dines sketch book

[Taron]

That looks beautiful, Dines! ...has such an interesting "taste" or "flavor". Meeting of three ethereal golems, hehe?
There's possibly one thing that's more obviously off-putting and that's that the middle guy's body suggest he would stand in front of the left guy, while the size of his head suggests he was behind, making it a bit confusing. I would probably just give the left guy a bit more shoulder so that he cuts in front of the middle guys body, if you know what I mean.
Other than that: SWEET! And even with that: SWEET!

Thank you actually you comment with the sholder is really interessting ... didn't notice that at all but after re-thinking it ... it make totally sense.

Today ist painting ... is called one of us ...
I tryed to combine some techniques from paintins before and also add new things.
- Tryed the eyes from the owl picture...have to admit that painting them small is even more difficult.
- Tryed to come up with clouds in the sky like from the rocket image
- New is the material wood.
- New is all so the leaves on the wood but acutally I had no Idead what I was doing.

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[Taron]

ADORABLE!
Of course you got a bit confused inside the small eyes, as you said, but it's weird, because the large ones appear like you have totally understood the concept: Inside concave, outside (specular highlight) convex. The small eyes have the correct (or consistent) highlights, but the inside is almost arbitrary. Still looks enormously cute!

The clouds sure look like it's clouds in the sky, so that works, while it also appears consistently stylized like the wood, which is nice.
The leaves, however, could be a fantastic moment to explore Brush images a bit more.... grrrrrr.... should I actually do a tutorial on this stuff after all? Hmmmm... Anyway, the reason is, because as they are now in your painting, they don't have the same stylization that one sees and feels in the rest. It's hard to tell how they are intended, on top of that, as it's unclear whether they are sloppy individual, big leaves, or if they are sloppy clusters of leaves, hahaha. Sooo, yeah...

Beyond all of that, though, it's instantly cute and has a fantastic vibe altogether. It is curious enough to allow different phases of observation. From the immediate draw to the eyes and thereby inspiring the imagination to see owls, to the curious configuration of the "nest", making one zoom out in the imagination and gradually begin to look at the whole as a motive, which has a really unique design. I like it a lot!

So, yeah, I should do a little brush image school, hehe. Let's see!

[Taron]

Here's a dirty little reminder for the eyes... it's just to hint at the general idea again.

top: Profile
bottom: Frontal

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Thank you so much for your feedback and also for the example. I have to admit the smaller eyes were also executed a little sloppy.
(... and yes I have to try out custom brushes ... will do)

But based on your little example .. it is for sure that todays painting is going to be an eye!

What do you think?

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[Taron]

Eye see!
Looks great! Like an eyeball, seen through a fisheye lens up close. Be careful to be aware of this, though, since the pupil of an eyeball is much smaller, like the proportions are different. But you can easily google that, too.
However, the substances look GREAT. Love the gelatinous feel of it! Great job!

I will record a little video tutorial on simple brush images. I promise!

Thank you for your feedback regarding the eye. It is interessting... when the eye is behind the lids the pupil feels much larger but without it your are totally right ... it has to be smaller, of course .. and yes I googled it


Today ... I just had soooo much fun with Verve!
here is todays painting

[Taron]

He looks properly entertained, that's for sure!
Yeah, I'm having a blast right now, too, and a great deal because of you. THANKS! ....things sure will get more exciting soon.

Today's painting was actually yesterdays painting.... I called it done ... but it for sure needed some more detailing an tweaking! Anyway.
Loved to play with colors... light and shadow in this one. I started with a random fluid paint and went on detailing and refining. Maybe it's a little to detailed and the eyes have no guideding. Should have added a vignette to guide focus.

But love it ...

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[Taron]

Oh, this can be so relaxing, just letting the fluids inspire you. Combine this with #8 and/or image brushes and there's a never-ending "Pareidolia"-party waiting for you!
That reminds me of yet another feature I still will put into Verve and I may just have named it: Pareidolia Party
It could be a kind of random, fractal turbulence with turbulent impulses for fluids, too. Hit a button and weird stuff happens! ...could make for some fun starting points.