Photo of the day.

[moonvoice]

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Comments

[skyfiery]

This is incredible!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! It still needs a lot of work!

[amethystfirefly]

Oh, wow. This is awesome. For whatever reason, though, I was expecting the plaid patches on the birds to be tartan. Fail, brain. Fail. -laughs-

[moonvoice]

Heh, thank you! The plaid patches are solar panels, but it's hard to convey that (for me, anyway).

[aries_ascendant]

Ohhhhh. Brain fail. I see it now.

I was really drawn to the sun and now that I know those are solar panels, I like it even more. :)

[moonvoice]

Oh man, that's not your brain fail, that's my art fail. I really struggled (and didn't really succeed) in getting them to look like solar panels, and I still don't know how successful I'll be at the end. That's why the title has 'photovoltaics' in it - but it's not a good sign when you need a title to explain a picture!

[aries_ascendant]

I wouldn't be too sure. I was sixteen before I realized that Target's logo was supposed to be a bullseye. My brain really doesn't see the things a lot of "normal" people see.

Looking at it now, I can see that the panels are a similar material as the windows in the background. They're obviously not organic. (Which I knew, because it's steampunk but I didn't connect the rest of the dots)

[amethystfirefly]

Hm. I think part of the problem is that solar panels have dark glass panels. If you were to fill in the "glass" part of the panels to increase the contrast between the glass and framework, it might help?

(Sorry if advice isn't wanted. /o\)

[welshwmn3]

I thought this picture couldn't be any better when I saw the ink only. I was so, so, so, so, SO wrong!

I want to say awesome, but I use that so often in responding to your work. I think I'm going to have to buy a thesaurus so I stop sounding repetitive.

Honestly though, this is absolutely stunning, and you say it's only halfway done. Just wow!

[moonvoice]

Oh wow, thank you! :D I was hesitant to post this because I was worried people wouldn't like the colour scheme!

[white_rabbit]

*waiting patiently for this to explode her brain when it's 100% done*

*it is already half-exploded* :D

[moonvoice]

Hee yay!

[darakat]

I still can't help but think of Poe writing about sun catching ravens.

[moonvoice]

Oooo, what a cool image.

[darakat]

:) Of course I couldn't dream of attempting to write something nearly as good, all I got is "Sun, sun, ravens, purple monkey dishwasher"...

[donnalotus]

Wow! I love the plaid on the ravens.... and that sun!!! Oooooh! :)

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :D

[greenbirds]

*wants*

Ravens are my totem just to begin with, and this is absolutely beyond stunning.

[moonvoice]

Hee, thank you. :D

[acidrica]

Eee~ those patches are just lovely!

[moonvoice]

Thanks! They need some more shading, but I don't know if they're ever gonna look like solar panels. Oh well!

[ariestess]

Oh wow! This is gorgeous! I am adoring this whole piece in so many ways!

[moonvoice]

Hee, thank you!

[silverjackal]

I really love the buildings and the sky and the sun in this. The browns/greys -- it really works with the world you've created.

[moonvoice]

:D Awesome!

[outlineofash]

Wooooooow. Love how the cool blues on the birds pop against the warmer colors of the background.

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[burningbright]

Oooh wow, I love the very subtle color palette in this!

[hrafn]

Er, so, I inadvertently left an anonymous comment, due to not noticing I'd gotten logged out.

[sonne_windsoul]

This piece is coming along beautifully, and like many others, I've loved the inked, non-colored images of it, but the coloring looks great so far and I think it will turn out really well =). I also like the concept of it (your steam punk pieces so far have all been intriguing in their concepts) and the way you've portrayed that idea. I did catch on with the inked version that the ravens have solar panels on them, though I can understand the difficulty in getting them to look right but I think you'll pull it off well. The sun's design is also nicely done.

I look forward to seeing this one completed ^_^.