Drawitbetter Contest Contest Entry
This is another contest entry for Draw It Better hosted by @sirsensei. You can find the contest details right here.
Summary of the Post:
Tools
Creation Process
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Tools:
Photoshop
Intuos Tablet
Creation Process:
Step 1: The Rough Sketch
After browsing some references from Google images, I finally came up with an image of the wolf in mind. I'm dropping some guiding lines at this point.
Step 2: Laying out the initial colors
I wanted to make the wolf gray but because my background was already one I had to improvise. I'm not a fan of white backgrounds during creation process. It's because white backgrounds are too bright for the screen monitor.
Step 3: Putting in some dark lines
I'm trying to decide what parts of the wolf's head would be darker or lighter based on the fur and imaginative lighting conditions.
Step 4: Refining the color placement
I also experimented with the brushes to see which one can give me a texture almost similar to fur. This part is usually the labor intensive portion because it required more skill and patience.
Step 5: Reviewing the minor details
I frequently zoom in and zoom out to see what's happening with the painting. This is the part where I refine some details within my skill limit. I'm still learning the art on my own.
Step 6: Doing some minor tweaks here and there but the overall results is done.
art and flair courtesy of @PegasusPhysics
I am so un artistic that I just love a step by step like this. It's so cool to me to see the how of art.
Thank you!
I tried to make it as simplified as possible. Though I do not know myself how to explain some parts of the process. It's like when you're already doing it for sometime, things just come natural and you just lost the words to describe what you're doing. You just know. Hope that makes sense. I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my post, thank you too!
You use a natural technique to reveal it's beauty and I loved it.Great art. Keep it on!
I started my comment on #steemartists discord, I'll post it here here instead :)
My lack of English vocabulary might hurt here... but let's try :p
A bit more contrast between the nose and the throat would give more depth and volume to the image.
Reinforcing ligths on the snout/muzzle/nose (not sure of the word :p ) and maybe shadows of the throat would split more clearly foreground and background parts of the animal.
Eyes could benefit from a reduction of that contrast (not too much, as you made it clear : you want them to be the main focus), but that black around them is too strong compared to the nose/mouth that are foreground.
The same way, if you reduce that black's intensity, you could give it some nuances, so eyes by themsleve might gain in volume :)
Anyways, this is just the way i'd try to improve it a bit, but it's still a nice wolf portrait with good proportions ;)
Don't worry about your vocabulary, I understood what you want to say. You're definitely right and on point on my work needing more contrast and lighting adjustments. I didn't realize those minor details as I'm still struggling with values. I put in more hours practicing contrast again.
Thank you @berien for the well thought critique. I appreciate it very much. :)
Good luck with values. :)
Two or three little thoughts that helped me a lot when I started to struggle with values (they still help me, actually :p ) :
They're not always true, but when starting they help harmonizing the global image. Later, it becomes interesting to discover when and where to trespass these "rules" :)
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nice work, great entry!
Very good work! I am also competing, I invite you to go through my Post
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