Sketchbook: System404
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Want to get back on doing some color studies to further improve my painting skills. I'll also be posting any other work I might be working on (3d, graphic design, etc.) Critiques and comments are always welcomed.
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I always wanted to do one of those cheap paperback covers, here's my attempt at it.
I'm also adding the progress image and the palette I used, if anyone's interested on that sort of stuff.
All done in Photoshop in about 2 hours.
"well I guess he.....had his last laugh"
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Here's a heavy repaint I kind of gave up on. Don't know if I'll ever finish him.
Here's another study. Wanted to do something a little bit looser but still readable. Not to happy on that front, kept going back and refining it. Need to be a bit more looser and confident with future paintings. Also played more with color. Used 5 colors plus white and black for the whole piece. Critiques and comments are always welcomed.
Here's some 20-30 min sketch using the same color palette.
Those portraits from ref?
New one's I did this week.
This one started as a sketch with no reference, but as I painted him more he looked like Nixon. Ended up pulling a Nixon picture to finish him up. Doesn't quite look like the former president, looks kinda like Dan Aykroyd playing Nixon.:\
Critiques and comments are always welcomed.
Here's a quick one I was able to squeeze in between some work.
Seriously, it's beautiful. I am super envious of your painting skill.
Someday...
I also wanted to ask, are you painting in photoshop, or something else? And what tablet model are you using? Just curious.
willy-wilson - I used just two brushes for that painting. One for creating the underpainting and another to fill it out.
I included a gif to show the buildup.
Here's a rar with all the brushes I've used for all the paintings posted.
keep up the awesome work
And John Carter of Mars. Kinda gave up on him, might finish him someday.
Very well placed strokes.
These next screens are what's been taking most of my time at home, trying to do a level for a sidescroller.
As you can see it's still WIP, the foliage is from Unreal. The final ones will be something more stylized to match the rest. Any critiques or question will be greatly appreciated.
Here's more environment studies
And here's the latest portrait study
As always critiques and comments are welcomed.