Modern digital "Masterpieces"

[Anonymous No.3174931]

Hey /ic/ I'm currently an artist making their way through traditional art school (primarily 2d) and I've come into somewhat of an issue.

Now to give some context, my school is very traditional. We have no digital art classes aside from the typical graphic design classes and one digital photography class (it's less about the art and more about how to take good photography of a subject; portrait, store fronts, interiors and whatnot) No classes in digital painting, animation, 3d modelling, image manipulation, or anything.

So I'm in painting, all well and good- traditional skills are important and I really enjoy them, but I would like to do something different. Our assignment is to take two "Masterpieces", say Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Whistler's "Portrait of the Artist's Mother" and combine them in some way while still having good composition, focal points, technique, etc. Being someone who is very interested in the digital realm, I of course want to take two digital masterpieces and bring them together.

The only problem is, due to my lack of formal education on digital artists, I've found that very difficult to do. I don't really know what artworks would be considered masterpieces or not. So I've come to you, /ic/, to give me suggestions on what art is groundbreaking nowadays, and (to make sure it fits within the rules) WHY they're relevant. After all, I need to explain to my art professor why they're masterpieces as well.

In terms of style I'm very much open to anything. I've featured an Alyn Spiller as my pic, and is something I really liked. He's been in the field and on some very important creations for a long time so I thought he might be relevant.

[Anonymous No.3174958]

>>3174931
easy, craig mullins, because hes a pioneer to digital painting. everything is based off his work, the strokes, the brushes, and his methods. Jia Ruan because his paintings show how well he balances out his color, lighting and edges and has had a huge influence on eastern digital art with this paintings

[Anonymous No.3174981]

>>3174958
Would there be any few images that you would consider to be a "masterpiece"? Something well known within the field that I could use as a reference? When I asked her what her "masterpiece" criteria is she told me it had to be something well known. While I've never seen any of Craig Mullins' artworks before, I'm sure they're amazingly influential within the field of digital art. They're beautiful.

I'll also try to get more clarification from my professor about what might qualify as a masterpiece, since she's pretty lenient on these types of things (as long as it'll be a challenge for me) Hopefully she'll see it as an opportunity for me to do some research and teach the class on a basically unknown art medium (to them)
I have seen Jia Ruan's work though! I feel like I could really work with either of them, if I'm allowed to. Thank you for the suggestions.

[Anonymous No.3175019]

A digital artist that doesn't make use of the effects or auto-adjustment tools is usually goals. Apterus' is excellent for me because he doesn't typically utilize those effects, and sticks to basic brushes. The point is, shortcuts tend to cheapen the art for me, so whenever someone paints something beautiful without that is worthy of praise.

[Anonymous No.3175170]

>>3175019
Yeah, Apterus is the shit.

[Anonymous No.3175182]

Pardon my fanboying

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[Anonymous No.3175215]

>>3175182
pardon mine

[Anonymous No.3175262]

>>3174931
What would be the mid ground and foreground for this piece?

[Anonymous No.3175603]

Piotr jablonski

[Anonymous No.3175702]

>>3175215
the way he draws his girls are absolute garbage

[Anonymous No.3175744]

Wei Feng, my new senpai. fuck Ruan Jia

[Anonymous No.3175824]

dorje is pretty rad too

[Anonymous No.3175833]

Good digital art is basically just recreating old art movements with worse colors and cloned brush strokes.

[Anonymous No.3175846]

>>3175019
Have you seen his videos at all? He uses a shit ton of color adjustments thoughout the painting.

[Anonymous No.3175854]

>>3175846
this.

[Anonymous No.3176379]

please post mroe

[Anonymous No.3176387]

>>3174958
are you me?

mullins and ruan jia were the first names to come to mind. they are the greats of our time

aside from them, Fenghua Zhong and Guangjian Huangdoes do some really masterful stuff

also really love Greg Rutkowski''s work. I think he's one of the greats. love his textures/brush work

[Anonymous No.3176389]

>>3174958
are you me?

mullins and ruan jia were the first names to come to mind. they are the greats of our time

aside from them, Fenghua Zhong and Guangjian Huang and Michael Komarck do some really masterful stuff

also really love Greg Rutkowski''s work. I think he's one of the greats. love his textures/brush work

[Anonymous No.3176390]

>>3176389
another one from Rutkowski that I consider a "masterpiece"

[Anonymous No.3176395]

some Huang

[Anonymous No.3176416]

>>3176390
I want to know how this madman does it.

[Anonymous No.3176427]

Thanks everyone, these are some really great examples. Hopefully this week I'll get to talk to her and show her some pieces and I'll update you all with some info. I REALLY hope she allows me to do an artist that's influential in the digital world. It's hard to convince traditional artists that this is an important and extremely relevant field.

[Anonymous No.3176435]

The themes in all these paintings are really shallow tb-h. Video game tier, literally. Will we ever get the good stuff that matches the likes of Giorgione and Peter Bruegl again?

[Anonymous No.3176440]

this painting right here is goals for me

he posted process shots too: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zWwBZ

[Anonymous No.3176446]

>>3175744
Looks like a cheap ripoff of classical masters desu

I love wei feng but not this one

[Anonymous No.3176497]

>>3176435
that's the age we live in, my man....

you know, the funny thing is there are always artists that hate the art of their time... artists of the time hated William Bouguereau because his stuff was too rendered... same thing for Von Gogh. you're one of those people. are there any digital artists that make technically skilled, aesthetic, meaningful art?

having to always have a deep meaningful theme for a painting would make for a miserable time imo, and much less material would be output.

