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Natri's Renewed Drawing Thread. Also painting these days. [nsfw]

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    edited December 2016
    Came across this sketch from 2014 while making a backup:

    freemansketch2014_zpszzh6xz6q.jpg

    Decided to finish it, just to get back to digital painting for a bit.

    freemanweb_zps7ryjqppm.jpg

    Anyone else have trouble with Photoshop in combination with wacom tablet and windows 10? My Color picker has an annoying lag to it, making it unpleasant to work.

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    edited January 2017
    Detail of something bigger, going for impressionism here. (Wip)

    lciteewip_detail_zpsk0x2b21s.jpg

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    The bigger picture, struggling on ever so slowly.

    lciteewip_web_zpsfxolw40l.jpg


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  • MightyhogMightyhog Registered User regular
    Love the Lester painting up top. The eyes really came into focus!

    Is there a principle you're following with the sort of (pardon me if this isn't a great description...) video edge-enhance rim light I see in the latest piece? It's very interesting, and I don't know if you're observing a real effect, or maybe just playing with an academic color theory I know nothing about! If you're just having fun, that's cool too haha!

  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Thanks, Mightyhog. It was just an experiment to see if I could lose some edges and smuggle in some extra color. I guess they are there in real life but way more subtle than what I did. Am gonna try and push it further. The video edge-enhance thing is a good point, I didn't make the comparison but now that you mention that it seems obvious.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    I don't know what else to say except that your work is really good, and I like it a lot. :D

  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Thanks Sublimus.

    For every painting I do that I'm happy with there are a good half dozen that just fail horribly.

    This is one of the stinkers, will probably be overpainted or trashed.

    bxlnightfkup_zpsc5zflrcj.jpg

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  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    I like it as a sketch, but I can understand why you would want to paint over it. I would photograph/scan your junkers and experiment on them digitally.

    When you paint over things, do you sand down the texture to get a smooth surface again, or do you just put down a new base color and jump in?

  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    That's a good idea, reworking it digitally!

    It depends, if it is thinly painted I will just dive right in with new colors, but without a new base layer. I like the happy accidents that occur from underlying, older colors showing through. As in the case above, when there is a lot of palette knife action/thick paint, it is best to sand it down first, otherwise the paint won't adhere for very long (or so I've been told at least).

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Portrait study, never painted pink hair before:

    pinkportrait_zpsnvfof3om.jpg

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    Squeegee, ink roller and fan brush. I dunno, just seeing where it takes me.

    girlbackexperiment_wip_zpsmrtdnv9x.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    super cool! ....I still don't have anything intelligent to say about it though haha

  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    Thanks Sublimus!

    Two oil studies from last week's portrait drawing class from the model. I hate that there's always a warm spotlight. Would love to do some more natural lighting.

    slacportrait_zpsdc0allha.jpg

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  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    Bribe a friend to sit for you outside!

  • MightyhogMightyhog Registered User regular
    How long do you have the model? Three hours, split between the two paintings? They're both quite suggestive and painterly.

  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Yes that's right, a three-hour session so about an hour and a half each.

    That is a good suggestion Iruka! So far I haven't found any willing candidates, but it's worth pestering my friends over until they cave.

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Still plugging away at this bigger one:

    bxlwip_zpsyfbnd6r1.jpg

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Another one I'm working on:

    dageraad_zpsqutorjai.jpg


    And a study from the live model:

    modelpaint_zps9peum2sd.jpg

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Sketching out a memory of Las Vegas

    vegasweb_zpszpp4p3ud.jpg

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  • NatriNatri Registered User regular
    Felt like I was getting too dependant on fancy brushes and textures in my digital work, so did this study with only the basic hard round brush as an exercise.

    stijlbreukweb_zpsljbzd2nz.jpg

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  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    aah! I love it.

    The whole thing feels really solid, and it lets your color choices take the spotlight. Love the looseness of the whole thing, too.

  • MightyhogMightyhog Registered User regular
    Your color shifting is always so pleasing. For some reason I'd love to see you apply the effect to a purely pointillist piece!

  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    This thread! Ugh! lol

    Amazing work! I especially like the last one, and the one from the live model.

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