okokok.. end of summer and life gets a litte crazy so it’s taken a long time to get this far.
I know I overdid it, but there’s not a whole lot of structure to work off of in the original.
So I had to pull in a bunch of other references to get something resembling a Victorian dress out of it.
Time’s been a bit tighter than anticipated.
But all sorts of fun plans are being made.
Ok unfinished and overworked!
But it was fun to do at least.
Just doodling some silhouettes
Didn’t get time to try and dig into them for texture and shapes. But the ones in color are the ones I think might have potential..
Maybe this weekend I’ll get a couple hours to play with them some more.
So Month 3 of the Oatley Academy’s Magic Box course dropped and I’ve been devouring the videos. Despite them being repeatedly saying how dull Photoshop masking is, I’m having one heck of a time with the assignment. (Maybe I’m a overcompensating for working on the lady gazelle for 2 months a bit)
Basically, stage 1, make a scribble with a lasso and make it into a mask and scribble some more with the lasso tool until an interesting silhouette appears and then lasso some more to add patterns and texture and see if interesting interior shapes appear and then turn it into something interesting.
Anyway after some head bashing failures.
I managed to come up with 2 critters I like.
I call him Mr. Maggenpye, he’s some sort of scavenger/used junk dealer who travels the land digging around for easy profit.
and
Dewdrop, some sort of miniature plant horse that roots about your vegetable garden, a favorite steed for the elfin folk.
Total time ~2hrs.
Ok a couple weeks of quiet, but not unproductive.
So Month 2 of the awesome yet super challenging Magic Box digital painting course unlocked and the next step is to work on brush skills and economy of brush strokes. So pushing onward, I’ve started rendering out the Lady Gazelle color comp.
And here’s where I’m at.
And here’s the final color comp from month 1, all lasso tool and gradients.
And the original Master’s painting
Man was this hard.
I mean .. seriously hard. I’m a scribbler, and forcing myself to think about EVERY SINGLE STROKE, was at times, frustrating and enlightening on a profound level. But after watching the lesson videos and reading and just examining other peoples work, I’m beginning to ‘get’ it. I couldn’t have even come close to doing something like this 2 months ago, and I already see so many things regarding edges and just stroke economy that I’d never seen before.
More progress on moving along to the color comps portion of the month 1 homework. Next week is looking like not much painting time so I’m going to crunch the rest of this week and see if I can get these guys done.
