Post your favourite (or one of your most favourite) digital painting, and tell the class as eloquently and objectively as possible, why you like it so much. ('Please no stealthy self promotion' edition)

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Anonymous Mon May 11 17:41:24 2015 No.2083424 [Reply] [Original]

Post your favourite (or one of your most favourite) digital painting, and tell the class as eloquently and objectively as possible, why you like it so much.

('Please no stealthy self promotion' edition)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 17:57:26 2015 No.2083439 >>2083424 that picture reawakens the terror of presentations in school. no way i'm going first.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 18:26:25 2015 No.2083459 File: 190 KB, 1458x960, 1429298506982.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083424

Anonymous Mon May 11 18:31:24 2015 No.2083464
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Are you kidding me?
Look at that fucking perspective
Look at that fucking composition
The Color choices. Holy shit You can taste the sweat on that soldier's forehead.

OH WHATS THAT? THERES LIKE FUCKING 6 ELEPHANTS IN THE BACKGROUND?

HOLY SHIT HOW WAS THIS EVEN PAINTED

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:01:59 2015 No.2083488 File: 2.05 MB, 1920x1080, 1426603439540.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083464 Craig Mullins is the best digital artist out there. Name a better artist >Protip, you can't

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:08:12 2015 No.2083492 >>2083488 Ruan Jia.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:10:19 2015 No.2083493 >>2083464 Olly Lawson. :^)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:20:50 2015 No.2083500 File: 2.19 MB, 359x202, 3kMVg8m.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083492 touche

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:31:15 2015 No.2083511 >>2083464 >HOLY SHIT HOW WAS THIS EVEN PAINTED Probably with a tablet and pen. And lots of time.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:56:04 2015 No.2083531 >>2083488 what the fuck brehs that look fucken sick

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 19:58:51 2015 No.2083533 >>2083459 I love this too.

Anonymous Mon May 11 20:36:57 2015 No.2083547

>>2083464
This one he said he used a 3d program that he modelled a soldier in, then copied/pasted it into an army. The painting was done overtop the 3d render. You can see the foreground soldiers all painted manually overtop, but on the ones in the distance it is still the plain model.

But yeah, fucking insanely good image. Apparently he had to make up a lot of hte designs too since there wasn't enough historical info on it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 20:55:34 2015 No.2083556 >>2083547 When there's almost a hundred soldiers in a painting, it should be acceptable to use a 3d/photobashing program just to save time. I'm sure he could have drawn all those soldiers if he wanted to though.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 20:59:22 2015 No.2083561 >>2083464 This fella shits all over Ruanjia. And I absolutely love Ruanjia.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:02:31 2015 No.2083565 >>2083556 I never said it wasn't acceptable. I was just explaining how this particular image was made because he literally asked how it was done :)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:11:02 2015 No.2083577 File: 93 KB, 1314x1700, 1592321 - Jinx League_of_Legends sakimichan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] She make more money a month than I make in a year. Thats why.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:42:30 2015 No.2083607 >>2083577 Never thought she'd draw pussy. Is she gay?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:44:24 2015 No.2083612 >>2083607 For 50k a month, I'd draw veiny massive dicks all day. Sexual orientation is irrelevant when we are talking large sums of money.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:45:14 2015 No.2083613 >>2083577 i honestly fear reaching a point like this.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:45:45 2015 No.2083615 >>2083607 all girls are bi

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 21:52:30 2015 No.2083629 Someone post the Dante one. I wanna see if she draw his dick or not.

Anonymous Mon May 11 22:11:58 2015 No.2083658
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I love how this artist handles their forms and gesture. Not to mention that this painting has a messier style to it without looking like some confusing mass of messy scribbles.

The palette here is also very nice, it has an interesting use of warm colours. I'm sure a lot of other artists would have used a cooler palette because space is cold erp derp

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 22:18:39 2015 No.2083666 File: 51 KB, 480x726, 1429540332265.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083658 She wears nothing but boots, why aren't the men wearing nothing but boots? This picture is sexist you cis gendered shitlord!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 22:22:58 2015 No.2083667 >>2083666 You're not amusing as you think you are.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 22:34:04 2015 No.2083677 File: 139 KB, 692x787, umad.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083667

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 22:40:16 2015 No.2083688 >>2083547 Do you have a source? I would love to see more of Mullins illustrations explained by himself.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 22:48:34 2015 No.2083694 >>2083666 Whats wrong with being a cis? that is what the majority of the world is.

