This drawing reminds me a bit of Klimt and by extension Amano...
Maybe follow their lead and be more painterly in the flesh parts and paint flatter in the patterned areas and let the changes in color patches create surface tension.
Erm...yeah I've been messing around with Klimt's style. (it's so obvious lol) I gotta check out Amano now.
I painted the flesh kind of detailed, I wanted to do that pale flesh coloring Klimt seems to like but it doesn't look nearly as nice when I try it. =/ I feel lazy sometimes just doing flat coloring for the background, it looks like I wasn't trying to put the characters in any real space (then again I'm not trying to lol). Klimt does it so well though, I'm not exactly sure how. =/
Thanks a lot for the tips, I just need to practice to find a style that's pleasing to me. :)
Going in with flat colors first and building painterly texture on top works well...I like painting in the underpainting with a contrasting color so when you do the overpainting it has something to resonate off (if you add the overpainting in differing degrees of opacity)
That's not really a Klimt technique, but an approach that I enjoy using.
Amano does a lot with intense watercolors. I like how he uses the pigments of the reds and blacks that float on the surface. It's a bold way to use the medium.
Maybe follow their lead and be more painterly in the flesh parts and paint flatter in the patterned areas and let the changes in color patches create surface tension.
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Then again flat color can be done well too...try both and see what you like better.
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I painted the flesh kind of detailed, I wanted to do that pale flesh coloring Klimt seems to like but it doesn't look nearly as nice when I try it. =/ I feel lazy sometimes just doing flat coloring for the background, it looks like I wasn't trying to put the characters in any real space (then again I'm not trying to lol). Klimt does it so well though, I'm not exactly sure how. =/
Thanks a lot for the tips, I just need to practice to find a style that's pleasing to me. :)
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That's not really a Klimt technique, but an approach that I enjoy using.
Amano does a lot with intense watercolors. I like how he uses the pigments of the reds and blacks that float on the surface. It's a bold way to use the medium.
http://www.amanosworld.com/html/work/90.html
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