Ugly, but smiley :)
Hello !
Today, let's talk about a new conversion of a graphite sketch, with Art Rage.
I already presented quickly the original drawing in an old post last year. The sketch was forgotten in a pile of sheet of paper during months, until last week when I stumbled upon it.
I decided it would worth a try at a digital conversion, with some new coloring tests under Art Rage. This one will be my first step on makersplace.com.
Original version
It was started as an abstraction, playing with curves, and slowly became "something". If drawing spontaneously was like travelling in unknown lands, we could call this an encounter.
Picture preparation
The raw initial picture was too pale... Some contrasts adjustments had to be done.
Playing with color curves under gimp, I ended with two versions, one of which unexpectedly gave me an interesting blue ambiance, the other one a nice mate realistic rendering.
What about a mix of these ?
Next steps : Art Rage painting
Started yesterday early in the morning, ended late in the night, with some breaks, I think I've put something like 10 hours on it. Testing, correcting, and changing my mind once or twice :p
I recorded a few hours of the job, but couldn't find time for editing the raw stuff yet.
Final Version
After a few hesitations about the finishing touch, I finally opted to end the work on this one. Although I admit that I could have spent a lot more time on it, because I had several other options to explore, a choice had to be made. :)
The final limited edition of the picture will be posted a few minutes after this article will be published. Five copies for sale.
That will be all for today. I think I'll come back on the creation process with a video, depending on the spare time I'll have this week :)
Meanwhile, thanks for your time and reading,
And, see you next time !
Berien 2019
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Many thanks for people who already did it, this helped a lot, and same for those of you who will :)
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Love, love this one, Pascal <3 I really like how you added so much depth and volume in the face through the use of contrast, colours, and layering of textures and definition :) I love the design of the face as it is, and the final result for this piece gives him a little bit more personality, through colours! <3
He looks like he's a little happy about something... I think his smile is quite friendly and wonderful, hahaha <3
Thank you Miss Liske ! :D
Glad you liked it :)
Yes the drawing's mood derailed quickly during the colour work from the dark vision I initially had based upon the graphite sketch :)
Looks kind of scary and sinister all in one. Seriously loads of detail went into this. I like how you said you played with it until something appeared. Amazing what you can produce when you are not sure what is going to come next or where you will end up.
Yes, tons of unexpected things await to be created. To pop out, they often simply require someone who doesn't know what they're doing when they do it :D
Thanks for the comment, @cryptoandcoffee. Have a great day :)
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Huge thanks ! :)
It looks beautiful! the macabre theme and the amount of detail on something that introduces dread. I'd definitely not want to see this image in a nightmare.
Ahahah ! Thank you, @adamada :D
Something funny happened while I was working on it : there has been a step at which I ceased at perceiving it as an evil creature... Something in the smile or the eye, I don't know, made me see it as being simply different, ugly for sure, but not evil :D
I beg to disagree. That creature is beautiful in my twisted perspective :D
Ah, ah ! :)
Hello!
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Thanks a bunch ! With such cakes I won't fit for long in my trousers :D
Your post was upvoted by the @art-venture account after manual review and included in Art-Venture magazine. The upvote and support of Art-venture magazine would greatly appreciated!
Thanks a lot, @art-venture, really appreciated :)
I must say I feel a bit like an usurper towards the other people you highlighted in the magazine: even if the sketch was done with a good old pencil, the whole coloring work was digitally done :)
Very interesting result you came up with. I love on these art projects seeing how the art progresses from the first draft to the final product. The blue in the background and the green on the face really complement each other. And it almost looks like another face on the neck. I agree, it no longer looks evil in the final version. Great piece of work!
Thank you @blueeues8960 ! :)
I find too that work-in-progress states are very interesting, either when looking at other people's work than when considering mine.
After all, the final piece is only what marks the end of a learning session.
New insights, bits of skills and knowledge are the main "product" of a work session and are gathered during these intermediary steps, not at the end :)
Thanks for the kind comment, and have a nice day :)
@berien@berien You are most welcome. Yes indeed, the learning process is very interesting to watch. It adds so much more than to just look at the finished product. Keep up the good work!
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I like the part when you said that you just started to play with shapes until it became something - a great sign of creativity! 10 hours is a lot but I'm sure that you enjoyed it :) And I also like the title of this artwork :) It is indeed ugly but looks somehow happy and made me smile as well :)
Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your curie vote!
Thanks a lot @delishtreats :)
I had to abandon since long any pretention to be the leader of my own creative process... In my specific case, that never ends well... and I like happy endings :D
Thanks again for the comment, have a great day :)
Haha, it took me some time to realize that it is a head. For some reason, I thought it is a seas sponge :P But great level of detail :P How does the utilization with BAT work? I am really interested in this token :)
Cheers
Max
I really like this one i love the dark theme to it, the blue in the back ground makes the details in the head stand out better. It does look like its smiling or just showing its teeth lol nice job on this one resteemed it.
Many thanks !
That blue background wasn't expected at all initially. It popped out while playing randomly with colour curves settings, which highlighted the paper's refraction.
Rule #1: Always put a bit of chaos in the work's recipe 😁
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