Personal piece called "The Contract", the first of three paintings for a small series I've planned. Been chipping away at this one in my free time for quite awhile, nice to finally have it off my chest and put it out there.
You have a wonderful gallery, one thing I do notice about this recent piece you posted is the shading on the metal surfaces is too smooth. To give it more texture it needs ridges and scrapes.
@Beluga - Thank you! For the helmet I was definitely going for something smooth and polished, but that might not have been a good choice for a mercenary. I tried switching that for the chest armor, but I'll have to pay more attention to it next time. Thanks!
Another edge study, this time focusing on using harder edges while still maintaining the realistic feel. A little tougher than doing so with softer edges, but I can definitely see how this could be used for composition and hierarchy.
Alright, FINALLY moving onto color with these assignments now :P I think taking my time with all the other things like proportion and values really helped and I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out. I'd love to take a lot more time fixing all the proportion issues and just making everything nice and polished, but I think it's a good time to start another one.
Woo, been a hot minute since I updated this! Got a little carried away with some schoolwork and got away from my assignments, will be posting a few personal pieces. Here's one that I started awhile back, finally finished it up.
(04-17-2017, 10:06 AM)NoodleInBox Wrote: Your studies are so great *.* what kind of program are you in if thats ok to ask?
Thank you! If you mean software, I just use Photoshop CC. If you mean the class, I'm taking "Essentials of Realism" with Jon Hardesty on Schoolism. Here's a link: https://www.schoolism.com/school.php?id=33
They way you simplified the last study is beautiful. I'm a it torn at the moment. I dont know it I should take the color and light or the essentials of realism class. Is Jon Hardesty a good teacher?
(04-19-2017, 11:55 PM)NoodleInBox Wrote: They way you simplified the last study is beautiful. I'm a it torn at the moment. I dont know it I should take the color and light or the essentials of realism class. Is Jon Hardesty a good teacher?
Thank you! I haven't taken the Color & Light class, but I plan on it this summer. And Jon is a great teacher in my opinion, he breaks down things in simple and understandable ways and makes realism something very achievable. I'd suggest it!
Here's the next color study, struggled like crazy with this one as I don't ever do environments/nature. Will continue this theme for the next one.
