Devin's Sketchbook

[devin]

thanks man :D for the actual technique I just use the smudge tool with the default round brush set with scattering on. When it comes to edges, I think that it's really helpful to think about what you want to be important in the image based on how you personally would interpret what you are painting. Consider an image as if you were actually looking at it in real life, you don't instantaneously take in and understand every single element, it takes some time to adjust and for your attention to shift to more subdued areas. I think that the eye instinctively goes to areas of contrast, whether it's black vs. white, moving vs. stationary, etc. Hard edges look hard only in comparison to soft edges; contrast and controlled variety are really important. I've been trying to think about what I would actually see in the first few moments of my attention and then create a hierarchy around that. That's at least what I want to do in theory, It's still getting to me how difficult I find adding interest and detail to focal points ;\ Hope that helps a bit!

anyway here's some more sketches, really need to work on anatomy...