I'm trying to work with tech/hard edges more in my work since I feel like a lot of the time it gets really washy and fuzzy. Anybody have good recommendations of people to look at who do this stuff well without making it look like a 3D render? Mullins is an obvious go to, but I don't really understand how he does it...everything is so rough and patchy about his work, yet it all looks solid.
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As I'm looking back on these and thinking about them more...I'm starting to realize that maybe the edges don't matter at all--or matter a lot less and that it's really convincing atmosphere that give any sense of scale of architecture.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite guys to look at over this past year has been Jaime Jones of artpad.org, and his work is all pretty soft and brushy, but everything feels heavy and solid. Eh...who knows. I guess that for the time being I just don't have a real interest in maintaining perfectly sharp lines and lassoing stuff to keep it that way it always just feels like a technique and never natural to me.
crap! these look awesome! i'll see something to pick apart im sure, but for right now.
ReplyDeleteIIIIIIIIIImmm liking it!
honestly I think this type of thing is best learned on your own through studies from life and photos of machinery, vehicles, buildings. By doing these studies you build up a language of mark making that you are comfortable with and can naturally pull into work from your imagination. I don't know much but I'm learning that there are just no shortcuts when it comes to painting. Even if realism isn't your steez - shoot for it in your studies and it will be much easier to stylize similar objects/surfaces when working from memory.
ReplyDeleteI'm also slowly realizing that drooling over awesome artists work all day wont lead me down the same path they took to achieve that level. It feels like watching a car drive around to learn how the engine was built.. No way around it just gotta buckle down and put in the work.
Yeah I think you're right on, Dustin. I've also found that it doesn't even necessarily work for me to try to study the same way as some of my favorite artists did, you have to invent your own studies that capture your interests and appeal to what you personally need to work on.
DeleteI'll heed your words, thanks for the thoughts!