Mat Kaminski Sketchybewk

[matkaminski]

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pnate:
Nice to see you pushing so hard man. Finishing those illustrations is definitely the best way to improve, the way you are doing it. That last one looks like it has a lot of promise, hopefully you'll have time to finish it up later. A small crit on the composition: I noticed there's that "almost touching" thing going on with the left border and her elbow and the cat, so maybe an intersection with the border would break that feeling? Another crit on some of your color choices is that it seems maybe a little too saturated in some cases and a little too desaturated in others. I'd recommend just stealing colors from screenshots or other paintings directly after the stage of working out your values because your figures are reading, but the color choices clash in some cases. For instance, in the flirty herbalist, the background and her coat feel very similar in hue so it all feels very homogenous in terms of color harmony (same thing with the red in the vigilants piece). I would go for contrast in something like that, but that could also just be personal preference.

Thanks! Yeah, it's my final year of college, so I think it's important to really start pushing and getting out of that comfort zone. The Germs piece changed quite a bit from that value sketch. I cleaned it up quite a bit. Looking back on it, I see that tangent you're talking about! Oh that cat. I should have probably pushed him to the right slightly or extended the canvas. I tried to keep all the value in the same ballpark - with the exception of the clothing. Since she is a sickly character, I thought it would be interesting to make the environment itself feel very drab and slightly disgusting. Thanks very much for your comment though! I love getting feedback.

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Illustration 5: Absolved Character Archetype #3 - Germs

Title: Illustration 5: Absolved Character Archetype #3 - Germs
Date: September 17 - 30, 2014
Medium: Photoshop CS6
Scale: Sketches vary, Final is 11" x 17"

Notes: This one kind of surprised me a little. It was definitely a super fun piece to work on, and I have a ton more that I want to do!
Overall, the marionettes have always been the most intriguing to me. I want to paint them a ton more!
This is the final for character number three. More to come.

Digital Painting: Shaving is a Bitch

Title: Digital Painting: Shaving is a Bitch
Date: September 26 & 30, 2014
Medium: Photoshop CC / CS6
Scale: Original is 3000px x 3000px

Notes: Continuing on the digital painting portrait tradition, here's the first of many to come. Using portraits that we took, we were to basically copy what we see and try to replicate it to the best of our ability. Each portrait will have a different feel to it. Again, this is the first of many.
As a side note, we were to save every fifteen minutes. The result is below.