Something that I love doing on my downtime, just to relax and get caught up in the tediousness is making these really graphic digital "paintings". I first started experimenting with it last year. I took a reference picture, traced over the main lines and then layer by tedious layer I added the color and shading.
A scene from a computer art project.
I loved the way that it turned out for a computer art project so I moved on to portraits. There's something really cathartic about building up the layers and challenging myself with the many differences in facial features and in the case below, tattoos.
Band: Motionless in White
I just recently went on a trip to Florida, it was relaxing and nice to recharge. While there my friend and I went to a Renaissance Festival. Below is an in progress shot of one of these "paintings".
There's still so much that I have to do on this picture but I really love the energy. I can't wait to post the final product.
I'm interested in how digital media is becoming more common in the art world. Photography and computer art as fields have changed so quickly in such little time, while other mediums have been the same since nearly conception. I like pushing the capabilities and ideas of both photography and computer art. I embrace their nature but want to push my viewer to see them as equals with the likes of painters.
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