Just started my first digital painting to help me get more comfortable with my tablet.
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/PZy2uTy.png"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DlH1hYP.png[/IMG][/URL]
obviously not finished yet, any beginning painting/tablet use suggestions?
[QUOTE=Tovip;39409007]Just started my first digital painting to help me get more comfortable with my tablet.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PZy2uTy.png[/IMG]
obviously not finished yet, any beginning painting/tablet use suggestions?[/QUOTE]
Work in higher resolution
If that's a trace, then don't trace
[QUOTE=salmonmarine;39409518]Work in higher resolution
If that's a trace, then don't trace[/QUOTE]
It's not a trace.
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/BndlXEy.jpg"]Here[/URL]'s the reference, Is there something I am doing to make it look traced?
[QUOTE=Tovip;39409584]It's not a trace.
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/BndlXEy.jpg"]Here[/URL]'s the reference, Is there something I am doing to make it look traced?[/QUOTE]
Normally you would start by putting some base values in, giant blobs of colour that you eventually whittle down and slowly recolour until you have a finished form. Right now it looks like you're drawing it part by part in a very linear fashion. That CAN work, but it means you dedicate three times as much work towards something that's three times as likely to become disproportional or otherwise wrong.
Normally when people trace they can see exactly what they want, so they don't bother putting base values and forms down. That's the similarity.
Lastly I'd recommend starting with the human figure. All animals, characters, creatures, and forms relate to it in some way. Starting there and become proficient in figure is essential to almost every other form of character based art.
Your colours and values aren't bad, and you're off to a good start, though.
[QUOTE=salmonmarine;39409848]Normally you would start by putting some base values in, giant blobs of colour that you eventually whittle down and slowly recolour until you have a finished form. Right now it looks like you're drawing it part by part in a very linear fashion. That CAN work, but it means you dedicate three times as much work towards something that's three times as likely to become disproportional or otherwise wrong.
Normally when people trace they can see exactly what they want, so they don't bother putting base values and forms down. That's the similarity.
Lastly I'd recommend starting with the human figure. All animals, characters, creatures, and forms relate to it in some way. Starting there and become proficient in figure is essential to almost every other form of character based art.
Your colours and values aren't bad, and you're off to a good start, though.[/QUOTE]
Thank you that was actually incredibly useful,
the reason I was painting it in segments is due to a nasty habit I got from vectoring where I do a [URL=http://imgur.com/QwCiciV.png]rough sketch[/URL] first then paint over it.
I'll be sure to try the more traditional way next time.
[QUOTE=Tovip;39410092]Thank you that was actually incredibly useful,
the reason I was painting it in segments is due to a nasty habit I got from vectoring where I do a [URL=http://imgur.com/QwCiciV.png]rough sketch[/URL] first then paint over it.
I'll be sure to try the more traditional way next time.[/QUOTE]
That's not a nasty habit; many traditional artists (including those we would consider to be 'old masters') used line drawings as a base
[editline]30th January 2013[/editline]
also vidya
[video=youtube;4xVvZx0EcDw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xVvZx0EcDw[/video]
[QUOTE=omarfr;39408166]Was bored so I did an ear painting study then turned it into a design study!
[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/17snxe.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
id like too see a text up in the upper right hand of a frame
also did this for an alien creature study im doing for my cambridge coursework. one of many photostudy sketch things which ill eventually upload all of my progress here. also going to be experimenting with alot of different styles so its pretty neat
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2BcxdP6.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Maloof?;39410221]That's not a nasty habit; many traditional artists (including those we would consider to be 'old masters') used line drawings as a base
[editline]30th January 2013[/editline]
also vidya
[video=youtube;4xVvZx0EcDw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xVvZx0EcDw[/video][/QUOTE]
i liked it at near the end when you experimented with adding huge cables accross the landscape but figured out the piece already lead the focus to the buildings and you wouldn't need anything else to guide the viewer.
tl;dr: you realized the composition was good and you didn't need to add anymore to it.
