[QUOTE=ses;48731042]As someone who is interested in doing digital painting, but has no experience at painting whatsoever, where should I start?[/QUOTE]
Get a Wacom tablet and Photoshop. For cheap tablets check craigslist or ebay, but be sure you're getting the right thing, and that it includes the stylus. Some alternatives to Photoshop are Gimp, Krita, Corel Painter, and Sketchbook Pro.
As far as exercises go, you'll want to start simple. Get used to understanding form, light, and shadow, while also getting accustomed to using your tablet. A good first exercise is digitally painting a shaded sphere. Traditionally sketching from life also helps.
Also be sure to avoid using a soft edge brush, or a brush that is too small. Start with blocking in big shapes and then work your way down. Don't worry about custom brushes, all you need to start is the round brush with transfer/pen pressure on.
That said, there's tutorials all over the place. Ctrl-Paint comes to mind. As you go along, make sure to have fun with it and post your progress here.
Also I finished these rockets
[img]http://i.imgur.com/gYed30v.png[/img]
PaintTool Sai and openCanvas are pretty decent too.
[QUOTE=Maya2008;48730029]Enlarged the dragon and removed the overlay:
I know the golden spiral won't fixed my problem, but I am just looking for tips that can learn to help composition.
My composition is always shit :/[/QUOTE]
not really sure whats going on with the crazy amounts of filters, but they're really ruining the picture for me imo
[QUOTE=ses;48731042]As someone who is interested in doing digital painting, but has no experience at painting whatsoever, where should I start?[/QUOTE]
To add to this a bit, I have been doing sketching on paint tool sai with a wacom for about a year now, but I'm especially trying to learn digital painting. Colours, lighting and finding comfortable brush settings are hardest part for me currently.
[QUOTE=Bobie;48731295]not really sure whats going on with the crazy amounts of filters, but they're really ruining the picture for me imo[/QUOTE]
The original size is 3k+, so I added a smart sharpen filter at the end after I shrank it to 900, won't add it next time, haha.
Maya you should probably do at least 5 thumbnails from different angles per scene. The current comp is very awkward imo. Too much contrast and lack of focus or direction. You worry way too much about rendering and detail but forget to take enough time to make sure your composition and values are well defined, unified, and dynamic in the beginning.
Here's where I'm right now with my first dumb assignment. Gotta ink, render a bit, and maybe color them. I fucking hate thumbnails guys
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mGHiMrJ.jpg[/IMG]
@Lilyo,
I will just finish this up with the best I can do for now this week.
I will then do a series of lineart composition sketch (independent ones, not on this dragon girl) next.
My composition is so always so shit that it can probably make a baby cry, and I wanna fix it.
[editline]21st September 2015[/editline]
I mean @ Lilyo, I don't know why I typed Jallen :p
It might help if you just make a folder of inspirational work and reference for a specific project so you can just browse through the images and weave something together with a bit of foresight that way. You should really just not even worry about finished pieces if you're not doing them for a client or something. Do more sketches and comps and play with lighting and dynamics and stuff since those things are the foundation for everything you'll do. Rendering imo is just a touchup that you should only worry about at the end if you have time, it's very unimportant honestly when it comes to the entire process but you seem to be very concerned with it for some reason.
[QUOTE=Lilyo;48731578]It might help if you just make a folder of inspirational work and reference for a specific project so you can just browse through the images and weave something together with a bit of foresight that way. You should really just not even worry about finished pieces if you're not doing them for a client or something. Do more sketches and comps and play with lighting and dynamics and stuff since those things are the foundation for everything you'll do. Rendering imo is just a touchup that you should only worry about at the end if you have time, it's very unimportant honestly when it comes to the entire process but you seem to be very concerned with it for some reason.[/QUOTE]
I just feel happy when I paint in all the details I can possibly think of for some reason... which, yeah, is pretty bad practice...
So I just saw the newest poster for the James Bond film Spectre, and it reminded me of another film I just watched recently.
Here's the poster I mentioned.
[img]http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Spectre-poster-Daniel-Craig-Lea-Seydoux.jpg[/img]
And here's the mash up I made.
[img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/orqaavorzdyaqrf/Spectre-Strasser.jpg?dl=1[/img]
How did I do?
looks fine for a throwaway internet joke pic
For anyone with a tablet and/or photoshop I came across these brushes the other day which are pretty nice
The Basic/Paint ones are pretty simple but perfect for that sloppy wet look. Also some other scenery related stuff
[url]http://soldatnordsken.deviantart.com/art/My-painting-brushes-Concept-art-speedpainting-415473881[/url]
Didn't really finish rendering the dragon, but I think I am happy enough with this.
Not gonna learn/add more if I put into another 10 hours to add nostril hair for the dragon...
[img]http://img15.deviantart.net/b045/i/2015/264/3/c/dragon_scale_reframed_by_fadingz-d9afjym.png[/img]
Thank you all for the C&C :)
Made this sketch in arts class today
[t]https://dl.pushbulletusercontent.com/AR2gXGU6xtTmmJfZgM8uI4UsM987uMXd/IMG_20150921_151633.jpg[/t]
Basically what we did is close our eyes and use our left hand to feel our face and draw with the right hand. Then we fixed it up a bit
Now we are building upon these sketches. Basically just abstraction.
