is blue, but blue is the complementary color to orange. That would cause your face to pop. However, you chose purple, a color which is chromatically much closer to the oranges that dominate your palette. This was a very smart decision, because rather than popping out from the treeline, you instead recede into the background. Furthermore, it also leaves the scene hazy and dreamlike. Seeing the sort of aura you put around yourself, I assume that this was intentional. I also appreciate the very subtle use of color around your eyes—although your body doesn't pop, your eyes definitely do.
I think that this portrait says a lot about you. When I see it, I see someone reserved and contemplative, but also very bright. If you think that describes you well, then you've done a fantastic job communicating it.
I must ask one question though—What's with the birds? I'm no ornithologist, but they look like red-breasted robins, but with the beaks of finches. They also appear in a winter scene. Why that particular species of bird? For what reason did you include them in a winter scene, despite their migration? I do hope you respond.
Aw, thanks much for detail comment. Those birds are often in Russia in winter. It is - Eurasian bullfinch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_bullfinch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_bullfinch
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