The City

thanks Lucindawind. I love purple and blue -they keep cropping up in my pics :)

LOL What a card you are Brian. It’s 11:30pm here and my laughter may well have woken the neighbours. Thanks as always for your positive, humerous and so well constructed comments. re Painterly. I am trying to keep the energy of looser strokes, as I too often fall into the over rendering trap. I do like to try to create believable worlds, which makes the looser style more difficult – for me anyway :)

thanks Karri

thanks Helene

Cool comment many thanks synncity

:) only a possible “future”...I guess I hope to prick a few minds into action before it’s too late. Thanks Atheum

Thanks Jayme

Thanks buddy -cool comment

Thanks kreesor. I’m glad you like it

Thanks for taking the time to view it at the larger size, Murray and thanks too for the positive affirmation -much appreciated

...yes, they freeze it before tossing it into the abyss :) Just kidding -great comment Van

Thanks nancy. A lovely comment, which inspires me to greater heights :) Cheers

Ditto Shanina – you with your amazing combo of 2 and 3D skills. thanks for commenting.

thanks Antanas…I’m sure I could improve it :) but thanks for the great vote of approval.

thanks Firegirl :)

Hi rightasrain, thanks. re huge – a number of things I guess. 1 scale – try to place something the viewer would recognise -like a human form in front of the statue – the smaller you make the human the bigger the statue looks. 2. the lightest lights and darkest darks are closest to you, so mute the colours and tones more as things move away from the viewer -less contrast and detail. 3. Overlapping shapes also help to push things back. Hope this helps a little
cheers for now -Tom

:) air bladder -Brian is a card of note – great artist and very funny man.

Thanks rob. It was fun to create.

Thanks Kelly
...”feels as though I’m there” wow, I really moved by that comment. I love to try to create “real, unreal” worlds :) Good to know it is sometimes successful.

Thanks ee. It has the same effect on me. I also would like to see more -that’s a good thing in a painting I guess.

Thanks Colleen -a friend for life :) thanks for the vote

Thanks Millicent

You are very kind Randy -cheers :)

I’m glad you like it -one of my personal favs.

Thanks pookie

Thanks syd

Thanks so much linda – that’s what I like to hear :)

thanks nt that’s very kind of you

Hi Mimi. Thanks for your interest. I have just re-linked the original concept sketch next to the final pic at the top. Must have got lost in cyber space. Don’t know about clever digital stuff. I normally just scan the original sketch then choose a colour theme as a background layer. I then push and pull and smooth and redraw for about 10- 30 hrs. If you know of a quicker, cleverer process, let me know :) Nah I quite enjoy the feel of digital painting and am not all that much into the collage type cut and paste stuff, although some of those results are brilliant.

It’s my pleasure Michael, thanks mate.

Thanks crazy. It is a little bit crazy, but then that should suit you :)

thanks Lada.

thanks zooreka – well spotted Corel Master :)

LOL yeah right -you are my new friend for life :) thanks zooreka

Thanks Heloisa – made my artistic day :)

THanks Rouble – glad you like

:) thanks oh stroker of artistic egos :)

oh yeah ;)

Thanks Victoria. It was a satisfyling pic to create. I love the mood this image creates for me.

Thanks Scott

thanks Larry. I’m a fan of Grand Space Opera :)

Yeah I waited unitl there was a lull in the traffic and then drew quickly :) Thanks for the constructive comments Fiery