02-13-2012, 10:25 AM
@ Seth Lange : Thanks bro. I'm in running start, so both high-school and college really, but I'm doing the college full time and not doing any of the high-school haha.
@ Lake : Thank you soo much for this post. Not only is this advice incredibly helpful, but I'm also a huuuge fan of yours. Your third section on prioritizing the various elements is something I really identified with.
Truth be told, I haven't done more than 15-20 paintings digitally before. Right now it feels like I'm learning faster than I can paint. In that second image I posted the whole thing was drawn with a hard circle brush on like 70% opacity and like no pressure settings. In the first image I posted (which is more recent) I drew most of it with lasso tool and a really really soft 100% opaque circle brush with pressure sensitivity set to opacity. Anyways, I'm haven't really developed a process I'm comfortable with yet, and right now it feels like every single one of my paintings is completely different in both style and process because of it.
This here is something I'm working on currently:
I want to direct the composition up the microscope to his face then back down the arm and so on in a big circle but I feel like it keeps getting sucked out both the bottom right and the top left.
I really wish I could do something like this but I know I should find a solution instead.
@ Lake : Thank you soo much for this post. Not only is this advice incredibly helpful, but I'm also a huuuge fan of yours. Your third section on prioritizing the various elements is something I really identified with.
Truth be told, I haven't done more than 15-20 paintings digitally before. Right now it feels like I'm learning faster than I can paint. In that second image I posted the whole thing was drawn with a hard circle brush on like 70% opacity and like no pressure settings. In the first image I posted (which is more recent) I drew most of it with lasso tool and a really really soft 100% opaque circle brush with pressure sensitivity set to opacity. Anyways, I'm haven't really developed a process I'm comfortable with yet, and right now it feels like every single one of my paintings is completely different in both style and process because of it.
This here is something I'm working on currently:
I want to direct the composition up the microscope to his face then back down the arm and so on in a big circle but I feel like it keeps getting sucked out both the bottom right and the top left.
I really wish I could do something like this but I know I should find a solution instead.