[Anonymous No.3176514]

>>3176497
People also have to consider that the great painters still did have to do drab stuff to put food on the table. This is like that to them. Still gotta build a portfolio, still gotta do the work for their company, still gotta make money. They might have one or two meaningful works, but they'll be rare and maybe not shared with anyone.

[Anonymous No.3176536]

yev-san

[Anonymous No.3176538]

>>3176514
yep.

the paintings in this thread may be "shallow" but it's not doubt high skilled pieces and can go in a work portfolio. these painters don't have time to be the stereotypical tortured artist, always needing deep, meaningful theme for each painting. The ones that do try to have a meaningful theme usually do it in comic strip form
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desu the painters now who try to make deep pieces probably don't make any money to make a career out of it. if painter wants to be able to do what they love - paint, they need money, and the money is currently in the "shallow" video game/movie poster-tier art

[Anonymous No.3176586]

Don't let this thread die, I need new good artists

[Anonymous No.3176654]

>>3176390

didn't like the first two that were posted but this one had me go holy shit. amazing.

[Anonymous No.3176667]

>>3176435
this

i don't see anything here that is a masterpiece and it seems that the term "masterpiece" is just vg concept art

[Anonymous No.3176670]

>>3176667
>>3176538
If you can find gud art please post it here.
Need as much shit as I can get my hands on.

[Anonymous No.3176714]

>>3176389
>>3176390
Hope you do realize these are photo paintovers, right? You can see bunch of very obvious DA popular stock photos in there

[Anonymous No.3176750]

>>3175603
this
Those edges make me diamond every time

[Anonymous No.3176761]

>>3176389
yeah i understand, but the reason i did't mention those is because theyre not well known, they dont have a big history like jia ruan or craig. and ive seen their processes, they are way less authentic to painting

ive seen the way jia colors his stuff he doesnt even use layers to color, he glazes with just an opacity brush like you would with traditional

[Anonymous No.3176897]

>>3174931
Real talk, how many of you like this shit just want to have these guys technical skill or their job. I use to idolize all this shit but then i got gud and got paid and now it all looks so bad. In service of a game/film/animation/narrative/design fine, but "digital painting" as a standalone "product" nope not doing it for me.

I also find it amusing that the common pleb is mostly unmoved by digital work. As in some artstation zbrush shit will never rock someones soul like a bernini.

[Anonymous No.3176925]

My problem at the moment is that I don't know how to get that painterly in digital format. I can do it all day traditionally, but when it comes to digital I'm lost. I've tried tons of brushes but it seems like the program I have is lacking when it comes to downloading nice brushes.

[Anonymous No.3176928]

>>3176925
thats your problem, you think its the brushes, but youre not even close to understanding the basics first

[Anonymous No.3176936]

>>3176928
I'm only assuming it's the brushes because I'm capable of doing it already with paint and canvas.

I'll admit that I'm pretty bad at grasping digital painting techniques too, but I think the first step to at least diagnose some of the problems is to get the correct brushes down. From there I can understand what else is wrong, which I'm sure there's a lot. I know I'm using layers wrong, and I'm having a lot of trouble making things look cohesive within a painting. I'm probably going to take an online class or two to see if I can work through it, but I first want to at least have the correct materials

[Anonymous No.3176948]

>>3176897
All I want to do is to get gud enough to draw my husbando.

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[Anonymous No.3178372]

>>3175187
Artist?

[Anonymous No.3179447]

literally every piece in here is either concept art or narrative pieces like neoclassicism.

Basically, artwork hundreds of years out of date.

[Anonymous No.3179477]

>>3175195
Love it!

[Anonymous No.3179487]

>>3179447
What would you consider "good" modern art?

[Anonymous No.3179505]

>>3178372
Jaime Jones

Also, why doesn't Jaime update his site or post on artstation? Mullins too

[Anonymous No.3179507]

>>3176395
Fuck, this is nice

[Anonymous No.3179674]

Nearly everything in here is a sketch or concept art, hardly anything is finished enough to qualify as a "masterpiece."

[Anonymous No.3179676]

>>3179674
And of the works that are polished, most are kitsch af

[Anonymous No.3179693]

>>3176536
lol

[Anonymous No.3179858]

>>3179505
>"digital masterpieces"
>posting some photobashed shit

[Anonymous No.3179865]

>>3176395
Looks pretty basic to me. The only thing that makes this impressive is the amount of time probably spent rendering it out

[Anonymous No.3179866]

>>3179858
No rules just tools

[Anonymous No.3179950]

>>3179505
Thanks man

[Anonymous No.3179966]

>>3175215
The tongue shit really needs to stop being a meme.

[Anonymous No.3181291]

[Anonymous No.3181354]

>>3174931
Pointless
A good traditional artist can already has the skills to be a "digital" artist, all they have to do is understand whatever software they are using.
A lot of good traditional artists aren't able to make pieces of equal quality traditionally. They require more skills unlike the traditional artist which only requires more knowledge on whatever software they are using.

[Anonymous No.3181403]

>>3179487
Dali.

[Anonymous No.3181410]

>>3181354
No. You are just minimizing the process of understanding the software, it takes the same time to understand oil painting for example.
So both can transition it just takes time.

[Anonymous No.3184665]

>>3181291
I was waiting for someone to post it.

Anyway, here's mah list : Craig Mullins, Ruan Jia, Igor Sid, Zeen Chin, Dave Rapoza, Fenghua Zhong, Guangji Huang, Even Amundssen, James Zapata.

[Anonymous No.3184702]

>>3181291
Best digital image I have seen so far, I actually bought a shitty print of it yesterday, I hope it won't look too bad since I couldn't find an official thing from Ruan Jia and had to use this low res version