Do you actually draw these things or take a picture and mess with photoshop to make them look so good?? Gah! You are crazy talented, you need to do this shit professionally!
I draw or paint everything from scratch but need a photoreference for portraits - I can't get decent likenesses without one! This is pretty much the same technique as I use for pencil sketches, or gouache painting - just with added digital bonuses, like making it MUCH easier to correct things (I use that a lot *g*)
Very very nice. I love the expressiveness of the brushwork. I work in Painter quite a bit and it's refresing fan art with a more painterly approach. I think compositionally, it could use a little tweaking. Would you mind if I posted an alternate compostition with an explanation? I don't usually get this involved in a critique, but this is too good to let it go. Outstanding work.
Thank you for the comments. Please, feel free to suggest, I'm interested. There was very little thought put into the composition -I'm mostly just playing around with the tablet and Painter trying to get the hang of it, and getting back into painting.
What brushes do you use in Painter? Some of the defaults seem a bit odd at first try.
The composition, IMHO, takes away from the portraits and the piece as a whole. The moon is too bright and too large, in effect giving it equal if not greater emphasis (due to it's brightness) than Sam and Dean. The moon is a big part of the story, but I think the midnight blue palette and the clouds are substantial enough to relay that. Also the placement of the moon tends to lead the eye too deliberately, and I don't tend to rest on the faces, which is where we should be given those perfect expressions you painted them with.
(explanation sketch)I reduced the size and luminence of the moon, and integrated it more into the background with some cloud coverage, though I left spots of brightness there. I think it sets up a nice gentle curve (the yellow lines) for the eye to follow, rather that the triangular placement. I think it adds to the atmosphere and leads the eye on a more gentler path to follow, as I believe you are intending this to be a quiet moment. The bright highlights in Sammy's hair stop us from leaving the picture
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Thank you so much for the beta. I'm very glad for all your comments.
After your first comment I was wondering if the moon (brightness and position) would be involved - I get very focused on details and lose track of the larger composition, but I thought it was in the wrong position. You are perfectly right about the size, as well and the brightness. (Your instincts rule!).
I have an old version of Photoshop that I'm only just starting to explore - so many options (and I do have an even older How to Book). The words (and signature) are the result of "ooh I can add words and change the font". If I'm giving you the image of me as a kid in candy shop (I'll try that and one of those, and oooh text) then this is not far wrong.
Also thanks for the links for Painter. I'm having fun playing with it, but there is so much to learn. Those sites look great.
Yes, and I'll sign the painting myself - I haven't quite got a Leyna signature yet, so it was sheer laziness!
Thanks so much, again. (off to make some adjustments)
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I draw or paint everything from scratch but need a photoreference for portraits - I can't get decent likenesses without one! This is pretty much the same technique as I use for pencil sketches, or gouache painting - just with added digital bonuses, like making it MUCH easier to correct things (I use that a lot *g*)
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Outstanding work.
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What brushes do you use in Painter? Some of the defaults seem a bit odd at first try.
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(explanation sketch)I reduced the size and luminence of the moon, and integrated it more into the background with some cloud coverage, though I left spots of brightness there. I think it sets up a nice gentle curve (the yellow lines) for the eye to follow, rather that the triangular placement. I think it adds to the atmosphere and leads the eye on a more gentler path to follow, as I believe you are intending this to be a quiet moment. The bright highlights in Sammy's hair stop us from leaving the picture ( ... )
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After your first comment I was wondering if the moon (brightness and position) would be involved - I get very focused on details and lose track of the larger composition, but I thought it was in the wrong position. You are perfectly right about the size, as well and the brightness. (Your instincts rule!).
I have an old version of Photoshop that I'm only just starting to explore - so many options (and I do have an even older How to Book). The words (and signature) are the result of "ooh I can add words and change the font". If I'm giving you the image of me as a kid in candy shop (I'll try that and one of those, and oooh text) then this is not far wrong.
Also thanks for the links for Painter. I'm having fun playing with it, but there is so much to learn. Those sites look great.
Yes, and I'll sign the painting myself - I haven't quite got a Leyna signature yet, so it was sheer laziness!
Thanks so much, again. (off to make some adjustments)
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