Overall

Vision Vision

Originality Originality

Technique Technique

Impact Impact

I wasn't going to critique this, but I keep coming back to it. I've been chewing on it for a while now, and I think I may have something to say. The technique is so far above my level that I don't feel qualified to comment on it, but...The focus of the piece isn't on either of the characters in it, but the vague glow in the center. The trees, the cliff, even the earth itself seems to bend around it, creating the feel of a tunnel. It seems like we're going somewhere, and something or someone will be left behind.The green glow is neither yellow like the sun, nor blue like the moon... yet it is both because it's green. This is neutral territory, illuminated by neither the sun nor the moon. The sisters are separated, but trying to reconcile their differences?But they do seem united in one thing. Neither of them seems to want to be there. There is a feeling of... ennui? Not for the viewer, but for the princesses. Their statures don't seem particularly sad, just bored. Who sent them there, and why did they agree to go?Oddly enough, the first thing the eye is drawn to after the glow in the center is Celestia, because of her bright colors and light coat. Luna seems to fade into the background. Even though this is neutral territory, Luna should feel more at home because of the darkness, but instead she's fading away. And Celestia isn't stopping her. The great void between them is bigger than either of them, and the viewer is being pulled into the void, being both left behind and leaving behind the conflict that is inevitable.The sharp cliff and broken tree on Luna's side suggests something sharp and broken within Luna, which contrasts with the large, rounded hill on Celestia's side that suggests something more maternal. However, the long, twisting roots on Celestia's hill, like creeping tendrils, tell us there is a cancer that is eating her away.Or maybe I'm reading too much into this. Regardless, I have enjoyed this piece.