Anonymous Mon May 11 22:57:02 2015 No.2083701

>>2083688
I believe it's discussed in some old Sijun posts. You can read them in the pdf...you should be able to find it by googling "Mullins Sijun pdf" or something to that effect. There's a 400+ page document of all the advice he ever gave on the Sijun forums. Iirc it was near the last few pages of the document when he talked of that elephant picture.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 23:03:37 2015 No.2083707 File: 1.93 MB, 235x240, 1359192007117.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083701 Thanks for the info, bro.

Anonymous Mon May 11 23:04:16 2015 No.2083708

>>2083577
>grotesque anatomy
>everything made of pretty much the same material with only varying colours
>places her name in the middle of the drawing
>the tattoos look like marker drawings
>gets paid 50k per month to do this crap
The bar has been lowered to depths once thought unreachable.

Anonymous Mon May 11 23:16:51 2015 No.2083719
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>>2083708
Why is it that everyone wants all art to be for them... Sakimichan was able to reach an audience who will pay her money to draw this.

Art is as much a job as being a lawyer or an accountant, first you learn the basics then you get good at it, you study you get better, find a job make money. continue to make money until you are satisfied, then you get to do whatever you want.

Anonymous Tue May 12 00:31:46 2015 No.2083770
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>>2083719
Because they're jelly. She makes more money than any artist in the world. When you look at paintings like Craig Mullins or Ruan Jia they make sakis drawings look like preshool stick figures. Then we ask ourselves "why aren't they making as much money?" "She doesn't deserve it!"

But in the end, why does it matter? Who cares if she makes all that money? She's not hurting anyone, people willingly fund her. Should we not be as encouraged that we can make it just as much in art if the skill level is at Sakis or higher?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:37:05 2015 No.2083777 >>2083770 It's because she's a tool and we're too cool to work under other people's orders. Freelance? Yeah, as long as i can draw what EYE want, hipster.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:46:18 2015 No.2083782 >>2083464 and then you look at his oil paintings and realize he's not great. he's merely good.

Anonymous Tue May 12 00:48:44 2015 No.2083783

>>2083770
it's not the part where she makes 50k a month that confuses me it's that she has like 1000 patrons. maybe i just don't understand patreon but isn't that $5000 a month from these people. Who is spending that to see her drawings? unless she has some rich uncle who is 49k of that or something.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:51:04 2015 No.2083785 File: 52 KB, 500x375, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I dunno

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:53:01 2015 No.2083786 >>2083782 What? You can't judge someone's entire skillset based on one medium which they rarely use. Yeah his oils are just good but not amazing, but his digital, watercolours, gouache, acrylics, and pastels are all amazing.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:53:16 2015 No.2083788 >>2083782 >Oil and Digital are the same medium and require the same amount of skill

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:53:24 2015 No.2083789 >>2083782 > then you look at his oil paintings Doesn't matter. He his still a great artist and knows what he's doing. Anyone can get good with any media if you spend enough time with it.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 00:57:09 2015 No.2083791 >>2083708 At least it gives hope that one can be paid 50k per month without having to be Craig Mullins.

Anonymous Tue May 12 01:08:23 2015 No.2083797

>>2083786
his digital stunted his growth and skewed his idea of what a finished traditional work should look like. his website is full of half finished stuff. that's just the impression i get. he blocks in values and colors but doesn't have the precision of digital so he doesn't bother. I don't see any traditional work on his website that looks anything above ok. Either he's holding back all his great oil paintings or he just doesn't have any.

pic related is especially telling to me. it has some of the grandeur of his imagery in digital with none of the precision. It just looks like he's treating oils like it's a digital painting.

You are on this website. You see the paintings people like Mucha did of huge scale like his digital usually conveys but he's never tried to pull it off. I don't understand why. Especially thinking in terms of Sargent and how he painted ( thinking of brushstrokes and color theory), even if I'm not a great fan of him. It was really similar to Mullins but he took it to extremes that Mullins has never come close to.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 01:09:02 2015 No.2083799 File: 133 KB, 500x579, baron.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083797 sorry pic related

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 01:22:55 2015 No.2083813 >>2083783 $25,280.60 every two weeks, or $50,561.20 a month with 2941 patrons. That averages out to $17.19 a month per patron.

