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Mystique 12 Cover Paintingby ~mikemayhew

Cartoons & Comics / Traditional Media / Cartoons / Paintings

11X17 in acrylic.

Critique by *donnaquinn May 11, 2009, 12:06:07 AM

What a fantastic, dynamic piece. I really love the PVC/ leather; it's painted so well and is probably the most photorealistic texture of the piece in general. (I bet it was so much fun to paint.) The abstract shapes of the fire juxtaposed with the tight rendering of Mystique make for a great contrast.
My main criticism would be that the fire is reflecting off her clothes, but her skin appears unaffected by the flames. In reality, I think the firelight would reflect off her skin to some degree. This would have looked great on her belly, and perhaps if you added some warm tones to her arms they would "pop out" at the viewer more and add to the 3-D effect and the perspective in general. Possibly some rougher texture on the arms, to suggest skin/ scale texture, would also help the arms come forward more (although they do already).
In addition, though this is not a criticism of your technique, I think you could have cropped the picture in a graphics program, to eliminate the border and make a neater presentation overall.
Anyway, I should also mention that I love the flying hair, and Mystique's expression is awesome. There's not much more I can write as your skill outstrips mine, but I can say I enjoyed your work thoroughly! Wish I could paint like this!
Best wishes,
Donna.

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~devonthomas May 11, 2012 Professional General Artist

stunning work as alway

~foxnur Aug 23, 2011 Student General Artist

amazing

~Edas7 Oct 8, 2010

Love the colours and her pose

~DarkBrainComics Nov 17, 2009 Professional Digital Artist

This cover is incredible! So intense, visually stunning, and she is downright gorgeous. Great job!

!harDcoRe-GaGa-Love Aug 24, 2009

Hell yeah !! Awesome !!
Mystique rocksss <3

~hakutheblindedsoul Jul 31, 2009 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Wow! Of all the Mystique covers, this is one of my favorites! I had no idea that you were on DA though. Gotta go look at more of your stuff.

Keep up the seriously awesome work!

~Pendius Jul 31, 2009 Professional Interface Designer

Great piece.

One Question, though:

Why has Mystique (covered all over in natural blue skin as she is) pink gums?

Strikes me as extremely odd.
I don't know why, but I would have envisioned her with pale/light blue or even white gums, not the strikingly "normal" colour.
It's for this small detail that I can't quite shake the feeling of a spray-painted "ordinary girl" (with big guns. Okay. That's not quite so ordinary. Granted.)

~EduardoMonteiro Jun 11, 2009 Student Digital Artist

MAGIC!

~GodSaveTheEmoz Jun 7, 2009 Student Photographer

EXCELSIOR!!!

lol excuse my nerdiness

if you dont get the reference, that means your sain

ANYWHO...
Your X!treamly X!traudinary piece of of MARVEL art
has been featured in Part One of my Three part MARVEL Featurette,
quite obviously its X-Men

Here is the link [link]
Feedback is allways greatly appreciated
thats just my sugarcoated way of saying demanded ^^

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