ShopDreamUp AI ArtDreamUp
Deviation Actions
Welcome to the third volume!
I'm really delighted by how well these articles seem to go down; thank you so much for taking the time to read and appreciate them and to admire these artists.
Some intriguing pieces of art can fool the eye. No doubt you have glimpsed such works on deviantART before – you believe you’re about to view a photograph when you click the thumbnail, but upon finally viewing the image in full, you realise that you’re looking at a piece that demonstrates a mastery of texture and lighting and most definitely hasn’t been captured with a camera, but rather with the artist’s brush, pencil, graphics tablet or mouse – and their skill. This is a feature for those of you learning and experienced artists alike, who strive to achieve accurate and believable studies of landscape, objects, animals, people and the rest of the world around us.
Traditional Art – Black and White (pencils, charcoal etc)
To create a realistic drawing, an artist requires knowledge of how to translate colour into tonal values, and then represent these values complete with textures on the paper:
Out of a gallery full of beautiful portraits, Zindy’s “Jenson Ackles” stood out to me – the softly blended dark shadow falling over the side of his face is beautifully executed, along with other velvety textures in the piece, such as the hair.
Have a look at the finally detailed fur in brand new deviant fa-BIA-na’s “Dog” – I hope this artist will have lots more work of this quality to show us in the near future!
:thumb64118320: Although a simple study of a single shoe, AmyHiley’s Gucci demonstrates an eye for detail (look at the tiny stitches in the shoe strap) and a great shiny texture.
Whilst the subject of the painting is somewhat surreal, I simply couldn’t resist including straycat27’s “Untitled”. The zip and skin texture look so plausible that this strange scene is made quite disquieting in its realism!
Traditional Art – Colour (paint etc)
Painting and colouring accurately requires an eye for hue and a confident hand at the reins of what can be unpredictable media:
:thumb60376186: With its muted tones and carefully thought out composition, KUCPM’s “ Pastime” is a sports-based still life to be admired, especially as it is a watercolour piece – many find this a most fickle medium!
I came across traits a few weeks ago and was itching to feature her work, but at the time she only had one piece in her gallery. Now that it’s padded out a little, I strongly recommend you have a look at her beautiful paintings, all of which show the same stunningly intricate detail as “Eastern Meadow Lark”.
:thumb63947823: I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at with my first glance at LenasArtWorXS’s “Train Tunnel Sawblade” – this is a fantastic painting on a ‘canvas’ I’ve never seen before – a sawblade! The composition really works with the circular shape, using the hole in the centre of the blade as the tunnel entrance.
This one’s a bit of a jawdropper; I knew Wayside-divide’s “These Walls Have Eyes” was definitely to be included in this third article as soon as it was suggested! What can I say? Simply gorgeous; with attention to reflection and lighting as well as ‘tangible’ surfaces.
Digital Art – Painting, Airbrushing, Drawing, etc
A realistic digital painting requires patience for details, and such artists work hard to recreate natural and real textures with ‘virtual’ brushes:
Many of you will have seen mahirates’s work, but take a closer look at the detail shot of “The Mermaid in the Desert” and admire the water and the very realistic hair textures.
:thumb31809980: A very well done oekaki, Yayster’s “Realism: Blue and Yellow Macaw” is an eyecatching display of vibrant colour and almost touchable feathers.
CountJorge must have a lot of patience to create all of the city lights in “Shinjuku” – they really do look like they’re glowing!
Absolutely amazing - there’s not a detail missed out in mazhear’s “Beauty” – everything is included from the little wrinkles around the eye to tiny, tiny, light hairs on the surface of the cheek.
Digital Art – Vector and Vexel
I tend to regard skill in vector art as an ability to ‘summarize’ an image whilst still ensuring that it is convincing – admire these works as the artists create plausible shadows even for softer textures using curves and polygons:
She’s a little risque, but you have to admit she’s well rendered! Weapon3GX’s “Ms. Cindy” could well convince anyone at a glance that she’s real – check out the hair; whilst it shows signs of vector work, it is easy to see how much effort and attention to detail has gone into it.
