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Had a stranger critique my digital painting and it actually helped
I was at a coffee shop doodling on my tablet last Tuesday, and this older guy leans over and goes "your shadows are all from the same direction but your light source moved." I almost told him off. But then I looked at my piece and he was right. I had a sunset behind the subject but shadows pointing left like it was noon. Redid the whole lighting setup in about 30 minutes and the piece actually pops now. Has anyone else had random feedback from a stranger that stuck with you?
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henderson.oscar11d agoMost Upvoted
Had a customer at my old job tell me my shading made her eyes look dead. She was right about that too. Sometimes strangers just see things we've been missing for hours.
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hollyl4511d ago
Bet that customer was secretly an artist themselves.
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jake63811d ago
Tbh that's a solid point about the dead eyes, shading can really mess with the life in a portrait. I had a random barista once tell me my line work was too stiff on a sketch I was doing, and I was mad for a second but then realized she had a point. It's wild how people outside the art bubble can just zero in on the thing you've been blind to for hours.
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