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Ample Oppurtunity

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a retry
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Feels like the real deal, supremely surreal. Unretouched work presses deeper in this brand of art, I've found. I get the feeling of being lost, here. It's not in a bad way, though; more like I've stumbled onto some undiscovered world, like it's somehow drawn me to it. The playful style conveys the same sort of imagery I get when I listen to acoustic guitar, or something more fantastic, like a pan-pipe. It just begs for music to be played to it, this is more of a dance put on paper to me. I'm picking the strings in my head.
And yet, you ask for heavy critique? I'll try my best, I'm not too fond of that part of the review, because it's always the easiest to mess up. Let's take a swing at it then. I think it would've benefitted you to have used deeper shading; my art teachers always said (and I mean the unmotivated type you find in high school, not the unfocused-but-still-very-insightful type your more likely to find in college) it was better to press very hard on the pencil, and evoke darker shades. The reason is to create contrast that brings the subject of the piece forward, which I think is a rule doubly important for the surrealist style. It creates order in the confusion, because there are usually so many focal points in any given surrealist piece. It lets you use more of the scale, as well. I may just be blowing smoke though, as the light colors could've been what you were aiming for. Don't take my words to heart, as they aren't always helpful. Anyway, continuing: detail. This is a wonderful piece of art, but detail could've made it even better. Darken lines and double them; add textures to things you didn't think necessary; fill more of the negative space in with subject points, unless the white-space is completely essential to the meaning of the work. That about sums up my rant. I hope it was helpful, but I'm gonna skip on down to the next bit, here.
I love the truck. The flower. The clouds. And that thing with the sunglasses on the sun/moon. They're like something out of a childhood memory, which is another strong theme of this work, in my eyes. Overall, this is very enjoyable; a light-hearted, and just plain fun work that keeps enough mystery to make you want to look again.
If you find a typo, report it to me and I'll have it shot. Thank you, and keep it up.