:thumb62380356: A lush scene with plenty of work done to the leaves of the trees to make them seem real, zentz’s “Green Park” is a vector piece to be admired.
Vehicles are an extremely popular subject for vector art and are very much flattered by this style of illustration, so it was hard to pick one to feature, but eventually I discovered birolsedat’s “BMW-M6”. Take a close look at all the little reflections and the detail in the headlights!
I hope that these works of art have inspired you, and, of course, that you have simply enjoyed looking at them. Again, suggestions as always are much appreciated - although I'd really rather they were sent in notes just in case I miss 'em in comments in this news article. Besides, if you note me them, it keeps them nice and secret for the next volume!
I'm really delighted by how well these articles seem to go down; thank you so much for taking the time to read and appreciate them and to admire these artists.
Some intriguing pieces of art can fool the eye. No doubt you have glimpsed such works on deviantART before – you believe you’re about to view a photograph when you click the thumbnail, but upon finally viewing the image in full, you realise that you’re looking at a piece that demonstrates a mastery of texture and lighting and most definitely hasn’t been captured with a camera, but rather with the artist’s brush, pencil, graphics tablet or mouse – and their skill. This is a feature for those of you learning and experienced artists alike, who strive to achieve accurate and believable studies of landscape, objects, animals, people and the rest of the world around us.
Traditional Art – Black and White (pencils, charcoal etc)
To create a realistic drawing, an artist requires knowledge of how to translate colour into tonal values, and then represent these values complete with textures on the paper:
Out of a gallery full of beautiful portraits, Zindy’s “Jenson Ackles” stood out to me – the softly blended dark shadow falling over the side of his face is beautifully executed, along with other velvety textures in the piece, such as the hair.
Have a look at the finally detailed fur in brand new deviant fa-BIA-na’s “Dog” – I hope this artist will have lots more work of this quality to show us in the near future!
:thumb64118320: Although a simple study of a single shoe, AmyHiley’s Gucci demonstrates an eye for detail (look at the tiny stitches in the shoe strap) and a great shiny texture.
Whilst the subject of the painting is somewhat surreal, I simply couldn’t resist including straycat27’s “Untitled”. The zip and skin texture look so plausible that this strange scene is made quite disquieting in its realism!
Traditional Art – Colour (paint etc)
Painting and colouring accurately requires an eye for hue and a confident hand at the reins of what can be unpredictable media:
:thumb60376186: With its muted tones and carefully thought out composition, KUCPM’s “ Pastime” is a sports-based still life to be admired, especially as it is a watercolour piece – many find this a most fickle medium!
I came across traits a few weeks ago and was itching to feature her work, but at the time she only had one piece in her gallery. Now that it’s padded out a little, I strongly recommend you have a look at her beautiful paintings, all of which show the same stunningly intricate detail as “Eastern Meadow Lark”.
:thumb63947823: I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at with my first glance at LenasArtWorXS’s “Train Tunnel Sawblade” – this is a fantastic painting on a ‘canvas’ I’ve never seen before – a sawblade! The composition really works with the circular shape, using the hole in the centre of the blade as the tunnel entrance.
This one’s a bit of a jawdropper; I knew Wayside-divide’s “These Walls Have Eyes” was definitely to be included in this third article as soon as it was suggested! What can I say? Simply gorgeous; with attention to reflection and lighting as well as ‘tangible’ surfaces.
Digital Art – Painting, Airbrushing, Drawing, etc
A realistic digital painting requires patience for details, and such artists work hard to recreate natural and real textures with ‘virtual’ brushes:
Many of you will have seen mahirates’s work, but take a closer look at the detail shot of “The Mermaid in the Desert” and admire the water and the very realistic hair textures.
:thumb31809980: A very well done oekaki, Yayster’s “Realism: Blue and Yellow Macaw” is an eyecatching display of vibrant colour and almost touchable feathers.
CountJorge must have a lot of patience to create all of the city lights in “Shinjuku” – they really do look like they’re glowing!
