Despair

Hi there. I notices your post and i've decided to give you some constructive criticism:

I love your use of colours a lot. the scene above the water is similar to a sunset or a sunrise. The area under the water is well coloured as well, with your blues and greens. I love the colour that you have on the skin above water and the hair is just stunning. Her pose is dramatic and meaningful, I can really tell that she is in 'despair'. 

However, there are several areas where I feel there could be improvement. First of all, the lighting. the lighting on the body above the water and the lighting on the waves & the background don't match. I feel like if it was a bright sunset, the waves and the background would be more intense. the waves, would have a lot more light on them, and the background would have intense colours, rather than muted ones. examples: cdn.shutterstock.com/shutterst… & pixabay.com/p-51890/?no_redire….

Secondly, the fact that the background does not have a horizon line bugs me like crazy. This is because as a viewer, I have the rational understanding of space, and the loss of the horizon line makes it so that I am lost in space. The model could be in an alternate dimensional world, for all I know. However, this could work with your idea of visually representing a mood or a feeling, except that despair and anguish is often a result of something, which ties us to an event. Even the hint of a horizon line, would help me to feel like this scene is grounded and give me the feeling like it is real. 

Thirdly, there is the issue of the hair. The hair is not visually wet outside the water or inside the water. because of this, I immediately could tell that this whole image was photoshopped together rather than being one scene. This distracted me, and made me focus on the fact that it was photoshopped and not as being an impactful scene. Also,the waves on her body tell me the same thing... the little white additions are in a very straight line, and water just doesn't act like that when it impacts the body. example: www.extremeiceland.is/images/P…;

I love the piece as a art production. It is impactful, I understand your message, and I love the visual details that you give me. great work as whole.

PS: i've had several classes at a university level in Photoshop, which is why I noticed all the details that I did. As a person on the outside, I probably would not have noticed nearly as much. Great work, and good luck with your future projects.