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2D & 3D / Re: Official OT-Creativity Thread 2
« on: August 13, 2011, 09:55:06 pm »
inside out forest border, watercolor on printer paper, attempt one: epic fail
observations (some of them seem like no-brainers in hindsight):
* rendering back to front is a lot of unnecessary work (large areas get painted over three or more times)
* rendering back to front does not agree well with the paper (get's very soaked very fast)
* watercolors are only opaque when applied with an almost dry brush
* watercolors appear darker and more saturated directly after application
* sometimes it feels like a "good" combination of color clusters is more important than their individual shape
* painting without planning ahead results in muddy areas which are hard/impossible to fix
* cheap effects like "shinies" can not save poorly rendered flat shapes
* I can not wing perspective properly (should construct it carefully next time)
* crude brushes are crude and should be used for large color patches and not for details
* an even number of anything does not feel natural at all
* to make the forest appear dense there should be a third layer of trees in the front and the existing trees should be horizontally closer together and there should be bushes and fern-like plants below them
* to break up the monotony in the ground, some rocks and shrooms should be added and some twigs and leaves
* the sky should turn gradually brighter towards the horizon
* there should be some details (single trees, rocks) in the background to give a better sense of the endlessness and depth of the plains
* painting non-digitally is harder but feels more satisfying than dragging a plastic pen over a tablet
* brush strokes should be planned and executed one stroke at a time and they should follow the surface volume of the subject being painted
* the image in my head before applying any color at all to the paper is altered by the process of painting it and adapts to limitations in tools and skill
* the longer I stare at an area in the finished painting or even the whole one, the more I like it, even if at first it looked hopelessly poorly done (must force brain to not accept shit)
observations (some of them seem like no-brainers in hindsight):
* rendering back to front is a lot of unnecessary work (large areas get painted over three or more times)
* rendering back to front does not agree well with the paper (get's very soaked very fast)
* watercolors are only opaque when applied with an almost dry brush
* watercolors appear darker and more saturated directly after application
* sometimes it feels like a "good" combination of color clusters is more important than their individual shape
* painting without planning ahead results in muddy areas which are hard/impossible to fix
* cheap effects like "shinies" can not save poorly rendered flat shapes
* I can not wing perspective properly (should construct it carefully next time)
* crude brushes are crude and should be used for large color patches and not for details
* an even number of anything does not feel natural at all
* to make the forest appear dense there should be a third layer of trees in the front and the existing trees should be horizontally closer together and there should be bushes and fern-like plants below them
* to break up the monotony in the ground, some rocks and shrooms should be added and some twigs and leaves
* the sky should turn gradually brighter towards the horizon
* there should be some details (single trees, rocks) in the background to give a better sense of the endlessness and depth of the plains
* painting non-digitally is harder but feels more satisfying than dragging a plastic pen over a tablet
* brush strokes should be planned and executed one stroke at a time and they should follow the surface volume of the subject being painted
* the image in my head before applying any color at all to the paper is altered by the process of painting it and adapts to limitations in tools and skill
* the longer I stare at an area in the finished painting or even the whole one, the more I like it, even if at first it looked hopelessly poorly done (must force brain to not accept shit)
