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!
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Thank you. Yes a lot of people see a desert:) . That is one of the things I love about minimalism.
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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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This post received a 4.5% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @rkrijgsman! For more information, click here!
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Looks like a beautiful sunset.
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Thanks that is what I was trying to create :)
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Succeed! 😊👍🏻
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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)
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Thanks so much!
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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!
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Excellent:)
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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!
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Thank you so much for your kind words:)
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@thecryptofiend this is such an amazing art i am in love with it. It is adorable and that is for what i am following you you shear incredible stuff that is totally amazing and worth voting for. Kindly visit my blog @naseerbhat and i need your reviews sir ..
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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
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This is indeed the best till now :D
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Thank you.
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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!
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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!!!!!
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Thank you that is very kind!
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Well, you truley are a great artist!!!!
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Thank you:)
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Amazing Pic @thecryptofiend
i like This post
Thank you @thecryptofiend
And I wait for your next post
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you welcome
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Wow brother, excellent post charm me! Vote for my comment, you would be helping me a lot, thanks
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Thanks!
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Your creation is amazingly beautiful. You have such a talent.
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That is very kind:)
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Amazing, keep the posts coming :-)
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Thanks!
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Wow, such a beautiful sunset. I would love to have it where I am today Because it is raining so bad here.
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Thank you. Well I'm sure you will get a good one soon:)
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nice post...
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Thank you.
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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!
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Thank you:)
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great post
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I need it on my wall!
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:)
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Very beautiful sunset :)
Thanks for sharing.
Upvoted :)
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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.
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Your picture and story is fascinating! Walk and enjoy with me in Ukraine!
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Thank you @thecryptofiend for your support!
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Thanks.
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Beautiful :o
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Thank you:)
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I could surely hang it in my office :) Beautiful!
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Thanks that is such a lovely thing to say.
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I like the smooth blending!
How long have you been painting?
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Since I was a child but I stopped for a long time.
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Beautiful and warm. Nice! @thecryptofiend
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Thank you:)
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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
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Thank you so much!
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Great paintings :) I hope more to come :)
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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
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Lol:)
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this is an amazing piece! thanks @thecryptofiend for sharing this with us
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Thank you:)
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Wow! You did good post my friend @thecryptofiend and interesting article! Look on my post ! I write very interesting story!
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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!
Therefore, I continued my observations of nuggets of wisdom from wildlife and wrote a blog 'Dueling Duo - How Impalas manage conflict' with my wildlife photos and musings with a twist. I would be honored if you to take a look at it when you have time. Your comments, as always, would be an encouragement and incentive for me to make better blogs. Thanks
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Looks lovely, I love the colours :)
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Thank you:)
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Your welcome :)
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This strikes me as a desert sunset, it feels very dry and hot.
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It could be.
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This is amazing @thecryptofiend Check my travel photos hope you like it https://steemit.com/travel/@saqib/31hkdv-beautiful-nature
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Thank you:)
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Welcome and thanks for the upvote :))
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loved the digital art you have amazing skills.
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Thank you.
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Precioso..Parecen los atardeceres de un sitio muy lindo aquí en Venezuela llamado los Médanos de Coro, son montañas de arena las cuales puedes caminar y disfrutar porque tus pies se hunden en el recorrido...les recomiendo conocerlas...
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Gracias!
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Well done - Very good use of the brushes and nice flowing color transitions -
Go on Artragian :-) :-)
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Thank you:)
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HI @thecryptofiend, I did not know you had an art side to you :)
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Yes I've always loved art.
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This one looks like a beach in Darwin, Northern Australia.
No pictures though.
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Cool well I can imagine it might:)
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Nice post
I like it @thecryptofiend
Follow you
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You are welcome :)
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An apt name for it :) Still can't get over the brush strokes. So hard to believe this is digital.
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The style fits a horizon type of view. Very nice to look at too.
Can you do some conifer trees @thecryptofiend ?
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Thanks I will have to see.
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I'll also search for a similar program for my tablet, it's win10 tab and try to paint too.
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A good post is very useful friend salam know from me @abupasi.alachy
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Thanks.
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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
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Thank you:)
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Very nice work Arif, I like it!
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Thanks mate!
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Always a pleasure ;)
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It is not a big evolution from Pink Sunset. Keep doing, you can do it better. This software is paid? :)
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It's not meant to be an evolution. It is what it is.
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I understand, you're right. I wanted to try ArtRage, but even lite version is paid.
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