For questions regarding naturalistic, representational, photoghraphic or abstract painting. This also includes questions about painting technique, tools, materials etc. This can include qeustions regarding mediums such as pastel or charcoal - mediums that focus on the tone and form rather than line ...
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How to color correct in Photoshop to match a color card
I'm trying to get accurate colors for a digital-photographed painting. The photo includes a color card ("Kodak Gray Scale", with cyan "C", yellow "Y", magenta "M", and a 19-step gray scale going from ...
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Why is the paint brush painting in a particular layer style?
I was trying to clean up the bottom of this bitmap bookmark by replacing blurry (i.e. Between black and the main grey color) pixels with the main grey color of the bokmarks.
I selected paint brush, ...
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What is a “visual library” and how to work on it?
Reading through concept art forums, Ive met an opinion, that one of the most important things for a concept artist is to have a vast visual library. Out of the context of that opinion I take that this ...
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How to study anatomy as an artist?
I am painfully aware that nearly all my paintings and drawings seriously lack in terms of proper anatomy. The figures ofen look unnatural, twisted, deformed etc. More advanced colleagues told me I ...
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Texture with simple brushes/traditional media
I know that for creating texture on their paintings many digital artists use texture overlays or fancy custom brushes. But how to achieve similar effects using only simple brushes? Are there some ...
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How to capture likeness in a portrait?
I'm having a problem with capturing the likeness of a person I'm trying to draw a portrait of, and I was hoping you could point out where I'm making the mistake and how can I improve.
Basically, the ...
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How to improve angle and proportion perception?
Im having a bit of a problem with my perception of angles and proportions. While I compare some elements of my drawing to each other, they seem to be fine. In a portrait, say, the browridge seems to ...
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What are the benefits of making gesture drawings?
As far as I know, most art schools have exercises or even whole classes focusing on making gesture drawings. But actually, Im wondering, why bother with it?
While it probably has some merits, but ...
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What are the fundamentals of human figure drawing? How to improve in each of them?
I'm trying to break down what skills I need to develop to draw a realistic human figure.
At the moment I got:
Gesture I have no good idea on how to exercise this, I mean, I have no good way to know ...
