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Yay, my first topic on the art fags board.

This is a tigerlily I painted today. It was rather quick and I added two petals because it looked super gay without them (it also looks super gay with them). Advice, tips, comments, condescensions, and critique are appreciated.

Medium: Acrylic on a piece of cardboard
Time: An hour or less, I wasn't keeping track



P.S. My scanner sucks at life so I took a picture with my digital camera, making the colors and stuff all wonky.

i get "remote linking of images is not allowed"

Two thingies- ouch black xp and bendy cardboard!

The colours of the flower are nice and bright and pretty but I think you have lost the shape of the flower and the shading upon it by missing out on lighter and darker tones and going for ka-pow! colours.

It would also be better without the kinky cardboard..although painting on cardboard is fine in itself and alot cheaper than acrylic board. whee

I admire your enthusiasm and I'd like to see more.

I actually find the fact that its painted on cardboard hella dope in that left fieldish way. I'd suggest that you get your mitts on a larger sheet of cardboard and do something more adventurous than just a small flower biggrin

ficklefiend: Yes, I got a bit out of control with the colors and form. The black was planned to be more of a purple, but I made it too dark and by the time I noticed/decided to care, it was too late.

Page Boy: Form, you have thwarted me again. Blast.

warrior_of_boognish: Hella dope. Teehee.
Yeah, I was planning on doing the cardboard shtick again. I once saw a piece of cardboard about the size of a large wall. I really want to get my mitts on one of those.

The Dred Pirate Gossy: They are quite lovely, one of my favorites as well. It was in a cluster, but I was feeling lazy and only painted the one.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

The strokes are very expressive smile