Bringing another different mood to the 'City Lights' series, this time one that (hopefully) befits the current occasion.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Everybody say LOVE!
Bringing another different mood to the 'City Lights' series, this time one that (hopefully) befits the current occasion.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Everybody say LOVE!
It has been a terribly long hard week for Connell. Thank goodness it is over at last and that he could now have a long cuddle with Fyoden over the weekend.
For those who have made it through the week and taking their weekends off, well done and enjoy your weekend! Rest up well and recover.
For those who are working on the weekends, wishing you all the best! You got this!
It has been raining quite a lot recently. Thought I'd bring a different mood to the series.
Something a little familiar, just repainted with some slight differences, and a slight change in the colour.
-- Blind Faith, Can't Find My Way Home
This is a fanart/tribute to an old Chinese New Year joke/meme back in the day, immortalised in a parody trailier made by SGAG about one of the scariest snacks to ever exist on this planet.
If y'alls curious, you can check this trailer out.
A version without the title.
-- HAEVN, City Lights
Something a little somber. Been studying more of Simon Stålenhag's paintings from TALES FROM THE LOOP, and I re-learned something from them recently -- and I have to thank my colleague who pointed this detail out -- that sometimes not everything needs to be in focus, but only that which is important for the picture.
I have recently started watching this show on Prime, called THE RIG, and I am enjoying it so far. Moody atmosphere, organisational politics, a group of people stuck in the middle of the sea in the midst of something strange -- and potentially Lovecraftian -- (guys in hi-vis and work coveralls); what's not to love?
Here are the illustration without the title, and a close-up of our oil rig technician.
Don't mind the glitchy text. That is intentional. 😝
Something a little different from my usual stuff. Saw this in my head last night just before falling asleep. Not sure what it means though. 🤔
Here are some close-ups and sketches.
I was very recently acquainted with the art of Simon Stålenhag and also just started watching TALES FROM THE LOOP. I am deeply enthralled and inspired by the atmosphere and the mood and the stories told by both Stålenhag's works and also the show, so much so that I thought I'd use that inspiration for my next practice on composition.
Eurydice
1920 x 1600
SketchBook
Lately I have been feeling somewhat lousy about a couple of things where painting is concerned. At least with my last piece of work (my first for 2023), I realised that I have heavily regressed to purely working instinctively again, and in struggling to bring the piece to life, it has made me realise what I might still need a great deal of work on: composition, tone and perspective.
So I went in search of an instructional video on composition -- which I really should have done in the past, or if I did, probably should have paid more attention -- and I found this one, which helped a great deal.
Anyways, having seen the video, I took out my stylus and phone and started making a sketch, very reminiscent of some of the examples you will see in the video.
After the sketch, I went straight into painting and adding in the details almost very instinctively -- which was fine seeing as there was already work done for the foundation, and I didn't have to guess how the picture would generally look like anymore.
Once again, a solid foundation makes for a more fulfilling and satisfying painting process. And fun too.
Anyways, here's the close-up of our little 'Opheus' character. Why Orpheus? Because as I filled in the details, I began to realise that I may have been subconsciously inspired by SONG OF ORPHEUS from THE SANDMAN graphic novel.