Gert van Duinen
Amazements
A small update of a previous version with a little bit more detail in the background.
View the individual stages from 1 to 6
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Still very excited about this. Actually it's a speedpainting from scratch, without reference material. I just started with a very small thumbnail sized sketch on a piece of paper. With a couple of standard brushes I started to draw the contours on an empty canvas in Photoshop. Now that the composition is almost definite, I'd still like to add more detail.
But at least the 15 minutes of stage one became a very important eye opener for me. I realized that I'm being able to sculpt anything I want to from an empty canvas again, like I was being able to in my childhood years just with an old pencil or ballpoint and a piece of paper. Besides the art of sketching logos on paper, Ironically I seem to have lost pretty much of these drawing skills since I became a graphics designer. Anyway this quick and dirty draft probably is one of the most important artistic breakthrough I've had throughout this year.
Another nice thing that pops into mind is that my 4y old daughter seems to have inherited at least some of the artistic abilities. Like a lot of kids she's always drawing. In fact, when she noticed the bare contours of this digital painting she pretty much understood were I was going to. I also noticed that she'd never be down in the dumps during a long or even a very short car trip. I've never seen a kid sitting in a car for a few hours without being bored to death. No matter how often we went out by car during our vacation, she just took her pencils and a sketchbook and started to draw pretty much uninterruptedly, without paying attention to the beautiful rolling mountain scapes presented from all directions :)
For now I'm running out of time, but I'll continue to paint in more detail and keep close attention to the light and its direction. Of course I'll post the final result when it's been finished.
Anyway, thanks for viewing. Please keep in mind that this still hasn't been finished yet, but in the meantime I just wanted to share my excitement with you guys :P
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Amazements
A small update of a previous version with a little bit more detail in the background.
View the individual stages from 1 to 6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Still very excited about this. Actually it's a speedpainting from scratch, without reference material. I just started with a very small thumbnail sized sketch on a piece of paper. With a couple of standard brushes I started to draw the contours on an empty canvas in Photoshop. Now that the composition is almost definite, I'd still like to add more detail.
But at least the 15 minutes of stage one became a very important eye opener for me. I realized that I'm being able to sculpt anything I want to from an empty canvas again, like I was being able to in my childhood years just with an old pencil or ballpoint and a piece of paper. Besides the art of sketching logos on paper, Ironically I seem to have lost pretty much of these drawing skills since I became a graphics designer. Anyway this quick and dirty draft probably is one of the most important artistic breakthrough I've had throughout this year.
Another nice thing that pops into mind is that my 4y old daughter seems to have inherited at least some of the artistic abilities. Like a lot of kids she's always drawing. In fact, when she noticed the bare contours of this digital painting she pretty much understood were I was going to. I also noticed that she'd never be down in the dumps during a long or even a very short car trip. I've never seen a kid sitting in a car for a few hours without being bored to death. No matter how often we went out by car during our vacation, she just took her pencils and a sketchbook and started to draw pretty much uninterruptedly, without paying attention to the beautiful rolling mountain scapes presented from all directions :)
For now I'm running out of time, but I'll continue to paint in more detail and keep close attention to the light and its direction. Of course I'll post the final result when it's been finished.
Anyway, thanks for viewing. Please keep in mind that this still hasn't been finished yet, but in the meantime I just wanted to share my excitement with you guys :P
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Follow other my other work here:
Twitter | DeviantART | Facebook | LogoPond | Behance.
Follow my logo design work on Twitter