Burger Spot

[Psaumure]

Wow Ron. You never cease to amaze me. What a great image. I love the lighting, colors and the entire layout. I'm not sure what your talking about the people, they look great and work well with the image. I love the reflections in the windows. You should print this out and submit it as artwork to some of your loco dines. wouldn't that be great going out to eat and seeing your artwork on the wall? Great job my friend.

Your number one fan,

Paul

[wizard509]

Ron, I think it looks pretty darn good.

I hear what you are saying about people, they are difficult. Perhaps the only advice I can give you is find a good source in the pose you want and use that as a guide, maybe your wife or yourself. The Disney artists used source for inspiration, and if need be would look in a mirror to see how the face looked in a certain expression, or the shape of the mouth when making a sound. Some of the really great figure artists probably have done it from childhood and developed a knack for it.

Those pinup artists from the 40's and 50's were very gifted in my opinion. But, could they do what you do, I think not.

As for myself, normally when I did people they were very stylized and that was fine for what I did at the time. Sometimes I did some that looked real but not normally.

[wizard509]

Is Paul is your number 1 fan then I must be your number 2 fan.

[Psaumure]

Wizard, after me, your first! Since we are Geminis, you might be third or fourth. It's all in how you do the math.

[angelize]

Well I have to say that's just Awesome! I just love the bright colours and I can almost hear the 50's Rock roll!

[wizard509]

Wizard, after me, your first! Since we are Geminis, you might be third or fourth. It's all in how you do the math.

I get it Paul, you might be 1 & 2 and that leaves me 3 & 4

[gray]

Ron, that came out just beautiful, and you used all the right cars.

[iamtheblues]

Absolutely super, Ron. You've captured the Rock 'n Roll feel of the period. It must have been tough work getting the reflections in the curved windows to look so convincing.
One slight caveat, the early evening sky doesn't seem to work well with the bright chrome reflections, but I suppose it could be the diner's outdoor lighting.
You're a class act, Ron.
Bob.

[Boy]

Wow! Ron, that's pretty impressive. I like it a lot. A few suggestions: add some smaller and darker shadows underneath the tires so that that cars don't seem to 'hover'. There are multiple light sources so the waitress and the cars would cast multiple, somewhat diffuse and overlapping shadows. I love the composition but perhaps the color scheme could use some tinkering to create a more balanced viewing experience. I am not really sure how to go about that because I also like all these colors.

[Ron Duke]

Thanks Paul, Larry, Frances, Bob and Boy. I certainly will revisit this drawing in time and take seriously the critiques. I think I need to clear my head a little before going back to it.
You all are great for taking the time to help and encourage me!