03-03-2014, 08:10 PM
first of all congratulation on making cover for Solaris :D And praise You for your words. Yes, skipping thumbnails, references and planning will just hurt your art.
"[...] starting out with no conception, or depending upon "snapping up" something as you go along, is mighty poor procedure and has two strikes against it at the outset"-A.Loomis
I repeat all around to everyone who want to know - read Creative illustration by Andrew Loomis. James Gurney also shows in his books how important is preparation!
Artists have a tendency to believe in magic, that other artists just start in one corner and create painting from nothing. And many step-by-step tutorials only shows rendering stage, not how the idea is created. For me just establishing composition and colors takes 50-60% of whole time. Rendering is easiest part!
Thanks again for sharing~!
"[...] starting out with no conception, or depending upon "snapping up" something as you go along, is mighty poor procedure and has two strikes against it at the outset"-A.Loomis
I repeat all around to everyone who want to know - read Creative illustration by Andrew Loomis. James Gurney also shows in his books how important is preparation!
Artists have a tendency to believe in magic, that other artists just start in one corner and create painting from nothing. And many step-by-step tutorials only shows rendering stage, not how the idea is created. For me just establishing composition and colors takes 50-60% of whole time. Rendering is easiest part!
Thanks again for sharing~!