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Rockses

Posted on July 19, 2011 by NetRaptor

Been tinkering with rocks and the palette knife tool. My reasoning was that since the palette knife works great for rocks in real life, why not in digital paint? And it does look pretty good. I tried to follow the … Continue reading →

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Anchored with rocks

Posted on July 18, 2011 by NetRaptor

I’ve thought and thought about this seascape, and how to make it really memorable. Make it tell a story, you know? Anyway, I scrubbed in some rocks with my digital palette knife, and bingo, the picture worked. Before there was … Continue reading →

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Tinkering with water

Posted on July 15, 2011 by NetRaptor

Here’s how I’m progressing on my little seascape. I’ve spent a lot of time staring at tiny thumbnails of Waugh paintings, like these. You can really see the brushwork on that last one. There are a lot of photos of … Continue reading →

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Distant island

Posted on July 14, 2011 by NetRaptor

I haven’t done a Sonic pic in a while, so I think I’m about due. So here’s a Sonic pic to practice both water and atmospheric perspective, two things at which I’m sadly weak. While snooping around for tips on … Continue reading →

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More beach painting

Posted on June 16, 2011 by NetRaptor

I decided to pull this out again and make a serious attempt to finish it. This is how it looks now. Here’s the detail of the girl: I just can’t get her dress to look right, but I can’t find … Continue reading →

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Dusk beach, problems

Posted on May 15, 2011 by NetRaptor

Got a bit more done today, still roughing out the main color masses. The lighting on the dragon is really harsh because I’m still figuring out the shapes of the light and shadow. Not sure I like the color of … Continue reading →

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Beach dusk, shading

Posted on April 15, 2011 by NetRaptor

I got a few minutes over the last couple of days to tinker with this pic. I messed with the basic shading in the background, and blocked in the foreground shapes in black. Over on James Gurney’s blog, he had … Continue reading →

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