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Last one for the Rainfurfest art show. Acrylic on matt board. 9x12.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 652 x 800px
File Size 75.4 kB
I love these images from you... but I'm extremely curious as to how they are made. To me, it looks like you start on black paper and kinda work in reverse... by painting the lighted areas in, instead of working from light to dark. I only work with graphite pencils, honestly. But, I’m always interested in ways to expand my horizons in artwork so...
They're actually pretty easy. I use a piece of black matt board. Using a regular pencil I do the sketch on the board. It doesn't show up a lot but enough that I can use it as a guide. I deciede where my light source is coming from. Using acrylic and a variety of brushes (working large to small) I lay down the colour, putting down the darker colours first and working lighter as I go along. While I do sketch all the details in the sketching phase, I do not shade them all when painting. Which ones I do paint are determined by the light source and instinct. Yes, that last one is really helpful, sorry! When the paint is dry I go in with a white eraser and erase out all the pencils lines not covered by paint. Voila! It looks tremdously dramatic but is quite simple:)
I can kinda vouch for that "instinct" part myself, actually. When people ask me how I get some of the effect with my more original shading techniques, I can explain the mechanical processes no problem, but the application of that kinda stuff is purely on yourself and just knowing where to put the right stuff where to create a dramatic effect.
Ha, thanks for the great advice though, I might not have been able to figure out much of that on my own.
I have another question if your open to it, but on a bit of a different subject. I've always kinda wondered about these strictly traditional artists in the fandom, such as yourself, Blotch, and Kacey. My question was, why is it that you are strictly traditional? These days, digital artwork really seems to be the only area to cut a real profit, since it takes half the time and effort and can often achieve greater details. I guess my second question is, why haven't you evolved with the general demand? I'm not saying this is at all a bad thing, I personally find it incredibly inspirational, since I myself prefer traditional methods and artist like yourself give me a much more satisfaction in what I'm doing despite the lower notoriety I might gain from it all...
Ha, thanks for the great advice though, I might not have been able to figure out much of that on my own.
I have another question if your open to it, but on a bit of a different subject. I've always kinda wondered about these strictly traditional artists in the fandom, such as yourself, Blotch, and Kacey. My question was, why is it that you are strictly traditional? These days, digital artwork really seems to be the only area to cut a real profit, since it takes half the time and effort and can often achieve greater details. I guess my second question is, why haven't you evolved with the general demand? I'm not saying this is at all a bad thing, I personally find it incredibly inspirational, since I myself prefer traditional methods and artist like yourself give me a much more satisfaction in what I'm doing despite the lower notoriety I might gain from it all...
I'm not sure that digital work is any quicker than traditional. I know I work incredibly fast. But regardless of how fast or slow traditional methods are they satisfy the artist in me. I love the happy accident that happens with using paint and brushes. I love moving the paint around, getting it on my fingers, mixing colours and stumbling upon something really cool (or not so cool). When I've done digital work I feel divorced from my work. It sounds incredibly artsy but to me digital work doesn't feel like I'm painting. I've seen some applications that simulate brush strokes and such but for me, nothing plays like the original. Even when I have to pick cat hair out of my paint some days:)
Working traditionally also means you have another market, that being the sale of the original. Some digital works have sold for big bucks but generally collectors want an original that the artist has laid their hands on. I don't want you to get the idea that I am denigrating digital work or digital artists. But when I'm in a show the works that draw my eye are the traditional ones.
I hope that helps:)
Working traditionally also means you have another market, that being the sale of the original. Some digital works have sold for big bucks but generally collectors want an original that the artist has laid their hands on. I don't want you to get the idea that I am denigrating digital work or digital artists. But when I'm in a show the works that draw my eye are the traditional ones.
I hope that helps:)
Ah maaaaan, I had a great comment written out and my computer crapped out on me.
Well, anyways, I suppose the only really important thing I wanted to say was that the reason I admire traditional artwork much more is that it's... well, tangible. It's something the truly exists, you can touch it, you have touched it. You were really part of it's creation and I guess it's kinda on the same level as making music with a program, or playing music with a guitar.
Well, anyways, I suppose the only really important thing I wanted to say was that the reason I admire traditional artwork much more is that it's... well, tangible. It's something the truly exists, you can touch it, you have touched it. You were really part of it's creation and I guess it's kinda on the same level as making music with a program, or playing music with a guitar.
My fav Shakespere tragedy is Macbeth by a mile!
There wasn't really a lot of inspiriation for this one. I wanted to do a snowie on black board with a hood. I based it loosly off a photo by Lockstock over on DA that I had in my save file. She takes marvelous stock photos. Very inspiring!
There wasn't really a lot of inspiriation for this one. I wanted to do a snowie on black board with a hood. I based it loosly off a photo by Lockstock over on DA that I had in my save file. She takes marvelous stock photos. Very inspiring!
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