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I have been really inspired by artists like Yun Ling, who does studies and entire paintings without using textured brushes. So here is my sketch of a plastic brain, only with the hard round brush. 
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After some back and forth and doing other illustrations first, I finally finished this painting. I learned a lot from it and I can't wait to keep learning with the next one.  I need to get better at anatomy. So here I am, learning more about the hand-bones.  A 30 min color study.  This is a new illustration, that I started. Using 3D after I did a thumbnail sketch. Next I will fiddle with colors and textures.  Another illustration, that I reckon almost finished.  A still-life study from today. I wanted to learn more about subtle color-variations. So I painted something white.  I am trying to involve 3D more into my workflow. Here is the result. This was actually done as a test for a client. Thanks to the Artcore Germany facebook-group and my friend Nadin Lüdicke for some great feedback.  3D Render  Dinosaur in the city + Seven Claws 4 studies of a sulfur - rich environment. I forgot the name :) I tried to improve my brush-work and push the forms and the colors.  A Zorn - study to get better with brushwork and suggesting details.  3 value - comps to get better at planning my illustrations. I did a bunch of pencil - sketches before this and picked the 3 best. I started with a light grey background, instead of white and painted on top of it with a dark grey. It instantly gave a more natural result. Once I had the main elements in the comp (the dam and the mountains), I added the waves with white and the foreground (close to black). Thinking in 2 values first makes things easier. But I find that since foreground, midground and background are needed for an illustration, it tends to get easier when introducing 2 more shades of value.  Lastly another finished illustration. This is a map, to be used in a DnD-adventure. I did a 3D base, which I then overpainted.  From left to right: "A warning - city lights - fountain face / ancient mech - gaining superpowers - in the trenches - tempting serpent" These are great warm - ups. Check out Lorenz Hideyoshi. He is a big inspiration for this and I love his work. Also I finished an illustration.  To get better at composition and key-framing, I thought I should start doing more spitpaints. Spitpaints are paintings that are kept under 30 min. There is a group on facebook, that coined the term. I think they are a great practice. Btw it is amazing what some people are able to achieve in that time-frame. Check out Karel D'Huyvetter's spitpaintings. I can't stop looking at them! |
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