Need help learning how to make things "pop"
greentooth
I have no formal training or experience in painting, with the Internet being my only source of knowledge on how to establish basic art fundamentals. I could really use advice on how to really capture the viewer's attention and making the art itself less about "i made dis" and more of "i want to know more about the story in this piece." I'd really appreciate any advice. This is my most recent piece made for my S.O. for our anniversary.
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1. focus less on detail, more on sillohuette and shape
2. use contrast to communicate - dark vs light, sharp vs soft, etc
3. DO NOT COMPLICATE
4. Use objects and structures to guide the viewer
Using those rules, I started painting a little jouster on a bear/tiger thing barreling down on a frog.
@MBauer17 Good start! follow teriyaki's advice and the video's, you should get some good results
be careful to not squeeze the chameleon too close to the edge, like the tangent between his tail and the bottom edge.
Definitely a good improvement compared to the first image you posted in the thread (the girl reading w/the beast).
I'm really blocked when it comes to completing this. I don't like how the cat and the goat look as though they are hovering. Is there any way I can fix this?
shadows are hard when close to contanct, and get softer the further away from something you are.
see how the cubes shadow is hard at the contact point and then gets softer as it gets further away.
In the second image the shadow is softer because its in the air. when you render soft shadows on character like that it looks like they are floating because thats what the shadows are telling us.