Anonymous Tue May 12 01:51:12 2015 No.2083839

>>2083797
his digital didn't stunt his growth. you're confusing correlation with causation. I think it would be more correct to say his career did, as that would prevent him from putting time to learning to really paint traditionally and make good paintings. But we might get to see this in 10 years or so when Mullins is retired and making traditional paintings.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 01:55:24 2015 No.2083842 >>2083839 here's fucking hoping. I want to see that elephant painting on a huge canvas in oils. I think everyone wants to see that.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 02:09:26 2015 No.2083854 >>2083842 > I think everyone wants to see that Speak for yourself. Not everyone has a care or hard-on for oils.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 02:35:51 2015 No.2083870 >>2083842 I sure as fuck do. >>2083854 But everyone has a hard-on for Mullins, so seeing him fully devote his skills to this medium will be an awesome thing to witness. If you disagree you are a faggot.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 02:37:07 2015 No.2083871 >>2083464 the spears cast no shaddow

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 02:39:52 2015 No.2083874 File: 53 KB, 736x511, 5be03ba9d7dad763dfc1614dc9ab1004.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083658 Peleng is fucking boss.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 02:53:08 2015 No.2083881 >>2083871 kek

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 03:09:37 2015 No.2083885 >>2083871 they are too thin. i'm 100% certain mullins wouldn't have missed that.

Anonymous Tue May 12 03:20:42 2015 No.2083888
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>>2083885
I had to find an image with strong sunlight. The spears the soldiers are holding should have definitely cast their own shadow. I don't think it hurts the overall image, but it is something that someone would probably catch if they looked at it long enough.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 03:24:51 2015 No.2083890 >>2083885 >they are too thin what?? hahahahaha

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 03:26:23 2015 No.2083891 >>2083890 In intense light shadows of thin forms don't show up on the ground.

Anonymous Tue May 12 03:40:57 2015 No.2083899
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>>2083888
Indeed, just going over the image for spearmen on google you can find mostly overcast light. Mullins probably reffed them a bit too hard and forgot about the spear shadows.
Spear and pike shafts aren't nearly thin enough not to cast a shadow under that kind of light, it even shows in that African pic where the spear shaft is obviously thinner to enable throwing. War spears would be much sturdier.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 06:05:09 2015 No.2083989 File: 786 KB, 787x1464, story.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083612 I used some inspiration from this

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 13:25:01 2015 No.2084268 >>2083989 Strong what the fuck

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 23:39:42 2015 No.2088242 >>2083613 hahahahaha

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 00:19:09 2015 No.2088266 >>2083658 the anatomy on that guys right arm needs to be checked

Anonymous Tue May 19 15:39:15 2015 No.2092097

>>2083719
Artist is certainly a job, but you can create art and you can be a seller, salesmen sell-sakimichan is a seller, there is no vision in those pictures, its for monetary purposes, and I think the fact that you dont fulfill your own visions as an artist, makes your art just work.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 15:43:57 2015 No.2092101 >>2083464 you know what really brings this down? the fact that its all a massive copypasted piece of blandness. He is a good videogame artwork painter, but he is absolute shit when it comes to the real tools, traditional so to speak.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 15:45:53 2015 No.2092105 >>2083885 fucking A he missed that. Guy copy pasted all of those soldiers and elephants, of course he used those soldier textures for the cast shadows too, thats why there aint no spear shadows.

Anonymous Tue May 19 16:16:14 2015 No.2092132
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I'm gonna actually answer instead of arguing about Mullins.

This instantly makes me nostalgic for this world every time I look at it; it feels so fantastic and magical and yet so real. I've always had difficulty coming up with details, so I really admire artists who can imagine every last inch of their piece. A common complaint is the small range of values, which I somewhat agree with, but I think this contributes to the hazy summer afternoon feeling he was going for. This picture has its flaws - some perspective errors and he doesn't even try on the figures - but I can easily overlook them. While there are objectively better paintings, this is still my favorite.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 16:23:45 2015 No.2092139 >>2092132 I believe there's a word for a "nostalgia for the place you've never been", isn't there?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 16:34:45 2015 No.2092142 >>2092132 Wow I love this. The best example posted so far imo.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 16:57:59 2015 No.2092166 >>2092139 Yeah, I was trying to remember what it was actually. >>2092142 ooh neat

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 17:25:10 2015 No.2092196 >>2092139 Jamais vu, I think

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 17:30:10 2015 No.2092200 >>2092196 lol are you thinking of "déjà vu"?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 17:32:05 2015 No.2092203 >>2092200 You're right. I had them mixed up

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 18:32:24 2015 No.2092297 >>2092196 >>2092200 Jamais vu is when you can't remember places you're actually familiar with.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 19 21:48:02 2015 No.2092474 >>2083492 kekd

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