Fucking clouds man. How do they work?

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Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:54:13 2019 No.4118994 [Reply] [Original]

Fucking clouds man. How do they work?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:57:55 2019 No.4118996 File: 96 KB, 800x616, SNielson_MountainScene1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:01:44 2019 No.4119000 You got a blog or something? Which programs are you using?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:03:30 2019 No.4119002 >>4118994 If you pay closer attention to the clouds on the right then you'd notice that there are subtle shades of red and blue in the clouds as opposed to just white and grey.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:04:46 2019 No.4119005 >>4119000 >Which programs are you using? Krita. >You got a blog or something? Uhm... Let me clarify: my artwork was on the left, not on the right. Second picture wasn't made by me either.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:08:49 2019 No.4119008 File: 114 KB, 1600x807, IMG_6075.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Josh Clare is also good at clouds.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:17:10 2019 No.4119016 File: 99 KB, 1200x841, 12x16_pink.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4119008

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:20:06 2019 No.4119018 >>4118994 both look bad desu

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:20:47 2019 No.4119019 >>4118994 I really like your clouds, they look like shaving cream.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:39:26 2019 No.4119031 >>4119019 Heh >>4119002 Thanks for pointing that out, Anon!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:41:07 2019 No.4119034 File: 153 KB, 894x894, ocean_clouds_by_thorsten_denk-danmzs0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:42:22 2019 No.4119036 >>4119018 It's pushed you dum dum, it's Sam Nielson work, he always push yo the extreme his shit, maybe top much for some taste, but his technique is professional and clean as heck.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:43:47 2019 No.4119037 File: 82 KB, 1280x720, mango clouds.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4119018 You'd prefer something like this, don't you?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 20:19:53 2019 No.4119062 >>4118996 >>4119008 >>4119016 >>4119034 >>4119037 damn, clouds are pretty cool

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 20:26:48 2019 No.4119068 >>4119062 They are, also they are the best element to make resonance in the emotion of a piece, they can depit emotions just as clear as a face.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 20:27:09 2019 No.4119069 >>4118994 You paint clouds better than Sam Nielson though, like wtf, you trolling?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 20:29:55 2019 No.4119076 >>4118996 I love this piece

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 20:39:24 2019 No.4119083 >>4119069 Not really, look at the lack of variation both in texture and hues on OP clouds, OP clouds are indeed great clouds, I like them, but not better than Nielsons, but is not much what he needs to retouch and add though, he definitely GM.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 21:12:19 2019 No.4119109 File: 1.48 MB, 900x1600, ddffu4m-003d341c-2cdb-476e-ac01-f2e738082424.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4118994 God I love me a good picture of a cloud.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:18:36 2019 No.4119419 File: 203 KB, 900x509, d5jhpll-0beadc1c-5984-46ca-a58c-35d864c0fe4d.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] this is now a post pretty clouds thread

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 04:30:53 2019 No.4119462 >>4119076 I know, right? It looks somehow realistic and yet whimsical at the same time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 05:32:48 2019 No.4119514 File: 50 KB, 541x768, 92ABFD65-CBFD-4590-BA80-2C5DB4DD616F.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Cloud perfection coming through

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 05:34:53 2019 No.4119519 >>4118994 You need less opacity and softer edges, otherwise you’ll end up with pieces of plaster in the sky like you have.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 05:52:39 2019 No.4119530 File: 66 KB, 960x720, qyhlj36gbw931.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 06:18:14 2019 No.4119545 File: 15 KB, 240x304, 1oUtI1n.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Clouds are swell.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 06:45:55 2019 No.4119575 File: 39 KB, 356x500, 51s4Np405gL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4119008 So was Maxfield Parrish.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 06:47:33 2019 No.4119578 >>4119036 he's a beginner why would you want to paint like him?

