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Well your igloo then, or whatever it is you live in in NZ :v:
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38375854]I think hand-painting is the point of painting I advise against using textures from the get-go muffin (or at all tbh, unless you're an environmental concept artist and you need to pump out really complex looking works under short deadlines or something like that) If you want to be a good artist something you'll want to achieve is painting boiled-down versions of what you're seeing which [i]read[/i] the same as the real thing. And it's very important that you don't discount the crit you've got on your fire in favour of the rocks or some other part of the picture, because at your level everything is relevant to everything else (I.E your flaws with one thing are going to carry over into everything else since they are fundamental problems)[/QUOTE] Yes I actually want to be able to make textures or just anything I want without custom brushes for now. So basically I shouldn't go deep into details for now? Just doing "gesture" drawing aka drawing things that feel like what I want to show, but aren't detailed?
If you combine that approach with doing your best to accurately convey the proportions of what you're seeing, it will probably do you a lot of good, yeah.
Then I am gonna just quit making digital things and go draw some mechanical parts and jets at my univercity's epic lab. Strange thing I am not that bad with pencils. If I had a good camera I would show. I can even draw rough humans. But somehow digital doesn't go well. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] Probably because I have no knowledge in painting whatsoever and I am epicly terrible with all kinds of real life brushes and paint.
Well drawing and painting are different beasts. Honestly I found it very difficult to break into painting, and if you want to be better at painting I would advise you to paint instead of drawing. If you don't care about the medium you're good at then do whatever. On that note, this morning [img]http://i.imgur.com/Gs77l.jpg[/img] Was jealous of Lilyo's pointillism cat, so I sketched a couple of cats and did this. First time with a proper piece that I've tried speed painting in straight colour without a sketch or anything. Also tried DoF, which might be a bit abrupt. This is a crop of the full canvas, the kitten was on a quilt or something but fuck that.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38380878]Well drawing and painting are different beasts. Honestly I found it very difficult to break into painting, and if you want to be better at painting I would advise you to paint instead of drawing. If you don't care about the medium you're good at then do whatever. On that note, this morning [img]http://i.imgur.com/Gs77l.jpg[/img] Was jealous of Lilyo's pointillism cat, so I sketched a couple of cats and did this. First time with a proper piece that I've tried speed painting in straight colour without a sketch or anything. Also tried DoF, which might be a bit abrupt. This is a crop of the full canvas, the kitten was on a quilt or something but fuck that.[/QUOTE] look either like a cat's head cut off and laying on the tabe or a muscular human male body with a cat head. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38380821]If you combine that approach with doing your best to accurately convey the proportions of what you're seeing, it will probably do you a lot of good, yeah.[/QUOTE] There is no other way for me to paint then do digital :(
Hah yeah that crop makes it pretty weird looking I guess, I wasn't thinking about it
I opened blender for the first time ever and tried to make a piano. [img]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8307/blendermd.png[/img] went better than expected
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38380878] [img]http://i.imgur.com/Gs77l.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] You should try using a higher opacity and keep the brush at 100% hardness. Also you should always do a sketch first. There's no point in speedpainting if your proportions and shapes are off in your drawing. Or at least fix it at the end. Flip it, rotate it, etc. to see what's wrong with it if you can't tell. It looks very distorted.
Second try with acrylics [img]http://i.imgur.com/6D4ef.jpg[/img] Word of advice, digital painters, be grateful for all your instruments, because paints are fucking hard.
[QUOTE=Bleacher;38382219]Second try with acrylics [img]http://i.imgur.com/6D4ef.jpg[/img] Word of advice, digital painters, be grateful for all your instruments, because paints are fucking hard.[/QUOTE] subjective If you plan ahead, do small thumbnails and get the hang of washes and underpainting then it can be nearly as easy as digital work
[QUOTE=Maloof?;38382281]subjective If you plan ahead, do small thumbnails and get the hang of washes and underpainting then it can be nearly as easy as digital work[/QUOTE] I do plan ahead. This has nothing to do with applying paint itself. Everything is easy when you master it, but just to do a simple blend with brush set to low hardness with paints it requires a lot of practice. Learning how paints interact with eachother, learning how different brushes interact with canvas... There's so much micro-management it's unbelievable. I'm not even talking about color blending.
It's all about layering. Get a good sketch in with the correct proportions and perspective and rendering it with paints ends up being pretty easy. Work from the furthest object down to the closest and always work from reference or observation when you're starting out. Don't be one of those people who thinks it'll be better if they make their own things up without even having the basic skills mastered. Also try to pay closer attention to how the lighting strikes the objects, most people just sort of blend an entire surface without looking at the shadows and highlights in more detail. Keep track of what sort of saturation and hues you use as well. Background shouldn't be very saturated, and remember to not just use black or white for shadows or highlights, mix colors to get the specific hues in those areas that reflect from surrounding objects and the light source. Acrylics I think are the easiest to start out with as a beginner, just work with a light wash first and then add contrast and detail and refine the shapes.
