Warm Pastures
Here's another piece I created on Art Rage.
I called it "Warm Pastures":
The Inspiration For This
I am always interested in how certain concepts are represented in our minds. How far can a particular image or object be simplified before it loses it's meaning?
I wanted this to be an exercise in minimalism. Recently I have been a little bit obsessed with warm earthy tones and I wanted to create a minimalist sunset landscape.
The question is has it gone too far? Does any landscape remain here or is it too simplified?
As always feel free to use it in your own posts if you can find a use for it.
How It Was Created
It was created on my my Mac using ARTRAGE and a Wacom tablet.
(This is an app I particularly like because it simulates the textures and feel of real brushes and other media without being overly complicated.)
Amazing artwork. I can really appreciate this kind of work. When I see this I see a desert in a 'Prince of Persia' kind of way! Really like it!
When you are minimalistic you often get a better picture for yourself because everyone gets it in his or her own way. Thus it's not just one piece of art but many more!
Thank you. Yes a lot of people see a desert:) . That is one of the things I love about minimalism.
Indeed! Or a sunset is also possible. Minimalism is really a piece of art and can be hard to do. You have to do so much with so little. You artwork is spot on in my opinion! Looking forward to the next one!
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You are too kind!
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Looks like a beautiful sunset.
Thanks that is what I was trying to create :)
Succeed! 😊👍🏻
It surely is simple and minimalistic but that is how the most beautiful stuff emerges. Not masked by any impurities or flaws.
Looking at it, it makes me think of the beach with a hazy orange sky as the sun begins to set, so I can feel the warm vibe it is evoking.
Another beautiful piece of digital art! (Although it looks so real haha)
Thanks so much!
Thank you for introducing me to ArtRage. I've just posted my first piece. Gonna try and make it a regular thing to see how I improve over time!
Excellent:)
I personally think the absence of excessive imagery makes a powerful presentation of the piece. It reminds me of so many pieces I have seen it art college that actually got a lot of credit even though they initially looked simple and minimalist in presence. I appreciate all kinds of art, including stuff that is hard to comment on when first taking a glance at it. History has all sorts of artists and time period that are filled with this kind of art that I am referring to, so don't think that you are alone with a simple piece of art in time or in quality. Your post makes a strong presence regardless of what some people may say about simplicity. Give yourself a pat on the back, buddy!
Thank you so much for your kind words:)
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Thank you!
minimalism has its limits and not just in visual art - think Hemingway, and his sparse and stark sentences. In prose, it becomes staccato, which is fine if you're a war journalist writing about the incessant chatter of machine guns. Yeah, I think that's what happened to Hemingway...
but to return to visual art, abstraction leaves out connections - that's literally what it means - it's taken out of context, and sometimes the-thing-in-itself has an austere beauty that reminds us of something else - a sunset, or a lanndsacpe. Henry Moore in his sculptures experimented in pure form. When the city of Toronto placed his sculpture in the city hall square people were enraged. They kept asking, :"What is it?" ha ha ... they probably should have asked "How is it?" They were seeing it as a content rather than an expression of pure form. You come close to this by focussing on colour and texture apart from context. But art always forces us to look at things in a novel way a , so warm pastures may connote a pastoral setting or it may evoke a mood of blissful serenity. And I think the latter explanation comes closest to its meaning for me
This is indeed the best till now :D
Thank you!
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Thank you.
That's beautiful
I too use artrage I find artrage more interesting and we can expand our creativity in it
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Fantastic!
That is such a beautiful piece. I love the whole look of the artwork. It brings goosebumps. Great job! Keep doing what your doing becuase your artwork is absolutley amazing!!!!!
Thank you that is very kind!
Well, you truley are a great artist!!!!
Thank you:)
Amazing Pic @thecryptofiend
i like This post
Thank you @thecryptofiend
And I wait for your next post
Thank you!
you welcome
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Your creation is amazingly beautiful. You have such a talent.
That is very kind:)
great post
Thank you!
Your piece is really soothing, I love the hues and subtle textures. I think it strikes a balance between minimalism and still expressing a subject - to me it looks a bit like the Namib Desert at sunset. Really lovely!
Thank you:)
Very beautiful sunset :)
Thanks for sharing.
Upvoted :)
You're welcome. Thank you.
Human mind is so imaginative that it can create virtually anything. The mind is the best creator life can get. So long as you can imagine it, it can come to pass. An amazing picture from a creative mind.
Thank you!
I need it on my wall!
:)
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Thanks.
Amazing, keep the posts coming :-)
Thanks!
Wow, such a beautiful sunset. I would love to have it where I am today Because it is raining so bad here.
Thank you. Well I'm sure you will get a good one soon:)
Great paintings :) I hope more to come :)
Thanks!
You always come up with these amazing ideas of photography. I mean If I talk about the the color combination and contrast, you always do a marvelous job while creating these images. A big thumbs up for you mate @thecryptofiend
Thank you so much!
Beautiful and warm. Nice! @thecryptofiend
Thank you:)
I like the smooth blending!
How long have you been painting?
Since I was a child but I stopped for a long time.
I could surely hang it in my office :) Beautiful!
Thanks that is such a lovely thing to say.
Beautiful :o
Thank you:)
It's like the power of Picasso and Pikachu were combined together and then this painting was made.
Oh dear... my eyes! I don't want to look at anything else anymore! :d
Lol:)
nice post...
Thank you.
this is an amazing piece! thanks @thecryptofiend for sharing this with us
Thank you:)
loved the digital art you have amazing skills.
Thank you.
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@thecryptofiend - Ahh. The warm orange gray-brown hues are back! I like them better than the pink sunset hues you used in the earlier painting. The minimalist approach works best because the beauty of the colors and formations of light/cloud is enhanced by lack of form A surreal beauty is always realized through an overall perspective without definitive forms in my opinion when it comes to landscapes. You have achieved the desired effect. I would have liked it better if the brownish cloudscape in the middle of the frame had not extended all the way to the right. However, it is a fantastic picture. Upvoted
As I said, your Artrage pictures inspired me to try my hand at it and I have reinstalled it on my iPad. It feels great because it is almost like touch/finger painting. However, I have not yet produced anything blog-worthy!
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You are welcome :)
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Thank you:)
Welcome and thanks for the upvote :))
Looks lovely, I love the colours :)
Thank you:)
Your welcome :)
This strikes me as a desert sunset, it feels very dry and hot.
It could be.
Well done - Very good use of the brushes and nice flowing color transitions -
Go on Artragian :-) :-)
Thank you:)
HI @thecryptofiend, I did not know you had an art side to you :)
Yes I've always loved art.
This one looks like a beach in Darwin, Northern Australia.
No pictures though.
Cool well I can imagine it might:)
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An apt name for it :) Still can't get over the brush strokes. So hard to believe this is digital.
The style fits a horizon type of view. Very nice to look at too.
Can you do some conifer trees @thecryptofiend ?
Thanks I will have to see.
I'll also search for a similar program for my tablet, it's win10 tab and try to paint too.
I love the simplicity. I think of it as flowing more than a static place. Following. I've been posting some original photography. I'd love to have you take a look and provide and advice. That would be greatly appreciated. Following
Thank you:)
Very nice work Arif, I like it!
Thanks mate!
Always a pleasure ;)
It is not a big evolution from Pink Sunset. Keep doing, you can do it better. This software is paid? :)
It's not meant to be an evolution. It is what it is.
I understand, you're right. I wanted to try ArtRage, but even lite version is paid.