[Tinusch]

Pat, are you the one who did those awesome block-man pictures?

[Tinusch]

Oh, nevermind. Looking through my archives of saved pictures it turns out it was Moose who did those. Well I love your robot anyway.

[12345]

quote:

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Originally posted by Pat:
30 minutes during lunch. This time in Painter 7 with a custom brush.

[IMG]COOL[IMG]

-Pat

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Hi Pat! That was amazing, I was wondering if i could have sex with you through the net.

[CrubbyPunk]

First time on the forum....
What do you think?
gas man

[ December 03, 2001: Message edited by: CrubbyPunk ]

[12345]

Band Of Brothers any one?

[12345]

more

[Socar MYLES]

Thought I'd post something different from most of the other work in this thread...more of a speed-drawing than a speed painting, really. Eleven minutes.

[lel]

CrubbyPunk: Gasman is awesome!

[Finer]

10 mins

[Shiro_tengu]

Perhaps SPEED PAINTING should be made into a forum? What do you think Boss?

[Oblagon]

copied from a painting.

[[Shizo]]

russian soldier on post in Afghanistan

[Dr. Bang]

Another one..........



[ December 04, 2001: Message edited by: Dr. Bang ]

[saripol]

~30minutes

[SporQ]

must... ...keep... ...thread... ...alive...
(bout 1/2 hour in painter)

[saripol]

Sporq.. what kind of brush does you use in painter?? cause i've been trying to use painter but i just can't seems to get the right brush that feels like the one in photoshop

[SporQ]

that pic was done entirely with the round camelhair in its default settings. im still trying to figure the program out,

[worthless_meat_sack]

[Dr. Bang]

must........keeeeep......this.......thread.........up

[Lunatique]

Hey Spooge, I have a technical question for you:

I noticed that in your work and other artists(such as Sid Mead, Michael Whelan..etc), you use low contrast and faded colors to depict background in the far distance instead of using soft edges and blurred rendering. Is there a reason for that? From the article you posted about optics, it was mentioned that the human eye don't see out-of-focused images in the background when they are focused on the foreground--only a lense would see that. Is that the reason why?

[yaa]

resistance is futile... you will contribute to this thread.



--
srinath

[worthless_meat_sack]

This is the only place left here that I feel comfortable. Only us wackos here, eh?





This is inspired by Fan Kuan, one of my favorite artists(schools). Not any image in particular, actually it is not something he would do at all, but not too far from it. I discovered his art as a kid about the same time as I found the Hudson River school painters. It is a neat contrast, given the similar philosophical underpinnings.

There was another thread were I asked an French academic apologist whether he thought western art was superior to eastern art because, well, those toes just look so juicy. (Check it out, I swear B had a foot Fetish, no joke. Not that it matters, mind you) Well, he took the bait and answered, yes, western art is indeed better than eastern.

Sometimes I feel like hanging up my brushes, no my membership in the human race when I hear things like this.

Lunatique, I think that contrast is a more readily understood depth cue, it appears that way even when you look straight at something in the distance. The narrow depth of field in some photos is really the province of photos, as are very long or wide lenses.

Edges can be used as well, but I like to have a full complement of edges in the foreground to play with.

But be careful of these rules. Sometimes it is fun to make a picture work while breaking them on purpose. Remember the pirate pic I did with the head backlit against the grate with sunlight coming through? The head, being backlit, was pretty low in contrast, but what was behind him had a lot of activity. What made that work, if I remember (or not work!) was that the silhouette of the figure was strong against the geometric pattern of the grate.

So there, I broke my own rule, hehe.

Did I answer your question? Contrast is a better tool than focus or edge quality, in general, IMHO. Use both.

This is also characteristic of a style of painting. The Chinese painters you posted in that other thread clearly flatten out things with contrast and edges.

[burn0ut]

[Lunatique]

Spooge- That chinese style quickie surprised the hell outta me! You never cease to amaze me.

I think I understand what you mean about contrast being a more effective way to create the illusion of depth. I've noticed in my early days of painting that objects in the far distance never appeared blurry, just low contrast(unless there's fog or heat waves). It all makes sense now.

I think I'll experiement a bit and see what works best for me. I've finally started painting again after concentrating on photography for this entire year. I'll be posting some stuff real soon.

I don't know if you realize that it might take you only a minute to type an answer/advice/critque for some kid, but that one minute you spent could be the catalyst that causes unimaginable outcome and gratitude. In other words, I'm glad that you have stuck around dispite all the crap that has happened in the past--even when others copied your style, or said ugly things about you regarding Lumental. Don't you ever abandon us!

[Lunatique]

Oh, what the hell. I've always wanted to participate in one of these forum exercises. Now that I'm getting back into painting again, I might as well.

Don't ask me what the hell it is. It's just some abstract weirdness done in 35 minutes.

[Oblagon]

copy. i think i know what my prob is - i've got shitty monitor.

[Dr. Bang]

strange Lunatique, i haven't seen you post any pic in years!!!!!

[Lunatique]

Well, I've been immersed in photography, so havn't really had the patience for painting. But, now that I'm going to attempt a reinvention of myself as an artist, I'll be creating a complete new body of works(concepts, 3D, illustrations), and will be jumping back into the biz when I'm done. Expect regular posts from me starting now.

[SporQ]

i know my skills arent good yet, but i can still see improvment in value and form from doing lots of these quickies...



its nice to know that they serve a purpose and just arent an excuse to not finish stuff.

[saripol]

~15minutes


Sporq.. thanks for the answer about painter's question.. i've tried the camel hair brush.. but i think it's to slow for me even when i'm working on small size canvas..