[QUOTE=Lilyo;38382336]It's all about layering. Get a good sketch in with the correct proportions and perspective and rendering it with paints ends up being pretty easy. Work from the furthest object down to the closest and always work from reference or observation when you're starting out. Don't be one of those people who thinks it'll be better if they make their own things up without even having the basic skills mastered. Also try to pay closer attention to how the lighting strikes the objects, most people just sort of blend an entire surface without looking at the shadows and highlights in more detail. Keep track of what sort of saturation and hues you use as well. Background shouldn't be very saturated, and remember to not just use black or white for shadows or highlights, mix colors to get the specific hues in those areas that reflect from surrounding objects and the light source. Acrylics I think are the easiest to start out with as a beginner, just work with a light wash first and then add contrast and detail and refine the shapes.[/QUOTE] I know all that, not my first day drawing. Theory is much easier practice. Especially when you're doing it on a pretty small a4 canvas. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/VzkJ2.jpg[/IMG] I don't mean to sound mean, I'm just really exhausted.
the exact same can be said for digital painting though
[QUOTE=Maloof?;38382414]the exact same can be said for digital painting though[/QUOTE] Haha, you obviously haven't tried paints. You don't need weeks of practice on how to do some advanced thing in Photoshop. You learn what buttons to press to get desired effect and you can do it right away.
I saw Wreck-It Ralph last night. It was amazing. I highly recommend it. In the mean time, here's some sloppy fanart. [IMG]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/314/e/6/felix_by_e_m_a_l_i_e-d5kjl3f.png[/IMG]
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/hallway2.png[/img] Guess it's a hallway desighned to be for some perspective practice, some shading bits and feeling practice. I only got an idea how to make the floor feel like a wooden one. How do I make walls concrete without using textures and custom brushes?
[QUOTE=Bleacher;38382474]Haha, you obviously haven't tried paints. You don't need weeks of practice on how to do some advanced thing in Photoshop. You learn what buttons to press to get desired effect and you can do it right away.[/QUOTE] "paints". anyways, no. i only do traditional art, and digital art IS fucking hard. yes you do need weeks of practice on it and normally you need weeks of practice before you even get the hang of it. stop giving excuses for your begginer work.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;38377835]i wont be going back and fixing anything but any cc is great so please feel free[/QUOTE] I know you said you didnt, but if you did ever want to go back on it these are some minor changes that could be done relitivly easly :) [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8557473/FP%20stuff/FPanatomyHM.png[/IMG] So a few things that need to be explained that are not already: The left arm as about a hand and a half's length too long, when straightened his palm reaches about 2 inches past the inside of his kneecap (about were the furthest point down is on the vertical line) were as it should reach (his palm) to about were the much thicker point on the vertical line is. The position of his back when this is altered however looks skewed, so it might be a good idea to give it more shading to help give the impression that he is turning with the path of his left arm. The bat in his hand is both slightly too long and being held to far down the handle imo, this gives the impression that the left arm is even longer than it is, which obviously doesn't help. The feet I feel are positioned facing too far forward, this makes it look like he is standing on a slope, rather than a flat surface, over all as he is the central figure it skews the proportions of the whole room and also makes it look like he is floating above the floor, rather than stood on it. The left shoulder of the decapitated man is perhaps not as angular as it should be which makes it lack definition, it might also be a good idea to add some hint of a right shoulder, I get that its ment to be hidden from view, but it just makes the figure look a bit odd and the same goes for his arm as did for the central figure. That's it and I'm no expert, there just the things that looked wrong to me, I hope this helps and I really hope you do go back to this at some point, it looks nice now, with some awesome colours and lighting which really help relate to the material your basing it on. Ive got something wrong in other peoples opinion Im sure and as I said I'm no expert, so if anyone disagrees, build on what I've put down or even change it completely, just dont bitch at me :P
[QUOTE=Bleacher;38382474]Haha, you obviously haven't tried paints. You don't need weeks of practice on how to do some advanced thing in Photoshop. You learn what buttons to press to get desired effect and you can do it right away.[/QUOTE] I started out traditionally as well and am learning to do digital stuff and I can safely say that both require a lot of practice to master the techniques. Photoshop does have advantages in that you can change many things easily with the photo manipulation tools but most people just stick with the paint brush and do the adjustments by hand.
So I learned that my SU has a print shop, and it does crazy cheap large format prints. An A0 matt print is like £15. Need to work on something that's worthy of an A0 print. :v:
Yay DOTA 2. [IMG]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/314/e/d/day_walker____by_dbuhoss-d5kjelg.png[/IMG]
i colored [URL="http://timtownsend.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=psm#/d154ra0"]these awesome lines[/URL] [Img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/mgscolor.png[/Img]
why do you do that thing where you make the noses a rosy red colour everyone seems to do that now
I like it c:
[QUOTE=Barnhouse;38386055]why do you do that thing where you make the noses a rosy red colour everyone seems to do that now[/QUOTE] winter time is coming, everybody has common cold
a guilty pleasure, very much though. but i found it appropriate in the context of the overall stylized comic book style. i wouldn't do it in a more realistic piece
kawaiiiiiii i love influenza ^____^ [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] quick study + some extra bits on it [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Untitled-1487.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=kevlar jens;38386092]I like it c:[/QUOTE] This. I know that it's a bit wrong to to it that way, but that red nose looks so positively warm and makes a good contrast to the face.
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