An interesting and challenging week is over, a #oneweekportrait - week to be precise.
If you have not heard about it, it is a challenge hosted by paintable via facebook where it is possible to participate in a community to create a portrait painting in 5 steps, each day one step.
If you have not heard about it, it is a challenge hosted by paintable via facebook where it is possible to participate in a community to create a portrait painting in 5 steps, each day one step.
I'm not a beginner so I started there just for fun, but I challenged myself by using just the round brush in PS up to day 4!
Participating turned into a big motivation - as David, the founder of paintable wants from everyone - to create their best portrait possible.
And he gives a lot of pointers and resources along the way, which is very nice.
I started with the reference of the model: feeviun
Participating turned into a big motivation - as David, the founder of paintable wants from everyone - to create their best portrait possible.
And he gives a lot of pointers and resources along the way, which is very nice.
I started with the reference of the model: feeviun
What I liked about this reference picture is her bored expression and the basic composition that shapes like a pyramid.
In this case it is easy to add an element like the frog, then work towards realism to amplify the added elements in order to create an imaginative work.
In this case it is easy to add an element like the frog, then work towards realism to amplify the added elements in order to create an imaginative work.
In my first rough sketch I covered just that.
The first video lesson from paintable teached me something obvious, that I missed in many previous works: better measurement and a good sketch to get started.
I usually started very messy with bold shapes and rearranging them along the process.
There is more that can be seen in the process-slide video posted at the bottom of this post, the next step shows a bit where I concentrated on - to change the reference toward becoming an illustration that could have been from Tom Bagshaw or Dan Dos Santos by adding the frog and by making the hat bigger, it suggests the subject is more like a witch.
I usually started very messy with bold shapes and rearranging them along the process.
There is more that can be seen in the process-slide video posted at the bottom of this post, the next step shows a bit where I concentrated on - to change the reference toward becoming an illustration that could have been from Tom Bagshaw or Dan Dos Santos by adding the frog and by making the hat bigger, it suggests the subject is more like a witch.
In the final piece you see on top, I added the earrings to match the red colors of the frog-eyes and to have that little creature more tied into the painting instead of having it just sit and look pasted.
I went all for the oil-painting effect to add depth to the character of the painting and to alter the personality of the model to match my concept.
Did I succeed with my ambition? Well, yes more than that in many ways.
The positive feedback within the group was overwhelming and I was not prepared for that, this also put a lot of pressure into the task of coming up with my best work possible to date.
In the end it is great to have a benchmark and I'm looking forward to next year's edition of OWP ;)
In the end it is great to have a benchmark and I'm looking forward to next year's edition of OWP ;)
