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Human Hatchling by ~egoodwinart:iconegoodwinart:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Surreal

©2005-2009 ~egoodwinart
:iconegoodwinart:

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This painting, as with all my other artwork on deviantART, was done as an art assignment for college. The only requirements we had for this painting were to use watercolor paint and to create an illustration involving an egg. After a lot of thought and discarded ideas, I decided to go with this composition. I used my suitemate Steve Limongelli as reference for the figure, an egg that I broke open just right, and a beach scene I found a picture of online.
9" x 12"
30 hours working on composition including reference shots and using photoshop (why it took so long I don't know), 30 hours painting it
fall 2005

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Given 2005-11-21

Human Hatchling by ~egoodwinart to add that spoonful of strange to your day. (Featured by `De-Profundis)

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~snowbunny7 Nov 8, 2005, 5:19:42 PM
I think it would be even better if it was like when a chick breaks out of a shell and it's in mucus and you can see the innards of the egg...but overall very imaginative
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~mutatedkitty Nov 8, 2005, 5:21:57 PM
wow... i like this alot... I would never have the imagination to think up this :thumbsup:

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I'm really creative. Sometimes I wear an eyepatch because I'm so creative. Plus, I'm mysterious. People wonder about me
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~egoodwinart Nov 8, 2005, 5:49:46 PM
I definitely thought about doing that, but Steve wasn't willing to put anything like that on his body, and I didn't want to make up how that would look. Plus, some animals like alligators break out of their shells pretty clean. I wish I could have done that, though. Good suggestion.
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~awormyourhonor Nov 8, 2005, 7:51:36 PM
Sorta like that Dahli one... Me likes...

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"one day I woke and knew I wasn't" :meditation:
:iconeclecticsarcasm:
~EclecticSarcasm Nov 8, 2005, 8:32:37 PM
I'm majorly impressed that you did this with watercolors. Most watercolors are very blended/fuzzy not as clear and defined as this is. That and you have really good color saturation. What's your technique?
:iconegoodwinart:
~egoodwinart Nov 8, 2005, 10:37:15 PM
This is the first time that I used cold-pressed watercolor paper for an illustration. This type of paper has more of a tooth to it, so that it absorbs the watercolor better but has more of a bumpy texture to it. I started off using washes of color on the egg, figure, and sand, which means that you apply paint that is very watered-down. After these washes dried, it was easy to go in with what's called "dry-brushing," in which you mix the color you need using as little water as possible so that your lines can be sharp, defined, and color-saturated. I used a combination of washes and dry-brushing with this painting, whereas you can see that I used practically only dry-brushing for my "Cardinal" painting.
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*chrizcruz Nov 8, 2005, 10:55:49 PM
Awesome. You got great control over your medium. Concept and excution is fantastic!

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Let it flow.
:icondotpaul:
~dotpaul Nov 9, 2005, 9:36:05 AM
I was browsing surreal deviations and nothing had caught my eye on the first two pages but yours. This is nicely done and shows good control of the watercolor. You did a wonderful job with color, proportions and value.
my only constructive critisism is that if this is taking place in sand you should have taken the time to show that. As you said you combined an egg, a photo of your friend posing and a beach photograph. To make them all one there should have been a push in the sand where the egg is setting as well as where the hands press down. Perhas even the head would make some sand displace.
Well done.

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.paul
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~EclecticSarcasm Nov 9, 2005, 3:19:58 PM
Thanks for the play by play on how you did this. I'm curious to try another piece with watercolors.
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~princesspan Nov 9, 2005, 8:24:06 PM
This is a very interesting image. I really like the concept. I guess my only critisism would be that the arm closest to the viewer looks a little large. But overall I really like this piece. Good job. :D
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