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Art Lesson 1: "Let it Marinate"

Talking points for today are more in intermediate territory. I see the demand being put on all different areas and arenas of talent and expertise. I feel it too. But as a rule of thumb slow cooked is always better right?

I know what it's like to find good content and I just can't get enough of it. Checking dates, waiting for notifications, checking content creator pages sometimes daily. The exciting anticipation to receive that release of that fun, interesting, engaging new content.

There are some moving parts of our media and social interaction that can be problematic though. Like someone just pushed you in the water and told you to swim, but you don't know how. And you have to figure it out on your own and that's rough.

What I'm doing in this lesson, hopefully most of them, is tailoring it to you. The creative person. No matter the skill or knowledge level. Pouring out to you over the course of time about 20 years of studying, knowledge, and experience; hoping you have some good morsels to absorb and apply to your own situation.

Okay, let's get into this. This image on top is "Coral". The bottom image is "Odessa". I was still learning about digital painting. So this would have been more concept art at the time.

Coming up with that concept, I was wandering off in my imagination like I often do. Trying to think of something that would make me happy. I like the ocean, it's amazing and huge, teeming with life. Not to mention the beautiful sparkling waves. Oh to be a mermaid floating in the sun warmed waters, not a care in the world.

The technical parts: Okay, the first rendering kinda covered that. It's bright, colorful, and you see she has a peaceful relaxed expression. Choosing to do the seaweed float was a design aspect. Now there are different shapes, textures, and function. Not just a fish in the water.

Now if you let it marinate... Like I came back to this, I think after someone did a re-draw of an older concept piece, I was inspired re-draw too. My skill, building, and interpretation had grown since then.
Now this is where it gets interesting.

In the remix I asked myself the questions,"How can I make this better? What does it need?" (How can I do this, but make it cool? Is another iteration of such questions.)

-Pose? Yes, add or change the pose to make it more dynamic or intriguing.

-Expression? Yes! It was alright before. But NOW she's full of light and happy to see you!

-Shapes and textures? Yes, I needed to add to that or continue to work with the design/concept pushing it further till I was more satisfied with the result.

-Composition? Yes, the additions and changes give much more depth. Now the more interesting rhythm and flow of the composition lead your eye around the piece.

These points made are going to be something you go over again and again. They're also something you may go over and refine more than once. Point being this process will be with you for a long time, and it will serve you well.

The other part of this lesson is just give it a good look. Like the "spot the difference" puzzles you may have seen. This may help you to absorb a little of that on a subconscious creative, non technical way.

Well, that's lesson one. Hope you got something good that will help you go make cool fun stuff!

-B-

Description
Art Lesson 1: "Let it Marinate"

Talking points for today are more in intermediate territory. I see the demand being put on all different areas and arenas of talent and expertise. I feel it too. But as a rule of thumb slow cooked is always better right?

I know what it's like to find good content and I just can't get enough of it. Checking dates, waiting for notifications, checking content creator pages sometimes daily. The exciting anticipation to receive that release of that fun, interesting, engaging new content.

There are some moving parts of our media and social interaction that can be problematic though. Like someone just pushed you in the water and told you to swim, but you don't know how. And you have to figure it out on your own and that's rough.

What I'm doing in this lesson, hopefully most of them, is tailoring it to you. The creative person. No matter the skill or knowledge level. Pouring out to you over the course of time about 20 years of studying, knowledge, and experience; hoping you have some good morsels to absorb and apply to your own situation.

Okay, let's get into this. This image on top is "Coral". The bottom image is "Odessa". I was still learning about digital painting. So this would have been more concept art at the time.

Coming up with that concept, I was wandering off in my imagination like I often do. Trying to think of something that would make me happy. I like the ocean, it's amazing and huge, teeming with life. Not to mention the beautiful sparkling waves. Oh to be a mermaid floating in the sun warmed waters, not a care in the world.

The technical parts: Okay, the first rendering kinda covered that. It's bright, colorful, and you see she has a peaceful relaxed expression. Choosing to do the seaweed float was a design aspect. Now there are different shapes, textures, and function. Not just a fish in the water.

Now if you let it marinate... Like I came back to this, I think after someone did a re-draw of an older concept piece, I was inspired re-draw too. My skill, building, and interpretation had grown since then.
Now this is where it gets interesting.

In the remix I asked myself the questions,"How can I make this better? What does it need?" (How can I do this, but make it cool? Is another iteration of such questions.)

-Pose? Yes, add or change the pose to make it more dynamic or intriguing.

-Expression? Yes! It was alright before. But NOW she's full of light and happy to see you!

-Shapes and textures? Yes, I needed to add to that or continue to work with the design/concept pushing it further till I was more satisfied with the result.

-Composition? Yes, the additions and changes give much more depth. Now the more interesting rhythm and flow of the composition lead your eye around the piece.

These points made are going to be something you go over again and again. They're also something you may go over and refine more than once. Point being this process will be with you for a long time, and it will serve you well.

The other part of this lesson is just give it a good look. Like the "spot the difference" puzzles you may have seen. This may help you to absorb a little of that on a subconscious creative, non technical way.

Well, that's lesson one. Hope you got something good that will help you go make cool fun stuff!

-B-