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Chained

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I put a lot of hours into this painting and finally I just can't look at it anymore. I was partly inspired by the myth of Atlas holding up the world and by reading some D&D source books about the primordials. I had then created a couple of sketches in pen and after about a year I scanned them and created the work you see from that. So you could say that this painting is like 90% digital since there is no full drawing of it.
Any comment or critique is most welcomed.
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

This is a very interesting composition and I like the clever use of of perpendicular directional lines to guide our attention to the giant last. Your color choices look thought out and have some nice variety but I do think that in the embers that you could have used more oranges as this would have really complimented the blues. Also I think it would have been a little better if you had spread out more cracks of the heat he is being tortured with or that he is causing. There is some nice depth where the giant is but it does get a little flat and I think that could be adjusted merely by contrast or maybe some complimentary colors to make the city pop more. I really like his pose but his right leg and right arm seem out of proportion to me a bit like you were trying to show all of it when it should be behind his head and left arm more.

Besides the points I mentioned this is a very strong piece and I hope this helped.