Two Environment Sketches: Digital Painting Process 

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Not nightmare-ish. It’s nostalgic

Thank you :)

Thank you so much :)

This was such a nice thing to read today. I'm glad you're finding enjoyment in what I do :)

@@JordanGrimmer Man, I had just found your videos when I wrote and since then I have watched almost all of them. Learning so much, in what I can already do, what I don't think I can do in my software and most importantly what I want to learn. I'm really happy to have found your art, and seriously I love the lengthy videos without commentary. You also chose such perfect music to go with your art process. What a pro, I'm definitely aspiring to find my own zen thanks to people like you. Have a brilliant day my friend!

Thank you!

A lot of artists do this. I do it as well. For an environmental artist, these geometric shapes/blocks of color might inform some structure, or inspire some ideas/concepts that get the creative juices flowing. One of the biggest blockers as an artist is the empty canvas paradox. When I work in pen and ink (or markers) on Bristol, that clean white sheet of paper is one of the most intimidating aspects of starting the work. When I work digitally, I throw in a textured background, some layers of gray set with low opacity and play around with adjustment layers until I have something that is interesting, rather than a blank canvas, even if the finished piece looks nothing like where I started.

@@Silverjerk nice, I'll check your art

@@LTRX_ Ha! Most of my stuff online is severely outdated. Unfortunately working commercially for a very long time means client work has left my personal projects out to dry. The last post I did on DA was probably from like... 2002? And my style has changed dramatically since then: www.deviantart.com/silverjerk/art/The-Wicked-One-Decieves-637996

Those are not random shapes they were deliberate attempt to lay lout the composition bc rendering things that only weakens the whole composition is a waste of time and most artists are paid for one project and not hourly rate so why bother. It’s working efficient man. Notice how he also toggled b/w color layer, it’s also laying out values cos values help direct focal point in a composition

Silverjerk woahh that looks so good

Glad you liked it!

Thanks! I used to play Flashback when I was like, 4 years old so I love that.

Thank you!

Hey! It's all about taking it slow and not worrying too much about detail. As you said, there are random shapes in there and I try to refine them down as I go. The next step from there is just slowly trying to separate parts from one another. It doesn't matter how shit you think it looks, focus on creating a few shapes here and there and then add a slightly lighter value to them to start indicating form. Start small, small shapes, add small bits of form and go from there. Simplicity is the key!

@@JordanGrimmer Thanks Jordan. I've gone back to thumbnail sketching and remembering the rule of dark to light/near to far values, and atmospheric perspective. If I can make just a few sketches per day then my silhouettes will no doubt improve.

Glad you find it useful :)

Thanks!

I was wondering the same thing. Did anyone give you an answer on this?

Not usually no! I tend to only really start caring once my computer starts to slow down but if I'm doing client work I'll try and keep them much more organised than this. When I do sketches like this I tend to not really know where stuff is and just try to remember where I've placed certain things. Not the most streamlined workflow I know but being careful and organised tends to slow me down when I want to get an idea down as quickly as possible! (Your english is great btw!)

Okay I see ! I think that reassures me haha ! Ty for the answer and seriously I love your work :) One day I would like to make paintings as explosive as yours ^^

No problem. Just have fun with it!

Hey! I made a video explaining this feature here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o9zWGLwT9vk.html :)

I made a video explaining this recently :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o9zWGLwT9vk.html

Hey! I made a video explaining what I'm doing there here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o9zWGLwT9vk.html

It's Final Fantasy XIII

Haha, yes admittedly it is a bit tricky nearer the end, but in the beginning I try to keep as many important elements as I can on their own layer, like the foreground, midground, stuff like that. But then it just gets a bit crazy! It can take a little while to find something but it's not that big of a deal.

Sometimes!

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Cool music, why that face ? :p

he is.

both are of final fantasy 13 the first is The cradle will fall the second is Vile Peaks

quieres?

Final Fantasy XIII music

did you come from a fucking tribe where tones from the civilized world sounds weird to you? what kind of abomination do you have to be to think this is song is "weird" adjust your fucking ears bud.