07-24-2014, 12:28 AM
Wohoooo! Really impressed man, you're racking up some serious progress here! And I'm also impressed about the guts you have to give this a serious shot after graduating from physics, that's real passion there , really inspiring.
I'm digging a lot your paintings , there's a clear improvement in edge control and values from the first stuff you posted, also the drawings are getting better and better , the lines are starting to make sense in a more meaningfull way and them inks! Hmmm! Gotta love those. I specially dig the guy with the hat and the beard, for some reason it reminds me of Fetchin's work , granted it's not a vignette but it has that smart touch he has. Haven't checked out the vid though cause I'm about to fall dead in my bed but I will , I'm really interested in seeing how you tackle your process.
And the feathers are looking sweet, if you find a way to export that into your personal work it's gonna be rock and roll for real.
On feedback there's not a ton to say , you really seem to analyse your work and to know what you need to work on but here's my two cents.
Drawing:
More blacks and darker greys. They're coming together, but they still lack a bit the "je ne sais quoi" to make them real juicy and I think it's because you're not enfatizing occlusion shadows and falling in the lighter side of line weight a bit too much, the problem with this is that it takes some serious experimentation and failure to know where to put them to get them right, it's happening right now to me where most my stuff comes out too heavy on darks when before it was lacking, I feel that finding that balance is the next step into getting them right.
Also, some foreshortening studies would help, cause some stuff is coming out a bit wonky, I still like the choices you made but I feel that some delving into this would give them more consistency.
Painting:
I myself I'm the biggest rookie in this so I'm not gonna give you much advice cause I don't know what choices are right or wrong, the only thing I'd recommend is to use smoother gradients for backgrounds with big brushes. As an example , in the feathers study the main subject is quite awesomely depicted, but the secondary focus comes out too hard, like the folds and stuff, those brush marks really hurt the rest of the picture, so maybe some quick smooth brush would give it more unity even if you're missing out on the fine detailing.
Overall, pretty impressed man, I really dig where your headed and I feel I have a ton of things in common in both strengths and weaknesses, I'll be checking you out! :D
Cheers!
I'm digging a lot your paintings , there's a clear improvement in edge control and values from the first stuff you posted, also the drawings are getting better and better , the lines are starting to make sense in a more meaningfull way and them inks! Hmmm! Gotta love those. I specially dig the guy with the hat and the beard, for some reason it reminds me of Fetchin's work , granted it's not a vignette but it has that smart touch he has. Haven't checked out the vid though cause I'm about to fall dead in my bed but I will , I'm really interested in seeing how you tackle your process.
And the feathers are looking sweet, if you find a way to export that into your personal work it's gonna be rock and roll for real.
On feedback there's not a ton to say , you really seem to analyse your work and to know what you need to work on but here's my two cents.
Drawing:
More blacks and darker greys. They're coming together, but they still lack a bit the "je ne sais quoi" to make them real juicy and I think it's because you're not enfatizing occlusion shadows and falling in the lighter side of line weight a bit too much, the problem with this is that it takes some serious experimentation and failure to know where to put them to get them right, it's happening right now to me where most my stuff comes out too heavy on darks when before it was lacking, I feel that finding that balance is the next step into getting them right.
Also, some foreshortening studies would help, cause some stuff is coming out a bit wonky, I still like the choices you made but I feel that some delving into this would give them more consistency.
Painting:
I myself I'm the biggest rookie in this so I'm not gonna give you much advice cause I don't know what choices are right or wrong, the only thing I'd recommend is to use smoother gradients for backgrounds with big brushes. As an example , in the feathers study the main subject is quite awesomely depicted, but the secondary focus comes out too hard, like the folds and stuff, those brush marks really hurt the rest of the picture, so maybe some quick smooth brush would give it more unity even if you're missing out on the fine detailing.
Overall, pretty impressed man, I really dig where your headed and I feel I have a ton of things in common in both strengths and weaknesses, I'll be checking you out! :D
Cheers!