[editline]30th January 2013[/editline]
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/asdasdasd21.png[/IMG]
quick heads
i think the thug's got the most personality of all heads
[QUOTE=MenteR;39410518]i liked it at near the end when you experimented with adding huge cables accross the landscape but figured out the piece already lead the focus to the buildings and you wouldn't need anything else to guide the viewer.
tl;dr: you realized the composition was good and you didn't need to add anymore to it.[/QUOTE]
The cables were an idea from maybe around mid way through the painting, but yeah I figured it was gonna be way too much effort to incorporate them at that point haha
I
snip you always fuck my edits
[img]http://i.imgur.com/65cHMg3l.jpg[/img]
super quick sketch, drew a character model from GTA4
I hate the hands and legs, however I like how everything else came out.
[QUOTE=omarfr;39408166]Was bored so I did an ear painting study then turned it into a design study!
[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/17snxe.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I like the last one the most, but it's not really attracting the viewer to read the word.
The first one is nice but the text breaking bottom and connecting with the white space is distracting. Maybe if it wasnt over a white background? (as if it were printed and posted on a wall)
[QUOTE=antianan;39410711][IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/9627263fe7a0c263265ed8a9a4439448/tumblr_mhdvxnwOfb1rttuq5o1_r5_500.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
You share Detlef's brush strokes and shading.
[editline]30th January 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=MedicWine;39410807]I like the last one the most, but it's not really attracting the viewer to read the word.
The first one is nice but the text breaking bottom and connecting with the white space is distracting. Maybe if it wasnt over a white background? (as if it were printed and posted on a wall)[/QUOTE]
What about all of them?
Then I get in my head:
Listen... LISTEN! LISTEEN!!! (psst, hey... listen.)
[QUOTE=Maloof?;39410221]That's not a nasty habit; many traditional artists (including those we would consider to be 'old masters') used line drawings as a base
[editline]30th January 2013[/editline]
also vidya
[video=youtube;4xVvZx0EcDw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xVvZx0EcDw[/video][/QUOTE]
I love your artwork. I wish I could explore some of the worlds you create.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;39408585][IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/029/1/c/pilgrim_by_zacharyhogan-d5t78je.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I love your imagination mate.
Still learning how to art.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kz8fIjy.png[/IMG]
[img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/030/5/6/emily_lake_by_kaelakov-d5ta2g7.png[/img]
gah i need a tablet
I'm gonna try to do heaps of paintings this week, but I'm not going to show them for a long while.
I realised that all I do once I've uploaded an image is keep thinking about how it's doing; how many likes or favourites or artistic ratings it's gotten, which doesn't feel right. So I'm gonna go a few days without worrying about how the painting is going to be received by other people and just focus on how I'm receiving it, I think
[QUOTE=PC_Paul;39418619][img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/030/5/6/emily_lake_by_kaelakov-d5ta2g7.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Wow holy shit that's amaz-
[QUOTE=PC_Paul;39418619]gah i need a tablet[/QUOTE]
Wow well uh... u-um
fuck you
fuck your talent
I hate you :(
[QUOTE=PC_Paul;39418619][img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/030/5/6/emily_lake_by_kaelakov-d5ta2g7.png[/img]
gah i need a tablet[/QUOTE]
Would you mind going over your process? You have awesome colours and really amazing density...do you use photos, small detailed brushes, maybe just lots of time? I'd be very interested to find out
[QUOTE=Maloof?;39418690]I'm gonna try to do heaps of paintings this week, but I'm not going to show them for a long while.
I realised that all I do once I've uploaded an image is keep thinking about how it's doing; how many likes or favourites or artistic ratings it's gotten, which doesn't feel right. So I'm gonna go a few days without worrying about how the painting is going to be received by other people and just focus on how I'm receiving it, I think[/QUOTE]
this is good
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
also afterwards go and get a conceptart.org account going if you haven't already
Already have a sketchbook thread running on CA for the past few months haha
[QUOTE=salmonmarine;39419622]Would you mind going over your process? You have awesome colours and really amazing density...do you use photos, small detailed brushes, maybe just lots of time? I'd be very interested to find out[/QUOTE]
i will make a video for you
it will be long video with piss breaks
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