EARLY ACCESS // environment speedpaints
Added 2021-08-12 09:22:50 +0000 UTCIn my last post, I talked a bit about how frustrated I’m feeling with my speedpaints lately. For these sketches, I really tried to push the sense of movement and work a bit faster. I usually feel like the rough versions of my environments look good, but then as soon as I start detailing, it loses the personality. So for these I tried to take a different and more restrained approach to detailing. I also included the rough versions so you can compare the two! I feel like I’m getting there, but still need to practice more!
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thank you! you're not the first to point that out and i'm quite flattered by the comparison, those backgrounds were so dynamic and cool.
Loish
2021-09-15 11:01:45 +0000 UTCI should add, the ones from the 1960s to early 70s.
Twisted Garden
2021-09-14 19:18:47 +0000 UTCThey look great. They remind me of the old background paintings for Looney Tunes cartoons - simple yet very cool.
Twisted Garden
2021-09-14 19:16:51 +0000 UTCI think your detailed versions look like they have a lot of life compared to the earlier versions. Very cool!
Niquey
2021-08-13 11:24:24 +0000 UTCthat's an excellent suggestion! and it's true. I usually use sharper shadows and lighting in my portraits. I'll do some lighting focused studies next time I try environments!
Loish
2021-08-13 09:07:30 +0000 UTCthanks so much keith! for me, once i add the details, everything becomes really smushy and predictable. i have a hard time making the details interesting and well-distributed. when i compare my more detailed version to the rough, it just loses the spontaneous and confident quality. i think it's because i'm afraid to deviate from the reference image in the detailing stage, but i want it to be more stylized.
Loish
2021-08-13 09:07:00 +0000 UTCoh yes, I definitely recommend just working fast! there's just way too much detail to capture, so the more you limit the time, the more interesting the results will be (in my experience).
Loish
2021-08-13 09:02:32 +0000 UTCthank you! i struggle so much with clouds haha! eternal frustration.
Loish
2021-08-13 09:00:45 +0000 UTCthanks! it's probably because I have a vivid idea in mind of what I want to achieve, and it's falling short of that. I never judge other people's art as harshly as I judge my own haha :')
Loish
2021-08-13 08:57:23 +0000 UTCI totally understand the struggle you're describing, and can feel it with my own environment work, but I can't see it at all in yours! Seems like the detail only adds to the depth and personality. Perhaps my eye isn't quite trained enough yet, or maybe we're too critical of ourselves :)
wavylinesem
2021-08-13 03:34:08 +0000 UTCI always think your environments have so much visual interest! Especially your clouds.
Spoopy Cat Studio
2021-08-12 16:45:46 +0000 UTCThese are great! I've been so scared to try environment paintings lol. But maybe speed paints of them are the way to go. :)
Kat Craig
2021-08-12 14:15:10 +0000 UTCI'm curious about this sense of lost personality in detail, since I usual have the opposite problem and associate personality with the details. Are the paintings normalizing into realism and losing the stylized flair? I absolutely LOVE what you have. So crisp and clear, yet deliciously nuanced. It's like nature got up and danced.
Keith Himebaugh
2021-08-12 12:14:49 +0000 UTCI wonder if maybe your frustrations might stem from your light sources. In your facial/people/hair/etc art, you have strong and vibrant light sources coming from one direction or another. These are amazing sketches, they have movement, but I think maybe a stronger light source might help with those frustrations and give you a direction (literally haha). I hope it’s okay that I suggest this.
Andrea Scott
2021-08-12 11:17:43 +0000 UTCAhhh you always do so good! The texture and the figures you use help give express so much. 🤩
nartista
2021-08-12 10:37:29 +0000 UTCAbsolutely! Especially since I find painting environments very complex and never know where to start, really. I guess that's why I like the stylizing so much :)
Lorna Schütte
2021-08-12 10:29:39 +0000 UTCa noisy airbrush.. that actually sounds like something I'm looking for. thanks for the tip!
Loish
2021-08-12 10:10:30 +0000 UTCthank you! i tried to push myself to stylize more than I normally would :) glad you're seeing that in the speedpaints!
Loish
2021-08-12 10:09:34 +0000 UTC"as soon as I start detailing, it loses the personality" this is the feeling I have when I start to detailing too ^^" . This is demoralizing sometime but saw all your sketch is so inpiring ! It helps me to focus on what matter when I loose myself in details. So thank you ! and good luck for your nexts sketches :D
AméAmé.art
2021-08-12 10:08:21 +0000 UTCI'm completely in love with these paintings of yours, the texture and the light are so on point! Also I really like the overlapping of the shapes and gradients, they make it look very natural and still stylized somehow :)
Lorna Schütte
2021-08-12 09:49:52 +0000 UTCIf only we all could suffer such a loss of personality
Kelly Johnson
2021-08-12 09:37:52 +0000 UTCI hear what you are saying about frustration, environments are definitely challenging! You may want to try to repeat shapes on a smaller scale in the distance, use less texture or smaller lasso marks there, and maybe even use an airbrush to knock things back (you may find a noisy airbrush quite nice for the stylized look). It's very easy to lose the sense of depth by having similar-sized lasso or paint marks in the foreground as you have in the background. Keep at it, and have fun, you'll get them as you want, it's just mileage, just like everything else! :)
Cristian Iancu
2021-08-12 09:33:43 +0000 UTC
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