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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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The fingers are like that because there's this theory/tradition in art that hands just look more elegant if the middle and ring fingers are held together. James Gurney made a post about the phenomenon on his blog a few years ago, though unfortunately I can't find a link to it.
Hmm, I think I see what you mean about the "unfinished" quality, but to me it only reads that way if you compare the individual "rough" elements to the more polished elements within the piece. The sort of sketchy shading on the scales at upper right, for example, by contrast with the face of the human figure. But again, I love the texture here and it feels very intentional to me...Yeah, I love that tail, and the sheet or bedspread.
You know, I was all set to suggest that a different color scheme on the "cloud" might better communicate the sense of "exhaled nightmare"--I was thinking of an inky, iridescent, nebular oil slick kinda thing, lots of bruised violets and purples with phospherescent highlights. But the longer I look at this, the more I like the reddish hue, and the more it seems necessary to the overall color composition, the lighting, the contrast, everything. I almost have the impression he's being enveloped in some sort of wet, fleshy flower (no Georgia O'Keefe cracks, plz). And certainly the figure's troubled expression and resistant pose indicate that he's in the throes of nightmare.
Love the wormy little cephalic tendrils, by the way...Reminds me of the Oankali from Xenogenesis! : D