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After Life

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A reflection on mortality and death as the passing from light into dark. The horses represent mortality as something wild,beyond our control. This is also illustrated by the old man who is reaching behind, towards the light.

Pencil on bristol board.
Image size
2717x2158px 2.23 MB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
FinePix S1000fd
Shutter Speed
1/114 second
Aperture
F/3.0
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
800
Date Taken
Sep 20, 2009, 11:00:40 AM
Sensor Size
4mm
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SirFranPan's avatar
I'm intrigued with these ideas you come up with and can translate to imagery - it's really quite a tricky thing to do effectively for art, so do keep up with it! (I notice this is a 2012 piece, so it will be interesting to see where you are now with your ideas.:)) There's some lovely detail worked in on those horses - I would say that the right front leg on the third horse does look rather awkward, as front-view, and of course horses, can be tricky to get down really well! The middle horse you've done a great job on - great pose and detail worked in with the shades and tones; it keeps things interesting that the horses are all in different poses as well. I think there's a really good composition here, it balances out well with the dark tree on the side, flowing into the greys largely on the lower part and then into the white sky.