Just one of those times...
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I too often have argument with my art. Sometimes I want to kill it and sometimes it wants to kill me. I think I just need to give it some space haha.
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@Shinjifujioka I have every sympathy, it’s so frustrating when you can’t get the image in your head onto paper. I hope that watching Big Hero 6 will help
I’m not sure if you wanted critique as well…don’t want to criticise when you’re feeling frustrated….and I’m sure this piece will look amazing when finished, it’s got seeds ready to grow in the right places and all the things you’re frustrated with are fixable… The one thing I noticed is that the boy is wearing a onesie right next to the surf, presumably on damp sand…he is going to have really wet feet already! He doesn’t look like he is dressed for the beach……so is this a dream-like scene where he meets the dragon from his imagination? (a really great idea that you can definitely pull off..) or something else? I want to understand the story but I’m not sure what it is yet.
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@shinjifujioka I can commiserate.
Just ran across some Aaron Baise stuff that might be helpful (in fact he just tweeted that there is an 8-hour sale on some of his brushes/tutorials on painting water and clouds https://creatureartteacher.com/product/natural-elements-painting-bundle/?src=twt1023).
I am not a real big "specialty brush" guy. I pretty much stick to 2 brushes to do all my work but I watch Blaise's youtube tutorial on his water brushes and I bought them because they looked really really great.
What are your references for the rocks/clouds/water? I've gathered some refs that I like and maybe they will be helpful for you. Here is my pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/honestmullet/ (check out the references page but the illustrations pages have some good stuff too).
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@Dulcie I wasn't exactly looking for a critique, just expressing my frustration to a crowd that I'm sure has experienced something similar at least one time in their life (but I'm not against any critiques either). I don't think a lot of my other friends would understand the unbearable pain and suffering associated with trying to get an image right and not quite being able to do so, haha. I exaggerate of course
The story has changed since I first sketched it out. And it actually changed again as I was thinking about how to approach it. I'll be starting the new piece today! -
@mattramsey I really like Aaron Baise's stuff. I'll have to check it out! Thanks for letting me know
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@shinjifujioka I've bought most of Aaron's things and they're all great. What a talented dude he is!
Ace
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This is me with EVERY assignment or commission I get. I swear it seems like I forget everything I learned and fight with it the whole way then turn around and drop something really cool in my sketchbook like it weren't no thang.
Here's a wieird funny thing I discovered about things like water and clouds and glass and metal etc etc.. They're really hard til you learn the "trick" and then they're stupidly easy and you wonder why not everyone can paint (fill in the blank). I had an experience where I was struggling like crazy to paint some glass bottles filled with colored liquid, and I could not figure it out. Then after weeks of wanting to punch every glass bottle in the face It just clicked and I was off to the races. Of course I had to stick glass in all of my paintings after that.@mattramsey thanks for the link. I just happened to have $15 in my Paypal and swooped up the tutorials. Can't wait to get more of his stuff.
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@shinjifujioka Yep! difficult isn't it? After watching Big hero 6 you'll probably find a new way. If not, make a list of what you want with this. check out your favorite artist. Make thumbnail sketches? or maybe a view environment paintings? eventually the feeling will come back, I'am sure of that! Go for it! Oh have you seen the Marco Bucci course thats on SVS? that can be helpful aswel.
Leontine
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@Leontine I've not watched it yet, is it a good one?
Ace
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@Ace-Connell Both Big hero 6 and Marco Bucci's course are great! Bucci makes me twitch a bit...his pallet lol. It's pretty brilliant though!
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@Lynn-Larson Haha I totally didn't mean Big Hero 6, I meant the course haha. Thanks for both though
Ace
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@shinjifujioka Glad you have got a direction in mind, I'm sure it's going to be amazing when finished! My other half has observed that the more pain/frustration I go through when creating something, the better the finished result...it's like getting mad about it makes you push further than before. Hopefully will be the same for you
I haven't seen Big Hero 6 yet...maybe I should.
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@Dulcie You definitely should watch it! It was my favorite movie of 2014 by far. Hits all the right notes.
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@Ace-Connell Ow Its such a nice film! love it! popcorn fun!
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@mattramsey thanks for the link!
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I had been unable to log into the forums the past few days - the Facebook option was missing but Aaron got it back up and running - thanks Aaron! Anyway I had not yet seen Big Hero 6 so last night I found it was available On Demand and I was able to finally watch it. So now I feel like I am more in the know of all you cool kids here!
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I'm not a TV/Movie guy but I've always loved the concept artwork for Big Hero 6. Very, very stunning.
