Mat Kaminski Sketchybewk

[matkaminski]

Sometimes it's good to just chillax for a few days.

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Gliger:

Sweet, maybe do some fabric studies, and try to go for a focus point, even if it's just for experimenting.

If you didn't know AJ, check out his blog and every one of his livestreams, he posts art tips daily on twitter, he has a tumblr called the carbon line, super cool project, and a book called Heaven's Hell, it hasn't been released yet though. Oh, and his youtube account has some valuable information, he's making some sweet videos about color and light now.

Also, you probably already know him, but check Scott robertson's FTFs on youtube, I was rewatching some of his value and form tutorials this morning, super useful.

Yeah, for sure, fabric study! I think I read this and then had it in the back of my mind when I did the study below... I may have under-rendered the fabric, but over-rendered the face. Ur, I love portraits I guess?
Thanks for all these links, helpful for sure! Keep 'em comin hahaha!

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Master Swordsman - Preview

Title: Master Swordsman - Preview
Date: December 23 - ?, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3

Notes: This one might not look like much, but it's the start of an animation I'm working on. This is only the first frame, and I'm not trying to do any pressure on it. Just painting one or two frames a day. They are more-or-less my warm-ups. Trying to work on stroke economy really. Like I said, it doesn't look like much at the moment, because this is only one frame, but you'll see in time...

Cylinder Test - Mug

Title: Cylinder Test - Mug
Date: December 31, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Same as Above.

Notes: Working on doing some shape exploration combined with some painting from life. Glass has so many reflective surfaces that it's a good and hard material to study.

"Mock me, will you?!"

Title: "Mock me, will you?!"
Date: December 28 & 31, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3

Notes: A push into more portraiture combined with some focal point exploration. Just mainly having fun doing some long-deserved rendering.

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Suppose I'll toss up a bunch of other WIPs that I have at the moment. Realistically, I need to finish these and/or just move on... But I can't stop until I feel like they have something there...