When it's done it will be put on a canvas and filled with acrylic paint where we use the thick strokes and colors to achieve some kind of effect
[editline]21st September 2015[/editline]
We also started sculpting faces into pieces of soap
[t]https://dl.pushbulletusercontent.com/mYorjvXakQEOU9Ohj87vL4F0OO6uhUs4/IMG_20150916_110258.jpg[/t]
got a part of the nose so far
[QUOTE=Eric95;48732769]looks fine for a throwaway internet joke pic[/QUOTE]
That's what I was aiming for.
I just wish I could do this more justice with my limited knowledge of Photoshop.
I don't suppose anyone else feels like trying to make a neater version?
[QUOTE=adamsz;48736037]That's what I was aiming for.
I just wish I could do this more justice with my limited knowledge of Photoshop.
I don't suppose anyone else feels like trying to make a neater version?[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;vuC9jW1Pmuo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuC9jW1Pmuo[/video]
you should learn how to use the pen tool for your selections, it's usually a lot neater and a lot easier than fidgeting with the auto select tools.
[img]http://tecstory.net/files/2214/4158/7870/Youtube-Cover---The-Earth-Collective.png[/img]
[media]https://soundcloud.com/ampodcastingnetwork/the-earth-collective-ep-4-the-long-fabled[/media]
[b]EPISODE 4 of my show "The Earth Collective"[/b]
Sorry for the spam, here's some shit I'm working on.
Did this last night cause I couldn't sleep
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YTJuHre.png[/IMG]
And some of the finished sketches, I'll have to do 3 big pieces in a sort of ukiyo e/ graphic style which I'm kind of excited about.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rOClbHy.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kwou5qS.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Xsuzwsr.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zh9PQci.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/70V05YS.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rjog99V.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/l3uJNn5.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/l8e9laY.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hmwdjkX.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/cdoexuB.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IS2wWBG.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nA0GVX6.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Xcv9qWk.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kXxJae9.png[/IMG]
Those are all really interesting! They've got a lot of energy. I'm not sure if you want feedback but if you do, I'd say try and prioritize focal points with more contrast and line weight to really bring them forward.
Here's an assignment I did for school. 6 thumbnails depicting 'a young protagonist running away from villains who just committed a murder' in the style of a realistic 3D game.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/rsaDZsH.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/g7O4cZr.png[/img]
Quickly coloured the piece of shit.
[IMG]http://pre06.deviantart.net/65ad/th/pre/f/2015/266/1/2/taiko_by_foreverforum-d9amen3.jpg[/IMG]
i like to draw trucks
[QUOTE=Sasupoika;48744498][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/g7O4cZr.png[/IMG]
Quickly coloured the piece of shit.[/QUOTE]
I'm diggin the Dio pants.
[QUOTE=Forever_Forum;48745673][IMG]http://pre06.deviantart.net/65ad/th/pre/f/2015/266/1/2/taiko_by_foreverforum-d9amen3.jpg[/IMG]
i like to draw trucks[/QUOTE]
do you start with a 3d model
[QUOTE=salmonmarine;48743647]Those are all really interesting! They've got a lot of energy. I'm not sure if you want feedback but if you do, I'd say try and prioritize focal points with more contrast and line weight to really bring them forward.
Here's an assignment I did for school. 6 thumbnails depicting 'a young protagonist running away from villains who just committed a murder' in the style of a realistic 3D game.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/rsaDZsH.png[/img][/QUOTE]
I haven't been feeling the whole art thing lately, but I think these really inspire me to kick things back into gear. Awesome work, as usual!
[img]http://img09.deviantart.net/aa85/i/2015/266/b/4/freedom_wip_by_fadingz-d9anmfo.jpg[/img] [img]http://img08.deviantart.net/5848/i/2015/266/4/f/freedom_wip_by_fadingz-d9anmfo.jpg[/img]
Composition lineart of a concept I have in mind.
Someone put me out of my misery, I'm drawing furry trash for a school assignment. :v:
[img]https://41.media.tumblr.com/3de8504a0c1d3728f81f7d5c934ebc5d/tumblr_nv4a7npWOP1rvwiwlo1_1280.jpg[/img]
They look like game characters. Skylanders-ish
I just got some Copic markers. Where have these been all my life?
[QUOTE=Nidhogg;48747952]Someone put me out of my misery, I'm drawing furry trash for a school assignment. :v:
[img]https://41.media.tumblr.com/3de8504a0c1d3728f81f7d5c934ebc5d/tumblr_nv4a7npWOP1rvwiwlo1_1280.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
What's the assignment?
[QUOTE=Nidhogg;48747952]Someone put me out of my misery, I'm drawing furry trash for a school assignment. :v:
[img]https://41.media.tumblr.com/3de8504a0c1d3728f81f7d5c934ebc5d/tumblr_nv4a7npWOP1rvwiwlo1_1280.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
well at least you're drawing them well
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