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Diver Down
This digital painting was done entirely in Photoshop. I tried to do it without reference and in the end I only used it to confirm detail. I have about 16 hours of total time into the painting.
This is the first in a series of related painting on generally the same theme, which comes from a personal encounter with a Pacific giant Octopus while diving in Puget Sound. I was using my light to look into a jetty wall, and a big orange tentacle came out and grabbed my light. Slowly the rest of the octopus emerged and attached more and more tentacles to the light. So I let go of it. The octopus seemed to be checking it out. once it decided it was neither threat nor food, it let go of the light and went back into it's lair.
In this painting it is more Cthulhu than octopus, and he and several minions seem to be planning something, into which this unwary diver has stumbled.
In self critiquing this painting I came to realise the idea for the next painting. The inability to see the divers face, limits the emotional potential of the moment and there are also several things wrong with the placement of the main characters that limit the sweep of the viewers eye through the painting. So the next one will be a very simplified version of a moment later in this scene.
Thinking of your painting as a moment captured from a scene in a story is a very good idea. It helps you to focus on the most effective image to portray that scene. In this case the most dynamic moment is not just before the diver realizes he is caught it would be the moment of comprehension. this painting was just a first pass at this story. the next one I am very excited to do. Nothing against this image, it is the idea as I originally saw it, and it was fun to paint.
I am trying to paint more frequently. At least a painting a week, if not 2-3. I would love to do one a day, and think I could if not for other "jobs". Requiring of myself a minimum of one a week is a good goal and after a year would be a large number of images. I have recently purchased Corel Painter 11, a second Wacom Intuos 4 tablet (This one smaller than my monster) and a new laptop. I bought these for the sole purpose of painting more. My main excuse has been my hatred of sitting at my computer desk any more than the 8 hours I already spend. With the new set-up I can go out in our 5 acres of forest, or sit on one of our decks, generally be outside, or a cafe and paint.
Sounds great doesn't it?
Diver Down
This digital painting was done entirely in Photoshop. I tried to do it without reference and in the end I only used it to confirm detail. I have about 16 hours of total time into the painting.
This is the first in a series of related painting on generally the same theme, which comes from a personal encounter with a Pacific giant Octopus while diving in Puget Sound. I was using my light to look into a jetty wall, and a big orange tentacle came out and grabbed my light. Slowly the rest of the octopus emerged and attached more and more tentacles to the light. So I let go of it. The octopus seemed to be checking it out. once it decided it was neither threat nor food, it let go of the light and went back into it's lair.
In this painting it is more Cthulhu than octopus, and he and several minions seem to be planning something, into which this unwary diver has stumbled.
In self critiquing this painting I came to realise the idea for the next painting. The inability to see the divers face, limits the emotional potential of the moment and there are also several things wrong with the placement of the main characters that limit the sweep of the viewers eye through the painting. So the next one will be a very simplified version of a moment later in this scene.
Thinking of your painting as a moment captured from a scene in a story is a very good idea. It helps you to focus on the most effective image to portray that scene. In this case the most dynamic moment is not just before the diver realizes he is caught it would be the moment of comprehension. this painting was just a first pass at this story. the next one I am very excited to do. Nothing against this image, it is the idea as I originally saw it, and it was fun to paint.
I am trying to paint more frequently. At least a painting a week, if not 2-3. I would love to do one a day, and think I could if not for other "jobs". Requiring of myself a minimum of one a week is a good goal and after a year would be a large number of images. I have recently purchased Corel Painter 11, a second Wacom Intuos 4 tablet (This one smaller than my monster) and a new laptop. I bought these for the sole purpose of painting more. My main excuse has been my hatred of sitting at my computer desk any more than the 8 hours I already spend. With the new set-up I can go out in our 5 acres of forest, or sit on one of our decks, generally be outside, or a cafe and paint.
Sounds great doesn't it?
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It's fantastical.
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