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RE: Digital Painting - Johnny Depp as Barnabas in Dark Shadows!
Damn you really captured the likeness... i'm always blown away by quality digital art.. for some reason soon as i pick up that wacom my hand turns into a 3 year olds with a crayon hahah... i do think your background is my favorite part though really, really liking that texture and color
Yay! Thank you! It's a good feeling when you hear that!
I totally know what you are talking about - honestly it took me some time and I don't do nearly as well with my Wacom pen that is designed for android and mac tablets because those surfaces are so slippy! I can't draw without traction damnit!!! lol - my Wacom has a good bit of surface texture still left on it (its starting to get pretty worn out though and I won't upgrade because I really want to hold out for a Cintique!)
One thing that helped me was using the pen nib that has a lot of texture to it - it makes it feel a LOT like a pencil on paper so it definitely feels more natural and what I am used to from all of my traditional training.
The best thing about digital art though, is the freedom to explore and create without fear of f'ing up the whole thing and having to start ALLLLLLLL over. Lord knows I have been there a million times - being able to delete a layer and start over and preserve all the time and effort already expensed is AMAZING. And I have found I am a lot more daring to try and experiment because I know it isn't permanent and can be undone if it fails! So liberating. But definitely makes my appreciation for amazing work done traditionally because of the opposite - every stroke is permanent and with some mediums, it can't be undone once it is placed - which is enough to create a mini panic-attack — HAH!
Texture is my jam - especially splatters - which is why I think I like your work so much - you use a lot of that in your work and its visually very intriguing!
Hahaha... o man it's crazy that you say that about digital... because that's totally how i feel about my painting work. I love to draw so I always have a sketch of what i'm gonna do and will sketch that out on the canvas.. then it's time to get messy ( and i'm totally with you on that texture.. mess.. splatter thing, tickles my brain just right haha)
i'll usually scan my sketch then print it out and cut it out so i have the outline.. throw that on the canvas in pencil... paint everywhere, and then come back when it's all dry and ink it with pens... but anytime i'm panting/ or inking i can always just paint over any mess up... or throw some water on it and make a new mess to draw/ink on... and that stencil comes in super handy to keep the overall proportions of what i got going on.. i used to free hand it on the canvas.. then had to do that 10 times in one piece cause i kept painting over the pencils....rookie hahaha... but i never really get that panic attack.. trust i have messed up so many arts too.. usually pen only drawings... but now it always seems paint is the eraser hahahaha!!
Really can appreciate your attention to detail here, and how you kept a bushy sort of feel... like a nice little transition between the two... again great piece here.. you got a new follower for sure!!!