09-04-2016, 03:15 PM
Heya,
Keep up the practice, analysis and experiments.
Its hard mode to paint something right from the word go, but it can teach you so much about your limitations. Stay positive and learn like a hungry man.
I did a paintover of the piece you posted in the discord, with some notes that will hopefully help!
Step one is linework and flat colours (diffuse lighting) used to achieve to important goals:
1. Working out the shape design of the character+environment you have in mind, the composition of the image
2. Working out colours whilst they are simply rendered and free from colour shifts, which means changes are easier.
The more you can work out in this stage the less you have to deal with in a later stage. Regardless of whether you practically execute these steps,
Working out the Shape, Composition and Colour design of the scene are the tasks that need doing to make a successful image.
Step two is to use curves and and other adjustment layers to shift your colours to match the lighting of the image you had in mind. In this case it felt like a blue-ish moonlit scene to my eyes.
Planes of darker and lighter colour are added to indicate the direction of the lighting, which in this case is from above.
Step three is to collapse the layers (or not) and paint the image proper, taking care to express the volumes in light and space. If your painting makes the volume flatter than it was when it was just line work, then you need to indicate the planes' transitions from light to dark better.
Take care to workout the light and colour design before you go into rendering details.
Its not all painted over but this is good enough to illustrate my suggestions. Your fundamentals are there to aid you to do these little jobs/tasks that add up to a successful illustration.
This is a basic list, you will most likely have more tasks to add to it. I recommend making it up, so you can see at the end of the painting, (successful or no), your choice of actions and whether it be effective or no. Then revise your learning and keep on improving!
Hope it helps and keep trucking!
Keep up the practice, analysis and experiments.
Its hard mode to paint something right from the word go, but it can teach you so much about your limitations. Stay positive and learn like a hungry man.
I did a paintover of the piece you posted in the discord, with some notes that will hopefully help!
Step one is linework and flat colours (diffuse lighting) used to achieve to important goals:
1. Working out the shape design of the character+environment you have in mind, the composition of the image
2. Working out colours whilst they are simply rendered and free from colour shifts, which means changes are easier.
The more you can work out in this stage the less you have to deal with in a later stage. Regardless of whether you practically execute these steps,
Working out the Shape, Composition and Colour design of the scene are the tasks that need doing to make a successful image.
Step two is to use curves and and other adjustment layers to shift your colours to match the lighting of the image you had in mind. In this case it felt like a blue-ish moonlit scene to my eyes.
Planes of darker and lighter colour are added to indicate the direction of the lighting, which in this case is from above.
Step three is to collapse the layers (or not) and paint the image proper, taking care to express the volumes in light and space. If your painting makes the volume flatter than it was when it was just line work, then you need to indicate the planes' transitions from light to dark better.
Take care to workout the light and colour design before you go into rendering details.
Its not all painted over but this is good enough to illustrate my suggestions. Your fundamentals are there to aid you to do these little jobs/tasks that add up to a successful illustration.
This is a basic list, you will most likely have more tasks to add to it. I recommend making it up, so you can see at the end of the painting, (successful or no), your choice of actions and whether it be effective or no. Then revise your learning and keep on improving!
Hope it helps and keep trucking!