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 06:48:59 2019 No.4119579

>>4118994
They're water vapor, with volume, that have internal structure. They reflect light, or block it, or filter it. They have shadows, and reflection of hue. Big cumulus clouds like that tend to billow upwards, so that can be recreated in how you form the shapes. And, they usually have a flat base, that has more moisture, so they're darker and let through less light.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 11:39:56 2019 No.4119862 File: 21 KB, 600x501, Sam-Nielson.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4119578 >why would you want to paint like him? I just find his art style really pleasing to look at.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 11:42:06 2019 No.4119866 >>4119578 >he's a beginner Does beginner just mean "anyone whose work I don't like" now

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 11:50:42 2019 No.4119881 >>4119578 What the fuck are you talking about? I hope this is bait.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 11:54:16 2019 No.4119891 File: 1.73 MB, 1560x900, dd7yhz9-e49042bc-721f-42af-8a09-766b5f461bfe.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Teach me how to draw clouds like this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 11:55:00 2019 No.4119893 File: 151 KB, 750x753, The-journey-west.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Mark Maggiori

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 12:12:40 2019 No.4119924 >>4119893 Looks like a carpet of explosions

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 12:35:43 2019 No.4119943 >>4118994 things ive picked up watching different artists - clouds are random, dont paint any two the same. top is fluffy and soft, bottom is more a hard edge (this could be backwards, can never remember and its night so cant check)

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 13:14:14 2019 No.4119990 >>4119924 it might be

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 16:15:43 2019 No.4120234 File: 76 KB, 475x521, island.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] My nearly finished clouds

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 16:18:56 2019 No.4120238 >>4119083 Not him, but the foamy texture on OP's clouds is fucking infinitely better than those gross, chunky turds on the right.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 17:26:35 2019 No.4120343 >>4120238 NGMI

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 18:40:20 2019 No.4120482 File: 385 KB, 1200x912, sam-nielson-samnielson-hearthstone-corruptedmukla-final.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I dont know anything about clouds but I do know Sam Nielson in real life. He's a cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything.

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 20:19:16 2019 No.4120705
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I'm studying photos to fix one of the errors you guys pointed out: how my hues don't vary nearly enough.
My way of doing this (block in colours with a hard round brush, then blend them with a blur tool) is very slow. Painting textures this way is just tedious. Is there a better, faster way to go about this? Or is it just a matter of practice?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 20:26:50 2019 No.4120713 you are "symbol coloring", OP

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 20:28:26 2019 No.4120715 >>4120713 What do you mean?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 21:05:20 2019 No.4120789 >>4119575 You will now can't unsee her as a giant creating a massive brap making the clouds.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 21:07:58 2019 No.4120793 >>4120705 Overlay the different hues in after values.

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 21:54:04 2019 No.4120849
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>>4120705
There are many ways to skin a cat but I would suggest you work more from general to specific, simplify the shapes and values first before you get too noodly. A roughly correct general shape can easily be subdivided until you reach the desired level of detail. This image was made with the median filter in Photoshop btw, I find that it sometimes can be helpful to break down busy detail in the reference with filters and adjustments to give you an idea on how to simplify it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 22:22:08 2019 No.4120881 I'll never forget the sight of clouds out of my seat window the first time I got on an airplane.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 23:10:33 2019 No.4120931 >>4120793 >Overlay the different hues in after values. >>4120849 >median filter in Photoshop to give you an idea on how to simplify it. Thanks Anons! That's exactly what I needed!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 23:28:24 2019 No.4120941 >>4119893 that is absolutely fucking nuts. The attention to detail is beyond astounding

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 23:29:38 2019 No.4120943 >>4120931 its been 20 minutes, lets see it!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 23:30:31 2019 No.4120945 >>4120941 thanks, I feel happy you enjoy my art.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 23:32:51 2019 No.4120949 >>4118994 I unironically prefer your clouds on the left. They have a clean style to them that reminds me a bit of something zedig would paint

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 23:51:58 2019 No.4120971 >>4120949 It's a matter of taste, but OP clouds can certainly be better, just a bit of edge/Hue variation and it would be competent art.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 00:11:28 2019 No.4120986 these are really nice and fluffy and inspirational anons thanks for posting sounds stupid but i really needed to see some nice art to cheer me up today clouds are perfect

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 00:13:23 2019 No.4120989 There's not one person here posting any of the impressionists or post impressionists, what a bunch of plebs.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 01:54:02 2019 No.4121076 File: 1.71 MB, 3264x2448, 3BBBE840-4342-4BC3-B8E4-58B7E8CC62F5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I’m going to try to paint this picture I took outside. God I love nature. Landscapes are so cool.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 01:55:10 2019 No.4121078 >>4121076 >phone flipped it Fucking

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 01:59:40 2019 No.4121079 >>4121078 paint it upside down for the challenge. youll see more shapes that way.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 02:03:39 2019 No.4121081 >>4121079 I’ll give it a shot, it’s kinda like an ocean

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 02:17:35 2019 No.4121093 >>4120234 very nice