Absolutely amazing - there’s not a detail missed out in mazhear’s “Beauty” – everything is included from the little wrinkles around the eye to tiny, tiny, light hairs on the surface of the cheek.
Digital Art – Vector and Vexel
I tend to regard skill in vector art as an ability to ‘summarize’ an image whilst still ensuring that it is convincing – admire these works as the artists create plausible shadows even for softer textures using curves and polygons:
She’s a little risque, but you have to admit she’s well rendered! Weapon3GX’s “Ms. Cindy” could well convince anyone at a glance that she’s real – check out the hair; whilst it shows signs of vector work, it is easy to see how much effort and attention to detail has gone into it.
:thumb62380356: A lush scene with plenty of work done to the leaves of the trees to make them seem real, zentz’s “Green Park” is a vector piece to be admired.
Vehicles are an extremely popular subject for vector art and are very much flattered by this style of illustration, so it was hard to pick one to feature, but eventually I discovered birolsedat’s “BMW-M6”. Take a close look at all the little reflections and the detail in the headlights!
I hope that these works of art have inspired you, and, of course, that you have simply enjoyed looking at them. Again, suggestions as always are much appreciated - although I'd really rather they were sent in notes just in case I miss 'em in comments in this news article. Besides, if you note me them, it keeps them nice and secret for the next volume!
Please help hedgehogs!
If you see a hedgehog out during the day, it has something wrong with it - 100% guaranteed!
Hedgehogs sunbathing are not showing healthy behaviour. I found a little hedgehog yesterday and was told by a dogwalker that it had been there the day before too - despite the fact that it was right on the path next to a field of horses (and everyone here goes to talk to these particular horses, they're very popular) nobody had picked it up. I took it home when I found it, but quickly realised it had flystrike. Unfortunately, flystrike is extremely damaging if it isn't caught quickly - I tried to float the hedgehog in salt water to remove as many magg
Do you get the dreaded...
... post project slump?
Or even the 'mid project slump'. Or 'pre project slump'. Just general slumping around projects. The sort of slumping where you feel a bit like you don't really know what you're supposed to be doing. I seem to be looking back at old projects, wondering how on earth I did them and whether I'll be capable of doing something similar again. Annoyingly, I've lost the habit of doing digital paintings as frequently as I used to (I'm still focusing on fashiony things, but I really miss the old stuff). Having not done one for a while, I am not quite sure how I used to tackle them!
If you get it - what do you do about it? Why d
Sale - Manga volumes - Hellsing, Battle Royale etc
This isn't the kind of thing I normally post journals about but I figured that there's a good audience for manga novels on dA, and I have some to sell! These are all in good condition except for some minor spine damage (they were well loved). Here's what I have. I'm selling them as multiple books per series. If I don't get any takers on here, then they'll be going on eBay. Payment via Paypal. :)
Hellsing sold
Alichino issues 1-3
£10 + shipping
Samurai Deeper Kyo issues 1-8 and 10-12
(sorry, somehow I guess I lost issue number 9 while moving house or something!)
£25 + shipping
Arm of Kannon issues 1 and 2
£6 + shippin
Contest winner! New Etsy shop!
I found it hard to choose a winner, as always. :noes:
But the 200 points goes to Isaacs-Collar (https://www.deviantart.com/isaacs-collar)! http://sta.sh/01gp6cwon5os
Also... I simply have to give 50 points to KatIsConfused (https://www.deviantart.com/katisconfused) and RocCenere (https://www.deviantart.com/roccenere) for making me laugh :happycry:
:bulletblue::bulletblue::bulletblue:
Just so you guys know, I now have an Etsy shop here:
:star: :star: https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/ToySkunk?ref=si_pr : star: :star:
There's not much in it right now, but that's going to be the easiest place to buy crafts both premade and to order. :D Watch this space for all sorts of crafts!
© 2007 - 2024 ToySkunk
Comments29
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
they are all really talented...
I'm speechless...
Now I want to draw like that, too
I'm speechless...
Now I want to draw like that, too