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"Green Forest" by Jean-Felix Lyon

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Green Forest by Jean-Felix Lyon

The sun of a distant stellar system reflects aboves giant trees. An observer studies this alien ecosystem... -- It's actually inspired by a painting from Tim White called 'Critical Treshold' (iilustrating the novel with same same). But it's not only that. First, I was really impressed by this image. Second, the film by Jean-Jacques Beneix called IP 5 shows on its poster a similar vision (giant trees, green light beam). So I thought 'I must make my green forest'. And I made it. End of story.(Painting, A3)

Date	Name	Comment
8 Mar 2000	Erika	Loading... I really like the lense flare. I think it adds a sense of realism to the picture. It's what made this picture catch my eye.
24 Jun 2000	Beagle	Loading... The lense flare would be great if it weren't brown. As it is it sorta looks like a line of putrid bubbles.
26 Aug 2000	Liz (i have an elfwood gallery but i forgot how to tag)	Loading... somehow reminds me of being under water... the trees look like the plants in my fish tank.
16 Dec 2000	Christina	Loading... wow! that's amazing. i personally like the lense flair, it adds a sense of reality to it... and it does kinda remind me of fish-tank plants. very nice!!
18 Jan 2001	Zozo	Loading... gets all dizzy wooooo...... sways purdy picture, i love green =) and the presepctive in this is just great!
4 May 2001	Jan Kruener	Loading... looks like those trees are twisting around by the look of the leaves...would be kinda stormy in that forest then...or is it that the wind is blowing around every single tree in a spiral?
7 May 2001	Jean-Félix Lyon	Loading... >looks like those trees are twisting around by the >look of the leaves...would be kinda stormy in that >forest then...or is it that the wind is blowing >around every single tree in a spiral? In my mind, I've sesigned these trees to look like alien one. So, the spiral shape is not an effect of a climatic disturbance, but a natural way of growing for that specie.
3 Nov 2001	Tyson B. Hoffman	Loading... I really like this one, the perspective gives it a great feeling. I'm undecided about the lens flare. Jean-Felix Lyon replies: "Heres a couple hints from one artist to another. An easy way to add your own comments is to edit the comment and then write this down "''"(Minus both single and double-quotes) then write your reply. The code I gave you is a line break, it allows you to separate text. If you have any other questions,such as how to change text color, E-mail me at Tilendor@aol.com, Once again I love this pictureThanks for that advice, and I apply it at once (but it seems that the intranet has anticipated that need, that possibility is now availlable) ! To answer your comment : yes, I like perspective. I suppose my major inspiration in that matter is the comics artist John Byrne. I admire the way he includes his characteres into the perspective of the rooms or the buildings he imagines, without loosing them in the process. I know that it's not a very "artistic" way of making characteres, because there is not only geometry in the process of drawing a body, a face. There is also intuition, sensitivity and a lot of other qualities. But I'm learning..."
25 Jan 2002	Carolyn Rowe	Loading... Gasp!!! runs around like a nut, inspecting the trees, climbing the trees, hugging the trees, talking to the trees<br>I like this picture--alot! Can you tell The perspective is PERFECT. You even have little fungi growing on the trees. I made a painting semi like this, but yours is so much better. You can actually smell the clean, fresh air of the forest. dances
25 Jan 2002	Carolyn Rowe	Loading... Gasp!!! runs around like a nut, inspecting the trees, climbing the trees, hugging the trees, talking to the trees<br>I like this picture--alot! Can you tell The perspective is PERFECT. You even have little fungi growing on the trees. I made a painting semi like this, but yours is so much better. You can actually smell the clean, fresh air of the forest. dances
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'Green Forest':

• Created by:

Jean-Felix Lyon
• Copyright: ©Jean-Felix Lyon. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Forest, Green, Perspective, Trees
• Categories: Landscape, Nature, Panoramic
• Techniques: Oil Paint
• Views: 960
• Resolution: 415x570

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