must it? it was pretty damned bright, that's for sure...

wow, this is pretty >__> i love how you did the sky
same thing happened to me on the way home from my sister's math class, there was a raven sitting on a curved tree branch on the top of the tree and my sister didnt have a pencil e___e

This is so beautiful... I almost just don't know exactly what to say. You didn't fail at anything... it has that wide open space cool evening air at sunsest feeling and I am just going to sit here and stare at it. (There aren't any canvases on the planet big enough for western skies :)

Wow...now this is a picture you could stare at for a long, long time and feel at peace. Background save, anyone? (and yes, I'm going to...)

Yeah, and where is the "showcase" button? If the mods don't put this in there immediately someone should fire all of them! lol

What you talkin about? Marcello could put it in there all by himself! haha...

at least pretend to be slightly critical =P
47 minute drawings shouldn't go in the showcase, especially if I draw them.

'But this is wonderfully done' and who gives a rats ass about the time OR if 'you' did it? It's 'your' site, is it not?
Oh...and the pic is beautiful to look at.

There's nothing to criticize, honestly, I swear. And it has nothing to do with it being his site, it should go in there because it's good! (And just to prove my point I think you are a spoiled punky little brat! Ban me from your site! )*sticks tongue out at Marcello *It doesn't matter if it only took you 5 minutes, you could have spent longer on it and just ruined it, I guess. Some of the pictures I have done here that I hate (that have no delete option still or they wouldn't be here anymore) are the ones I spent gobs of time on.

edit: jk about the ban part of course, please dont send me away! (And p.s.... that is more than likely the north star up there, don't know what direction you were travelling)

i agree *points to dba's comment* i love this marcello. it's gorgeous, and i could and will stare at it for a long time.. ;p rockin

Excuse me girls, but I think I said about the same as dba...it is wonderfully done...THAT was the point.

Yeah, we all agree, so who cares what he thinks? lol

*chants* showcase showcase showcase!

*joins in chanting* the mods here have it pretty together, they don't really need our opinion, and I'm sure they don't care what he thinks about it, either. It'll get there.

Yeah...we agree. I think he's just going for the comments to keep this rolling (never mind that we're the ones commenting...hehe)
Sorry...that was uncalled for...hehe.

lol@ laurael. but seriously marcello that is one of the most gorgeous skies ive ever seen. it really doesnt matter how long it took.

well, the real thing was way better.

well, of course...you think you can compete with the real thing, youre always gonna be disappointed. but that comes about as close as a picture can to perfection

It's still very, very nice Marcello...really.

Yes! You did a great job catching that Big Sky feel in the space available.. beautiful job...

you know what sucks? well ill tell you. it sucks when you miss a piece that makes you go "ooooo!". but thats not the worst part..the worst part is when everyone else got to go "ooo" before you then you feel like you are just jumping on the "ooo" bandwagon.

gives a peaceful feeling, conveys the "ooo" ness you must have felt when you saw the real thing..thats what makes it showcase.

Whoa, this is a nice landscape picture 0_0.The city lights are just crazy ^^;;;.The sky colors fit nicely too.Out of the drawings 'I've' seen of yours so far, I think I like this one the best.

I keep coming back to look at this one Marcello.. that sky is breathtaking...

I am truly disappointed that this is not in the Showcase yet. :( I'll just keep coming back here to look at it.

lol, icats i know exactly what you mean. and i keep coming back too...its just really peaceful to look at

Hehe, I'm a city boy so I like looking at the city lights than I do the sky ;).I love technology...XD

(And p.s.... that is more than likely the north star up there, don't know what direction you were travelling)

well, it is a sunset, soo... let's figure out what direction that must be. ;)

WEll, yeah, duh... you do know I'm blonde, right? I'm really not stupid, I'm just dingy sometimes, well, okay, most of the time. It's still a very great picture, and I obviously *looks up at comments* am not the only one who thinks so.

Reasons to not put it up in the showcase for me would be lack of clear cut details. Why not work on the sky a bit more, make it more interesting instead of just some blurry gradient colors? You could do some clouds better than that I bet.

maybe...i dunno. i'm certainly not an expert. but to me, the simplicity is what makes it so good. nothing so magical as a nearly cloudless night, the deep blues and purples fading into the vast forever of eternity....*sigh* i like it just the way it is...

heh, I already added more clouds than there actually were, the sky was pretty much one color after the red. I didn't want to overwork it.

...and we all know M3 is not a good judge of a sky...;p

Phht. Time means nothing. If anything, the more time you spend beyond getting your basic inspiration across, the more the picture suffers. Nice work, Cello, I'm impressed.

Still come back to look at this one...still showcase worthy too...;p

Wow, this picture is breathtakingly beautiful. The time spent on it is irrelevant.. it's what you DID in that time that counts and you did a magnificent job. I love it.

Isn't it though? I love it!

I keep coming back to this one.. this is my favorite of yours..

Yeah, and it would be alot easier if it were in the Showcase. I should call somebody who knows how to hack and get them to get in here and move it. lol

Beautiful! I would frame this and hang it on my wall. Just beautiful!

I don't even know how many times I've come back over and over again to look at this since coming to 2Draw. I've been to Santa Fe a few times, and every time I just loooved this scene. It's absolutely beautiful. You really captured the beauty and luminosity of it very well. This is one of my favorites, since I've actually seen this myself.

Actually, this is mainly albuquerque...

heh

I stand corrected. Now thinking, I believe the times we go through NM, we passed through there at the crack of dawn. Still equally as beautiful.