The Flying Farmer
Springwood (46 points) | Fri, 2005-12-09 04:47This is an Illustration that I did as a school assignment. I did the initial drawing in ink with a brush and scanned that into Photoshop. Then, using my drawing as a template, I created a digital painting on top of that layer. When I was satisfied with how it looked, I removed the layer with the drawing to leave just the digital image. I used my Wacom tablet to acheive the brushstrokes with my opacity set relatively transparant to get the glaze effect. This is my first attempt at anything like this; any suggestions, tips, influences that I may study? Thanks in advance for any comments.
Springwood
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looks good, but if you are skilled at rendering images with your hands using ink etc why try to recreate the images digitally? Was it part of your school assignment to explore digital media?
I recently posted a critique of a digital painting titled 'afterglow', I used a similar technique as you haved here but the effect is quite different, maybe you could look at it.
Checkout some of the illustrators at www.bigactive.com
Also, if you can find it, Rene Habermacher has done some interesting over photoshopped photography.
Some random things that came to mind with my first impression:
- Unless it is intentional for an intended purpose, I might try to either make the bottom half more realistic or the top half more stylized, because there seems to be 2 different styles going on.
- This would just be for fun, but I might play with the border you have right now. Are you familiar with the term quasi-vignette? Your illustration already is one, but my point is, instead of having a border, maybe stylize the sky and the clouds instead. Same with the ground. Make them shapes- does that make sense?.
- I also wouldn't hide the face. You can get away with keeping it hidden, but I think the piece would be stonger to see his emotion.
Well, those are my 2¢. : ) Keep up the good work!!!!!
The assignment was to illustrate a Japanese fable. In the story, the man is actually dreaming; I went with the realistic style on the duck to symbolize that it seemed real to him. I was really using this as a learning experience and I think that maybe I got carried away with the rendering at the expense of the composition.
I have been drawing/painting in some capacity for most of my 38 years. I love to experiment with different techniques to incorporate into my art. I use a combination of airbrush and more conventional brush with acrylic for many of my paintings.
I am currently enrolled in the Commercial Art curriculum at a local Tech school with the intention of learning to market myself. I am not studying any illustration courses since that is already a relative strong point for me. I have really enjoyed the introduction to Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark although i find Quark to be somewhat quirky (pardon the pun).
The last time that I experimented with digital media to any degree was on a Commodore 64 (remember poke and peek?).
That's a little about me, guys. Thanks for your interest and suggestions. You seem to be relatively well established in the business and any insight is welcome.
Pink Petrol, I love the feel of your painting; the softness and tenderness of the moment are evident. You truly have learned to use the media as a platform for expression of emotion.
Innesfactor, I appreciate the critique. I had gotten somewhat carried away with the technique as I mentioned. Yeah, hiding the face was kind of a cop-out wasn't it? As far as working with the background, I think that would help to tie everything together. Thanks again, guys. I will keep you posted of my changes.
Springwood
Thank you for your kind words Springwood.