I consider this a breakthrough image. I didn't think I could achieve this level of detail and photo-realism. I'm more than a little worried I wont be able to reproduce the stuff I learned on this.
As amazing as this'll seem to anyone who knows anything about painting or photography, there was a point where I looked from my painting to the (very) low res photo of Peter O'Toole and exclaimed "Oh, his hair is blue! I have to put blue in here!" Yes, even though a thousand art books and art tutorials and art classes have been telling me since I was a teenager that light and color are transitive.
I have a very literal brain and it fights with stuff like that. Green in skin tone, blue in hair. I think that's why I've always preferred pen and ink.
As amazing as this'll seem to anyone who knows anything about painting or photography, there was a point where I looked from my painting to the (very) low res photo of Peter O'Toole and exclaimed "Oh, his hair is blue! I have to put blue in here!" Yes, even though a thousand art books and art tutorials and art classes have been telling me since I was a teenager that light and color are transitive.
I have a very literal brain and it fights with stuff like that. Green in skin tone, blue in hair. I think that's why I've always preferred pen and ink.
Source: low res Googled vidcap (no tracing)
Time: 3 hours (not so speedy, I guess)
Using: Painter X, Photoshop CS2
Brushes: artist oils, dodge and burn
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