So nice! The piece invites the viewer to zoom in! Loved how well you portrayed the darkness
Oh, right. But they're pretty easy to see; I just hadn't noticed them
Yeah, I could not find too many photos of this either. I also was pretty sure that I was right about the black levels, because I also noticed 2 stray pixels at the bottom left underneath the image, just touching it, but inside the border already, which to you are probably invisible on that main monitor.
A calibrated monitor would go a long way, but either way your are it great as is.
Unfortunately, there are criminally few photos of this painting online. I based my art on this grungier, more colorful version, so I decided not to paint such a dense darkness:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbEKViGW0AAmYI8.jpg
But you're absolutely right about the black levels. I have two monitors, and my main one isn't calibrated quite right. But at the same time, it's quite bright, which is why I often unconsciously dim my images
This one really reminds me of some Kristoffer Zetterstrand pieces - the artist behind the paintings in Minecraft. The sharp use of contrast, the big blocks of darkness, the sharp yet reserved blobs of color; I would not be surprised if this actually was intended to be a Minecraft painting. Good stuff.
Excellent piece. Nothing really to critique.
One thing I noticed though. I think your monitor might have a less than ideal black contrast, bc the darkest colour and then the next brighter one in the trees are quite far apart in brightness. The transition there could be smoother, like in the original painting. I reckon this is due to your monitor.
Check out this website which has good tests for LCD monitors.
www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php
My guess is that the field 1 and 2 are already fully black for you.
Very beautiful rendering. The use of blue in this is exquisite.
Great piece truly. both the rendering and composition.