Thursday, September 13, 2007

Moody

I'm taking Don Seegmiller's digital painting class, in the hopes that I might be able to break out of my characteristic way of painting and vary up my style a little bit. I tried doing this guy with completely new brushes, mainly Painter's loaded palette knife. I did this during class, and at BYU they've got Cintiq tablets hooked up to Macs, two things I'm not familiar with. Maybe it was just too many new factors, because I found myself unconsciously muscling the brush into the role I wanted it to fill, resulting in a technique that looks very much like just about everything else I do. Hrmph. Oh well, the semester's just started.



18 comments:

benjatoon studio said...

hahah yes man! amaizing work! really cool!

boutain... said...

thanks man, pretty stylized stuff going on here too

very cool... like the caracters you did for the robinsons game, and that moonshine guy is just too perfect

and at least you can tell yourself the way you're stuck in is very good ^__^

Joe said...

Nice nose and head shape.

Bobby Chiu said...

pretty cool lookin character!

Ramses said...

Fantastic character design!

S.T. Lewis said...

I love the colors. I guess it's good to learn new methods for painting, but don't lose the old ones... because obviously they're nice too.

Heather Dixon said...

I'm impressed you're taking classes on this stuff even though you're stupendous at it. I guess it just goes to show that we can always improve. (Although I'm not sure how you can get better than you already are...I'll have to think on that one.)

Btw, I heard they're cancelling that class! Is it true? Do you need more people anymore?

Jason Seiler said...

It's been a while since I've stopped in . . . I've got to link you, your work is really sweet man! Love the pug!

Philip Thomas said...

I found your blog through a comment you on a friend of mines blog. And what a great find! Awesome work thank you for sharing.

Dillon Thompson said...

Looks great Sam. Love the drama.

Ryan Wood said...

Great colors, mister!

Goro said...

nice color palette sam!

Tobias Schwarz said...

actually very hard to make a digital painting not look digital! great work!

Sam Nielson said...

Thanks for all the comments! It's nice to get the compliments and feedback.

Heather: Don says the class has enough people now, so should be fine.

Richard Gaines said...

I really dig that elfin woman! The colors are rich and contrast well.

sylv1K said...

wow, the stylisation and colours are amazing!!beautiful

Tal Rachmin said...

blimey, your're brilliant

Alexiev said...

Guau... that good clear handling of the dark... It makes me decide to the pictures of more modern clear Rembrandt... that... Best...

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