mmm, nice and textural
. Tarzan dude looks like the protagonist from your other project, Deadbird? I notice you fudged the feet somewhat; I find them pretty hard to get excited about too
, forcing yourself to pay them their proper dues can be an eye-opener though. I've tried drawing bottom to top sometimes with decent results; it makes posing and balancing sort themselves out almost.
Was it
these brushes? (Ditlev); they're rather good. I know there's the potential to make pretty much any kind of marks you want digitally, but chalks and paints really do just
feel especially good to use; nice and toothsome even in the absence of tactile feedback.
I made some charcoal-type brushes recently by scanning in bits of my old work and it was awesome fun. I just made a bunch of floaty, Turner-esque kinda 'scapes at the time but I've been meaning to apply them to sometime more substantial. Here's a vague sci-fi thing:
Trying to get a palette-knife feel here:
And something more overtly digital and graphic to let my hair down some:
I really meant to do a still life today but I missed the natural light and it just isn't as much fun (or informative imo) by bulb. I do have an attractive platter of tropical fruit on hand & ready now though
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Chris, out of interest what kind of brush issues were you having?