04-13-2014, 12:17 PM
Sweet style you have going here.
If you want to break through the render wall. There are a couple of ways to do it, both requiring doing studies.
First, you can find an artist who renders like you would ideally like to. Take one of the images you really like from them and copy it and try to backwards engineer what they did to get to that point (How they handle reflected light, form, colours etc). This short cuts through a lot, because you basically use them to do the thinking for you and learn by imitating. Not ideal long term, but short term gains are great for motivation.
Second way is to get a photograph (preferably high res) and do a photo study. If you want photorealism this is the best way, but most tedious, way to get there. Get a picture and just accept that you will spend 30hrs copying it in minute detail and it will help a lot.
Bonus way: From life, set up a still life and really try to look for all those things that a camera removes (subtlety in colours, depth etc). This is the hard way, because the benefits arent immediately visible, but the end result is what you are imitating in the artists master study (first method) where they learn to paint how they see the world.
I hope this helps answer your question, though I could have missed the point completely. Keep up the good work :)
If you want to break through the render wall. There are a couple of ways to do it, both requiring doing studies.
First, you can find an artist who renders like you would ideally like to. Take one of the images you really like from them and copy it and try to backwards engineer what they did to get to that point (How they handle reflected light, form, colours etc). This short cuts through a lot, because you basically use them to do the thinking for you and learn by imitating. Not ideal long term, but short term gains are great for motivation.
Second way is to get a photograph (preferably high res) and do a photo study. If you want photorealism this is the best way, but most tedious, way to get there. Get a picture and just accept that you will spend 30hrs copying it in minute detail and it will help a lot.
Bonus way: From life, set up a still life and really try to look for all those things that a camera removes (subtlety in colours, depth etc). This is the hard way, because the benefits arent immediately visible, but the end result is what you are imitating in the artists master study (first method) where they learn to paint how they see the world.
I hope this helps answer your question, though I could have missed the point completely. Keep up the good work :)