Harmonic Sea
The way you can express yourself in music is infinite, this beautiful combination of rhythm, melodies, and harmony can make you feel unexpected feelings, and a song can change your mood, even if you have heard that song a hundred times already.
The Music is the Harmonic Sea.
This is a personal illustration I've made with that in mind, I had this idea at the beginning of last year and put it to life during the festive period, and speaking of it, I wish everyone a great 2024.
The Music is the Harmonic Sea.
This is a personal illustration I've made with that in mind, I had this idea at the beginning of last year and put it to life during the festive period, and speaking of it, I wish everyone a great 2024.
Below you can see a little bit more of the creative process.
The sketch
This video shows the process how of turning a thumbnail into a rough sketch with values, this makes my decision-making more intuitive, knowing that there's a balance between the composition and the values.
This video shows the process how of turning a thumbnail into a rough sketch with values, this makes my decision-making more intuitive, knowing that there's a balance between the composition and the values.
This is the result of the rough greyscale sketch, since it's a personal illustration I didn't make a refined one, but for my clients I send a more refined sketch, knowing that there may be more people involved in the project.
The linework.
How much I render in ink varies on each piece, For this one I wanted to do most of the depth and texture in the painting process, so I didn't want to block the objects with ink or render the shadows in this step.
How much I render in ink varies on each piece, For this one I wanted to do most of the depth and texture in the painting process, so I didn't want to block the objects with ink or render the shadows in this step.
Colour Palette
I had one clear colour in mind since the idea on my head, the emerald as a reference to Jorge Ben's work and the sea where I live in Brazil's northeastern coast, in which many beaches have an emerald to turquoise tone.
So the other colours were all chosen in harmony with green, I like to experiment and not to be on a limited palette, although I try to keep it simple.
I had one clear colour in mind since the idea on my head, the emerald as a reference to Jorge Ben's work and the sea where I live in Brazil's northeastern coast, in which many beaches have an emerald to turquoise tone.
So the other colours were all chosen in harmony with green, I like to experiment and not to be on a limited palette, although I try to keep it simple.
Values
In the image below you can see the final artwork values in greyscale.
In the image below you can see the final artwork values in greyscale.
The Illustration
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