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SciFi and Fantasy Art: PhoenixA mythical phoenix bird, as they appear in my imagination. In my opinion, the phoenix is closest related to pheasants, and therefor I painted it to resemble a golden pheasant. I have not worked with oil paint much, and I made a few beginner mistakes. |
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 |  |  | | | Date | Name | Comment | | | 15 Aug 2005 |  Chloë Johnson | It's actually very good, for a first time oil  I remember my first one, about a year ago, and the Second one I did was my GCSE exam piece, so I had to get good fast! Oil's are a fantastic medium; keep at 'em!    Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Oil is difficult, but it's my favorite medium when working with colors. I rarely do color pictures, and I have a lot to learn. Thanks, I'll keep trying!" | |
| 16 Aug 2005 |  Phoenix Obsidian | I love this! It looks almost real enough that you might see one with the pheasants in a field somwhere--definitely one of the better phoenixes on the site! *cookies*  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Thank you, that was exactly what I was trying to achieve with the painting, a realistic-looking phoenix. A bird among others, though still special off course.  " | |
| 17 Aug 2005 | Anonymous | WOW!! He is so cool looking!! I think a phoenix should look that way too!!  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Thanks. ^_^ There are many ways to draw phoenix birds, and none of them is "right" off course, but in my head, this is right." | |
| 17 Aug 2005 | Pepsi Black | Wow, I love the concept of an evolutionary family to the pheasant. Beautiful picture. Brilliant attention to detail Simply marvelous.  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Well, I don't believe in evolution, but I can still agree to the idea of relationship between species. Thank you, I'm glad you like it. ^_^" | |
| 18 Aug 2005 |  Sara Matsdotter Östh | Good work! I can't see any "beginner's mistakes" either, but if I am to be extremely peckish, I'd say that while the rest of the bird has a somewhat softened edge to the background, the legs are very sharp, which makes the eye stay there. That is a bit of a waste on the rest of the beautiful bird! I think you did a Phoenix that seems mythical, but yet plausible. Very well done!  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Yeah, you're right about the legs, I've thought about that too. I think it's partly because I painted them last (actually AFTER I did the background... -_-) and partly because the texture of the legs is naturally different than the feathers. Oh well." | |
| 26 Aug 2005 |  Norma Peters | This is gorgeous! How I wish I could add it to my tour - but I definitely will, with your permission, when I am able to edit "Phoenix Rising" once more. The rich colours are perfect. I totally agree that a Phoenix would resemble a pheasant. We had a couple of pheasants visiting our yard during the past winter, and so often I would refer to them as a phoenix by mistake.  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "It would be a true honor if you did put this on your tour. ^_^ I'm sorry about the tour problem, I hope it will be solved. Thank you for the comments!" | |
| 22 Jan 2006 | Chibi frieza | I love your phoenix style. I generally think of the phoenix as being more or less swan-based, but I think your phoenix may be the best, design-wise anyway, that I've ever seen; or at least, the one I like the most. ^_^ Not that your execution's bad, though I have seen better; you could have used more detail, for one thing. But I'm sure you can see all that yourself, and for a beginner oil painting it's gorgeous.  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Wow, the best design..? o.o, Really? I'm honored... *bows* About the detail of the painting... I worked on this for, like, a whole summer. It didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but I found that the longer I worked on it, it didn't get much better, but rather lost it's original charm. Oh well. Hopefully I will learn to paint better one day, but oil is difficult. Thank you for your oppinion!" | |
| 21 Mar 2006 |  Alisha 'Dragon Grrl' Giroux | Gyah *envy* Oils are hard and this is beautiful ;_;  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "*agrees* I think oils are a pain, but I'm still thinking about trying it again this summer... *is already planning the painting mentally*" | |
| 28 Aug 2006 |  Katie Vasey | Yeeesh, where's the little gold star?! Absolutely beautiful. The phoenix in my gallery simply can't compare...  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Thanks. =) I wouldn't necessarily agree to that last comment though..." | |
| 27 Jan 2007 |  Kristin A. Erickson | I really thought I commented on this... Hmm. Well I am now! This is a lovely piece of work. I love how you can put the red and green together, and make it appear elegant and fluid, not tacky. Your oil paintings are really wonderful! I want to start painting in oils myself, but I never seem to find the time.  Emma JC Nilsson replies: "Oil is hard! >_< It's really trying my patience... I used the green and the red because they are complentary colors. I wanted the phoenix to stand out, but there's always a risk that it just looks unnatural. To be honest, I liked the original "sketch" background better. It was paler and more brownish. Oh well. That's what you get for painting the background last. ^^,," | |
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