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 02:26:24 2019 No.4121101 >>4120234 fucking awesome

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 03:30:18 2019 No.4121154 File: 192 KB, 700x1023, 8e3ca12f-3a1a-43f9-afc9-b4d0f7cb0d2a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4118994 Did these a while ago

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 04:16:19 2019 No.4121183 >>4121154 pretty

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 05:04:19 2019 No.4121214 >>4120343 >Angry because I'm right

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 06:13:08 2019 No.4121256 >>4121076 >this nuclear looking sky Is this a filter?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 06:17:09 2019 No.4121262 >>4121256 It's called over exposure

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 06:34:05 2019 No.4121267 File: 280 KB, 1904x1072, 5 Centimeters per Second.mkv_snapshot_00.39.45.787.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Always liked how Makoto Shinkai paints clouds (he always does it himself for his movies).

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 06:34:42 2019 No.4121269 File: 137 KB, 1904x1072, 5 Centimeters per Second.mkv_snapshot_00.24.47.186.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4121267 He seems like a kind of cloud nerd so perfect for this thread

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 06:35:16 2019 No.4121270 File: 1.20 MB, 3994x900, __kumo_no_mukou_yakusoku_no_basho_drawn_by_shinkai_makoto__96aca29a9a88b92549f83808cb140f61.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4121269

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 08:18:00 2019 No.4121335 >>4120234 gmi

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 11:13:07 2019 No.4121481 >>4119514 Now we are talking, the ones above were horrible, how can IC have such bad taste..

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 11:39:04 2019 No.4121518 Maaaaan I love clouds but I can't draw them at all, and the beg thread didn't reply either

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 11:42:51 2019 No.4121523 >>4119893 Maybe the clouds are different in the US but clouds aren't that big, artwork is amazing though

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 11:44:26 2019 No.4121525 >>4120482 There are no clouds in this pic and King Mukla the corrupted is a shit card

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 15:56:08 2019 No.4121806 >>4121154 ^Second best clouds in this thread after >>4119893

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 08:56:31 2019 No.4122955 >>4118994 Neither of those looks like actual clouds

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:42:53 2019 No.4123095 >>4119008 it's pretty cool. Can someone deconstruct this for digital use?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:44:18 2019 No.4123097 >>4119893 how did they photobash in the 1880's?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:45:47 2019 No.4123102 >>4121154 Awesome!

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:48:49 2019 No.4123110 >>4123097 That's clearly a contemporary painting which is overly reliant on photo reference

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 11:07:55 2019 No.4123144 >>4123097 Mark is still alive and well

Anonymous Thu Sep 19 12:28:55 2019 No.4123231
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>>4120943
Whoops, I didn't notice that reply until now. Sorry. Pic related is my work.
I'm pretty happy with hues, but I still struggle with edges and textures: I think that I'll try to go for a more stylized look, something like this Zedig guy Anon mentioned in >>4120949 (thanks for mentioning him by the way! I didn't know about him, and his work is really inspiring!).

I kinda like how those clouds look like butter.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:16:51 2019 No.4123418 File: 1.90 MB, 2113x1600, 96.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] all those giant ass cumulo-nimbus disgust me

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 17:56:46 2019 No.4123628 File: 430 KB, 1509x873, 1430927869415.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What's the best book for learning how to do clouds? Or landscapes in general, since they're fairly neglected here.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 21 05:54:52 2019 No.4125501 >>4118994 You just need to keep going on the smaller details and add more hue variation. Make them whispier/fluffier.

Anonymous Sat Sep 21 07:24:34 2019 No.4125548

>>4121523
Depends on where you live. In the desert, and the plains, you get big cloud walls like that, because you can see them, there's no hills or mountains to get in the way, or trees. That's why Montana is called "big sky country". On the plains you can see the entire horizon, and see big fronts forming like that. You need lots of open room for that kind of formation, so in other parts of the world, the climate/geography might prevent it.
I live on the west coast, and we get clouds like that sometimes, they bunch up because the Sierras block storm systems coming off shore.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 21 20:22:08 2019 No.4126306 >>4120989 And what did you do to solve the problem you just pointed out, hmm?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 08:27:29 2019 No.4126942 File: 62 KB, 1000x634, 860b356519c764be45a777e6d88b798a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Learning the clouds first may help. Also post Cirrocumulus

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 09:27:10 2019 No.4126997 >>4121267 Shinkai's characters are bland, but his backgrounds are damn gorgeous

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