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cg · Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:41 pm

One of my favorite artist's is Odd Nerdrum. i own a few of his over-sized Art books and have always been fascinated by his style/technique (along with his subject matter)

recently, i wanted to replicate his technique in Painter 11.. i started out by spending a lot of time learning the Impasto brushes inside and out-- to the point where i modified them to create my own unique variants.. and then i created a Custom palette with my own brushes.. i spent several weeks created abstract paintings, getting really comfortable with the behaviors, etc.. and then decided to use my learning to create a figurative study of one of his works.

so, over the course of 2 weekends-- i created this (total time approx 16hrs)

If you use/know Painter 11-- i mainly used Thick Oil brushes (modified), Grainy chalk (modified to act as Impasto), various palette knives.. a modified Sargant brush that just applies Impasto and i constantly switch between paper variants (these affect the tooth of the paper)

i plan on creating more of these studies in the future.. i had a lot of fun and learned a ton about creating a digital impasto look!

-cg

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cg · Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:42 pm

Here is a side by side comparison (original and digital)

-cg

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ivan · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:52 am

wow this is absoultey amazing. i didnt know digital painting could look so natrual. you�ve done an excellent job. what scale are you working with?? i have painter, but you know i just never use it. that program is amazing, you really pulled off that natrual look.

youve done nerdrum justice. whered you buy his art books? i cant find any of them anywhere.

post more work, im really intruiged!!!
also, your website doesnt seem to be working for me, is it under cunstruction?

cg · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:55 am

thanks for the feedback and kind words! Smile

as for your questions: my website is back up and running now-- try again.. it's out of date-- i badly need to update it! Smile

as for size: these are done at 300 dpi-- around 3500x3000

painter is a great tool-- i've been using it for a long time now.. but never really used the 'impasto tools'; i spent a lot of time learning them recently.. and found that i still needed to modify some to get the results i wanted/needed. i also created my own custom tool palette that contains the 6-7 brushes i use to create that look.. this simplifies things and keeps me from having to 'browse' for the brushes each time i want to switch.. i just keep that custom palette open and pick/change brushes from there

i am working on another study now.. should be done with it by this coming weekend.. i'll post it here when done

as for the books: i bought those at a Barnes and Noble bookstore in California.. try online?
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Nag · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:13 pm

Fantastic study, I�m tempted to try out the impastos in painter now.

Nerdrum used to live in an old library downtown here a few years back. You could stop by and knock on his door and he would invite you in for a coffee to talk about art, funny character.

cg · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:33 am

Happy New Year, everyone!

Here's another head study that i just completed.. again, using the same techniques as the previous one (digital impasto) using Painter 11

i saved out iterative progress images during the creation of this image-- and i'll put together an animated .gif sequence that shows each stage (stay tuned for that)

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Borilius · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:47 am

Awesome, it's very close to the original. Well done!
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zxcvjpc · junior member Member # Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 9

your master copies are really good. i thought painter X was better than painter 11 until i saw this thread.

what tablet do you use? a wacom or a cintiq or some other brand?

cg · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:07 pm

thanks for the feedback/comments everyone!

zxcvjpc: i am using a 21 inch Cintiq
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nanshu · member Member # Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 71

Awesome work!! , I like feeling of this pic.
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Lakka · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:03 pm

Very much praise to you, I love it!

Tranchefeux · junior member Member # Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 14

Congratulations for this superb imitation of traditional painting.

SolarC · Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:39 am

Amazing. Makes me wanna give another chance to painter.

For curiosity, has anybody tried to do something similar in photoshop?

micke · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:37 pm

Very cool. You did a great job!

I live in Norway so i'm a big fan of him myself, but he sure is an weird guy. I know 2 painters that has been apprentices of his.

bryananthonydgm · junior member Member # Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 18

Wow !
This looks very natural.
It's like you just scanned the picture !
AMAZING !
5/5!