Mat Kaminski Sketchybewk

[matkaminski]

Because I'm a little slow on the pickup, Marc Brunet has this awesome tutorial on how to make custom brushes. Because of this, I've pretty much changed (again) my method for painting digitally. I made a slew of custom brushes that react very similarly to real art tools. Plus some neat brushes that I've been wanting for awhile that don't exist (at least that I've found).

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futurespaceghost:

Hey man i looked through your sketchbook and the biggest thing i see you having problems with is anatomy. even in the studies you did from photos the anatomy is still off! If i were you i would pay close attention the lenth of the bones, the size and volumes of different parts of the body relative to other parts, etc. also your rendering is really rough and scrathy. try doing some value scales in black and white, in one color, and from one color to another. keep filling up this SB! :)

Anatomy will pretty much always be something that I struggle with. But as always, gotta keep trying, right? The rough and scratchy technique is because of not only the speed of the painting, but also because I'm trying to use a more blocky technique of painting. I have quite a few more studies to do before I feel comfortable enough to call any of that stuff 'done', but yeah... thanks regardless, I'm onto more of those studies...

kikindaface:

your inktober sketches are nice dude ! Concerning painting, all i can say is to really solidify your subject ! most of the time, we don't feel the solidity of the body or the face you're painting ! Try to be aware of edges, at least that's what your paintings lack ! keep it up !

Thanks! I agree that I'm using too much 'lost edge' technique, and need to maybe start trying to blend the looseness and the hardness of the painting. I'm honestly just glad that I can finally approach digital painting without running scared. Slowly but surely wins the race I guess?

Tatar88:

I can see that ink works wonders for you:)
thanks for stoping by.
Ive got a suggestion about value studies.

http://quickposes.com/

pick chiaroscuro and set the timer for 2 minutes.

Cya!

Wowza, thanks a bunch that website is awesome! It's like the upgrade from posemaniacs, but not quite as high level as pixelovely. I'm going to try these out very soon! :)

Ignatz:

Hey Mat. There's some nice stuff here. I like the way you captured some of those inked environment pieces with just 3 values and your figure drawing, particularly the displaced sketches, have a real character to them. On the painted pieces it would be nice to see you push the rendering some more, especially on the Tank Girl pic. You captured her attitude perfectly with that pose. Nice work.

I'm going to try and start rendering out more often once the semester is over, the final for many of my illustration class projects tend to be pretty rendered, so I'm staying pretty loose with most everything else. But yeah, more rendering for sure! Thanks!

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Anyway, on to the art...

Independent Study: The Displaced 2

Title: Independent Study: The Displaced 2
Date: November 4 - 8, 2013
Medium: Pencil, Photoshop CS3
Scale: Varies

Notes: More of The Displaced. This is mostly just some pose / outfit studies, and trying to really get a feel for what their hands and bodies look like. They are essentially dirty homeless people that live in the abandoned tunnels of the London Underground. I'm trying to find an interesting way to blend rats and humans essentially.
Oh, there are also some Marionette redesigns on the bottom right... as well as page layout for the booklet. More soon!

Anatomy Color Studies

Title: Anatomy Color Studies
Date: November 4 & 8, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Varies

Notes: Because of those custom brushes that I was going on about, I was able to streamline even further the anatomy study. It's a much more chunky paint style that I rather enjoy. Of course, I need to refine it further (these were all timed at about tenish minutes). I'll probably continue doing a jabeebus load more of these as always.