ITT: spitfire post painting

[Nullifidian]

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For me, it's a matter of getting the composition right, everything else after that is detailing which requires knowledge of the materials you're painting. And ofcourse knowing your tool which requires practice.

I'd say, just try painting stuff with the photoshop brush tool and a tablet. Experiment with different brush settings, see what fits best for you. Post your work and we'll be happy to post critique on it.

[Reincarnate]

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I honestly wouldn't even know where to begin -- I worry if I got a tablet, it'd wind up being a wasted investment. I have absolutely no clue how those kinds of pictures are put together. Whenever I dick around in PS using the brush my attempts at coloring *anything* look like crap, lol.

[Nullifidian]

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Just start drawing. Draw what you see, draw from your imagination, whatever. Just start drawing. Draw everyday (something I should uphold better myself but it's true nonetheless)
If you're bad at faces, draw faces. If you're bad at hands, draw hands. If you're bad at anatomy, practice anatomy. If you're bad at materials such as metal or gold, draw them. Gotta draw 'em all!

[Reincarnate]

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Can draw -- just can't texture/color/shade worth a damn lol

[Nullifidian]

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then practice that

[championanwar]

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You win at life Tristan!
YOU WIN!!

[Winrar]

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aiughsiauhgsrhy Tristan seriously?! That's amazing, you gaise need to teach me.

[Nullifidian]

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Hey ps Rene, something was bothering me on the matte painting, but I figured out what it is! Your lighting (sun) is coming from the right side while the castle's shadow side is also on the right side haha.

[DossarLX ODI]

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Can draw -- just can't texture/color/shade worth a damn lol

I've asked artists in my school and on AIM, and besides "practice" (which they know is absolutely useless advice in practical terms), they mentioned how a lot of it comes from observation in general. Examples include wearing a long sleeved shirt and seeing how the colors work out in different positions.

If you look at your arm, for example, there are darker shades of color in certain areas depending on the angle. Artists use their memory/experience to determine where these different color values would be. I happen to be someone with a poor memory for things like this, and because I require a lot of explanation and shading is more about observation/remembering from experience in general, shading is an absolute nightmare for me.

If there is one thing about art that stands out to me immediately and also pisses me off the most when I try it, it's shading. Haha

[bmah]

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I've only started to take a very rudimentary interesting in drawing recently...I've learnt that I have to see everything in cones, cylinders and spheres (and cubes) as the most basic infrastructure of an object or component.

[aperson]

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the talent in this thread blows my mind

[LongGone]

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[Renevatia]

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Hey ps Rene, something was bothering me on the matte painting, but I figured out what it is! Your lighting (sun) is coming from the right side while the castle's shadow side is also on the right side haha.

Yea I was extremely limited on sample stock but I thought that castle would fly if I try to make it dimmer. Overall planning was pretty much shit cause I just jumped right in to painting details and throwing in stuff. But I am pretty satisfied with it being the second try. (The first one made me cry) .

[darkshark]

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Different kind of green jungle.



We're going to just keep supping eachother haha.

[who_cares973]

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i need to get in on this ffffffff