As some of you know, I sculpt, but I've always wanted to paint.
I decided to do a smaller one and then a larger. Started with a smaller canvas and did the Megaman one to get used to the brushes. Then went on to do one based on my favorite game Shadow of the Colossus.
Pixelart Megaman -12" canvas (spent a couple of evenings)
Shadow of the Colossus -19.5"x11 (spent about a week during evenings)
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Would love to see some of your sculpture work.
well, look at that, he is quite good.
cakemikz, what would you advise for toning down the greens?
Maybe some browns to separate it up, or just give it a wash with a darker color?
I agree that there could have been a bit better perspective for size, but, eh...maybe next time.:)
I appreciate the crit.
I'm teaching myself to paint, (like I did with sculpting) so any advice is great.
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"The power of the weirdness compels me."
With that, the lighting is pretty flat and the lightsource is ill-defined. Even if it's dusk, your lightsource is pretty defined. The sky, right? It kind of looks like you set one low and to the right?
The rocks, sky, background, foreground and dust are really well done, though. Some atmospheric depth to the colossus would have made the biggest difference overall I think.
I'll be the first to admit that I have MUCH to learn, but I had fun on this one, and look forward to trying to improve with my next go.
I'd actually like to improve upon this one if possible, but I'm struggling with how to fix some of the issues brought up, like how to make the Colossi less "flat", especially in the stomach and arms when there really is no color even in the game in those spots. Tough thing that. If you look in the game, there's some pretty messed up leg angling going on there. Maybe I'll try going for more realistic, rather than game.
You'll notice that I didn't put my initials on it yet, figured there'd be much I could improve, and didn't want to sign it until I was sure I was done with it.
Anyhow, thanks again, and any advice on methods is always appreciated.:^:
P.S. You got me sculpting again. My 4 year old package of sculpey is ROCK. HARD.
Hahaha, not a bad idea.
Awesome that you're sculpting again, hard sculpey is brutal, it can be softened but probably easier to just buy new stuff.
Have you tried wax at all? No armature needed.
I'd love to get into oils one day, but I figured acrylics are a good starting point.:)
Which I also don't have anymore for some reason. Ugh.
So, with wax can you use a sort of "give and take" method of sculpting or is it all subtractive? Because I make a lot of mistakes.
Give and take, you heat up what you are using so that it's pliable, make your shapes, and then let it cool. (pretty much an armature right there really) I like it because you can hold onto your sculpt without fears of ruining what you've already done on it. (like with sculpey) Then start adding here and there with more softened wax, heat specific areas with an alchohol torch or even a lighter. (which I use)
Anyhow, if you get into wax, feel free to ask if you need any help.
Back to painting, I think I'll make this thread my update thread too for all paintings I do from here on out.
http://www.willowproducts.com/index.php
His waxes are great, and he has different types for whatever you need. Busy guy though, sometimes it can take a bit to get an order filled. They come in gray, which really is the best color for sculpting because it shows detail well.
Betel, it's probably carbon from the oil lamp that's sticking in your sculptures.
I like it more now, it's not perfect, but better I think.
The tones look a bit different in the photo than in real life due to the flash. Not a lot mind you just lost some of the cloudy dust around it's thighs and legs. Hard to photograph paintings, who knew?
I have 2 new blank canvasses just begging to be painted on, so I'm moving on from this now. (Maybe one day return to it when I've learned more, we'll see)
Thanks again for the feedback, this is fun.
Spent about a day on it, off and on.
Painted in acrylics.
I'm thinking different type of galaxy is in order now...maybe a Starburst, or a Dwarf galaxy?
I could really get into this.:)
Two specific things to notice, first how the stars are in clusters and not uniformly spread out, that is fantastic, and I like how it looses a lot of it's definition and gets cloudy towards the middle, where all of the dust and material being pulled in by the supermassive black hole and unstable stars makes it really hard to get any sort of clear picture in the visible spectrum.
You can look through https://www.galaxyzoo.org/ for some inspiration for new galaxies to paint.
I really love this.
Nebulas!
I'm really starting to like painting. I'm not gonna quit sculpting or anything obviously, but painting is a really great diversion.
It sucks a bit with paintings when it comes to posting photos online, because you never know if people are seeing it the same as it actually is in person. I guess that's why artists do gallery showing huh?
I'd like to try oils for sure...just getting used to stuff first with acrylics.
Because, it would be awesome.
Here's a Nebula I just tried, I think it came out pretty good, but all crits are welcome!