[Maus]

Just wanted to see what you guys thought of this. It's my first painting in gouache (hope to start working digital after doing a few more of these).



c&c greatly appreciated.

[Golongria]

That's freakin' dope, I love the carved look you got with the harsh highlights and such...alhtough, I think it would look better if you continued the black down the entire piece instead of just .stopping. Great job none-the-less.

[King Lono]

Holy shit! that looks like my grandpa! hes Cherokee.

nice work btw.

[donk]

that is truly awesome. very good work. its really refreshing to see talent on this forum. you are truly marvelous

[Waldo]

Nice work!

The scan is a bit dark though. I'm sure you used a full palette so maybe bumping up the contrast to help it pop more? Then again it could be my monitor...

Once again, nice job. Watts Atelier?

[Drunken Monkey]

I was gonna ask the same.. Watts? I also hope to attend there in the near future

Beautiful work.

[Maus]

Gigatron- Gouache is basically watercolor with gum stuff added to it. Making it a bit thicker and far more opaque.

[Maus]

Golongria - Thanks As for the black, I dunno, I kinda like it the way it is. If I continue the black all the way down im gonna lose that hard edge at the bottom, which helps add to the curve of the composition. I might continue to bring the black down the should on the right and frame him, but I dunno- I guess I'm just happy with the way it is now and I'm afraid of mucking it up

King Lono - Cherokee eh? That's cool :P This guy is a monk from Nepal though Thanks for the compliment.

donk - Talent is just having perceverience(sp?) to keep working at it and doing everything you can to keep learning. You just gotta love to do it! Two years ago I couldn't even draw a proportionate stick figure, and you wouldn't guess for me to have any "talent" what so ever.

Waldo - The scan looks good on my computer at home, but it's dark here at work. I dunno if my computer at home has the gamma set really high or if it's really low here :P You can drop the pictures into PS yourself and play with the settings so it looks good on your computer if you want And yes, Watts Atelier :P How'd you guess?

Dr. Monkey - Yup, Watts Atelier. Wonderful school, and I recommend you go if art of any form is what you want to do.

Again, thanks everyone for the great comments!

[gigatron]

Hey this might sound stupid but i keep hearing about the goache medium i was first thinking its some sorta powder or something o_O but i swear i have no idea since i havent seen in real life, that looks almost aa blend between photoshop and prismacolor markers .. somehow i see it like that but erm what the :X i haven o idea what gouache is :X mind telling me anyone hehe thanks looks awesome by the way