01-12-2025, 06:02 PM
Here is today's entry. Gotta say, I am having so much fun, it has not been like that for a while. The muse had been avoiding me for a while now, and she is finally here, making art a magical experience again.
This one is from imagination. I am implementing some of the feedback that Noone provided me with, using that atmospheric light and avoiding dead dark areas where form flattens out. Still, it is a fairly dark piece to begin with, so I can't wait to finish this one so I can start on something in a much lighter key.
In any case, it has been very fun to paint this one, and a bit more challenging than the pictures in the previous post, mostly because of the top-down perspective and an unusual lighting setup.
What works:
- Color palette is nice, I limited it by just choosing a very strict lighting scenario. This kind of "hellscape" lighting situation really allows one dominant color, and a second one, a very subdued supporting one.
- Perspective in this one is convincing. Nothing really jumps out as incorrect, which is very good because I was eyeballing everything. This only means that my eye is good for perspective, and actually drawing the grid with vanishing points will definitely help, but not change much.
- Paint application. Paint application, especially in the face area is quite satisfying to look at. It makes sense that faces are the most confidently painted and successful parts of my paintings since I have spent a lot of time painting them and recently completed a 100 faces challenge. Should do the same with figure and environments.
What needs more love:
- Form, form, form. Form is key, and as of now, it is a rusty one. Should do more anatomical studies with different lighting scenarios and look up how master painters tackled it.
- Anatomy is not the best, and is simplified for the reason of me not remembering how some muscles turn and what kind of form the create.
- Character design. This is a minor one, but I could do better with designing a character. Right now the design is simple and uninventive.
Thanks everyone!
This one is from imagination. I am implementing some of the feedback that Noone provided me with, using that atmospheric light and avoiding dead dark areas where form flattens out. Still, it is a fairly dark piece to begin with, so I can't wait to finish this one so I can start on something in a much lighter key.
In any case, it has been very fun to paint this one, and a bit more challenging than the pictures in the previous post, mostly because of the top-down perspective and an unusual lighting setup.
What works:
- Color palette is nice, I limited it by just choosing a very strict lighting scenario. This kind of "hellscape" lighting situation really allows one dominant color, and a second one, a very subdued supporting one.
- Perspective in this one is convincing. Nothing really jumps out as incorrect, which is very good because I was eyeballing everything. This only means that my eye is good for perspective, and actually drawing the grid with vanishing points will definitely help, but not change much.
- Paint application. Paint application, especially in the face area is quite satisfying to look at. It makes sense that faces are the most confidently painted and successful parts of my paintings since I have spent a lot of time painting them and recently completed a 100 faces challenge. Should do the same with figure and environments.
What needs more love:
- Form, form, form. Form is key, and as of now, it is a rusty one. Should do more anatomical studies with different lighting scenarios and look up how master painters tackled it.
- Anatomy is not the best, and is simplified for the reason of me not remembering how some muscles turn and what kind of form the create.
- Character design. This is a minor one, but I could do better with designing a character. Right now the design is simple and uninventive.
Thanks everyone!