More arts!

More grayscale work!

This one was a subtractive technique. Erasing into the darker iron grey.

This one was also about an hour to get to this point:

Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/526710118889979206/

It looked like a cave... Of course mine doesn't know which it wants to be. Both, likely.



1.25 Hour Concept Sketch

So I did this little dude in a little over an hour.

Started grayscale and then color. I also trid something new. Changed the gray sketch to a different color via hue/saturation to make the shadows less flat.

Also a random bird sketch:

....just cause.

Grayscale Practice

Here's some grayscale practice... I'm trying hard not to over work it... maybe because the composition is too simple? The most recent is the topmost... yet the lower one seems the most complete (minus the hill at center back) in thumbnail.

More to come with commission work and progress here. Plus a few more color studies.

More Tutorials

I've actually gotten the hang of grayscale painting in my internship as I've had a few pieces to do that I tried it out in. It's been very helpful when I just need to get the idea across which could be changed at any time. It also makes it much easier to slap some color on for a preliminary showing before finishing it out.

Hunted up a few more tutorials to peruse that I will store here. Both are in similar colors which is kinda amusing but they show a lot having to do with light.

http://k04sk.deviantart.com/art/K04sk-Environment-Tutorial-160404703

These two had some great examples of light and texture build up with a walk through on rocks:

http://oione.deviantart.com/art/Strangers-tutorial-part1-130448365
http://oione.deviantart.com/art/Strangers-tutorial-part-2-130448589

Another that walks through different types of rocks. I actually learned my own basic rock style from this. I'm excited to practice more of them:

http://scarypet.deviantart.com/art/Scarypet-s-ROCK-ing-tutorial-208101226

A water tutorial:

http://k04sk.deviantart.com/art/Water-Tutorial-279128000

More detail techniques:

http://kalambo.deviantart.com/art/Background-tutorial-Part-1-208346837
http://kalambo.deviantart.com/art/Background-tutorial-Part-2-255819198

This one is really basic but I think it really gets the point across. When I did coloring I actually really enjoyed scenes with this light scheme (cool evening ambient combined with a warm direct glow). I actually got to use it in a piece I did some sketches for recently.

http://rahll.deviantart.com/art/Lighting-Tutorial-82388860


No to go make some art not for my job! :D

Seriously sad I can't show what I've been doing. If it gets out in the parks I'll take some pictures and share, but I really have come a long way in a short time... so I'll just have to show you all on other pieces!

Tutorials

(for self mostly)


Tutorials to look into:

http://tervola.deviantart.com/art/Digital-Painting-Tutorial-254185735

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/drawing/advanced-tutorial-creating-broken-link/
^-- how I was trying to work... may be able to help me see what I'm doing wrong.



Have tried some grayscale work... may just go insane doing so. I don't like to think that way for some reason. *headdesk!*


It seems I can do single objects/creatures fine. Environments? Not so much. Miss my watercolors...

OH! Maybe I'll paint the BG and then add it in and tweak it digitally!

A Couple More Dragons

Just a couple more dragons to pop up.

I've given up on tinted background work for now. I've actually started painting with more direct color.

The biggest issue I am having is keeping the shadows from looking too mottled... as if I've used the burn/dodge tool overmuch (which I haven't used at all!). Any suggestions? I've been working with multiplying the contrasting light color... but now am working more in multiplying a color that is just off the compliment of the color I'm using to help simulate light without getting too grey (which the compliment seems to do).

Still a bit... awkward. Maybe I need more highlights/glazes?

This dude was doodled when I was annoyed at work... but it lead to his less monochromatic sibling:

Still working away at the other commission. Bit by bit. Will get some more color studies in and then do a series of quick sketches to show how my sketching/drawing is going.

I hope to try another technique next week for composition: working on black/dark and building up highlights.
It's actually come into play at my internship as I have to work with luminous colors on dark. Or well, I'm choosing to because it'll look better.

Now to hunt up some tutorials/examples and artists using this.

Daily Color Studies

Todays and yesterday's color studies.

First one I relied heavily on the photo for color help (the sunset in the snow). The second, the seascape, had very limited color sourcing and was much easier. I've also finished a digital illustration at work so perhaps that assisted somewhat. I worked down and up the image (top to bottom, bottom to top, repeat) The first I did background foreground, mid-ground, sky which was not as wise.

The original images are listed to their respective sources.

The 2nd isn't quite as accurate to the photo but it was done in significantly less time.