All artists have their piece of art that stucks with them, be it because of the challenges they face to paint it, or the emotions attached to that specific art piece, or how many times the artist tried to master some aspect of the fundamentals, but failed again and again, just to realize that, in the end, all that matters is the fact that the choice of painting is already beautiful.
Here are some of my fails, successes and emotions through years of art.
My first finished art piece. I just fell in love with digital paintings when I got my hands on the digital pad. The result was a very lacking of many art fundamentals, a single brush through the whole paint, more than 40 layers and 4 days to complete. Although it is definitely not an example of success, the feeling I had while painting was marvelous and that is why this painting brings me good memories when I see it.
My first time trying line arts and a different process for the rendering phase. Although it still took me quite some time to finish it, I also felt very good painting it.
This art piece carries a lot of emotion. I went to Boston Comic Con and saw plenty of different artists with different art styles. When the event ended, I went home feeling really bad. I looked at my art at that time and saw how bad my fundamentals were. With a mix of frustration and focus, this art piece was made. At that time, I wanted to learn too much too fast. The only thing I learned is that learning art takes time.
This art piece carries a lot of changes with my art process. Less layers, different brushes, less time I spent to finish it, trying out blender layers and much more, but the major factor was using references. I can’t state enough how much references helps artists to achieve better results.
Although this guy has serious issues with all the botox he applied on his face, this art piece brings me good memories. Not only because I really like this movie, but also for my choice of brush. I really like oil paintings and how the brush strokes leaves behind some whitness from the canvas, creating some texture on the strokes.
This art piece defined all the steps I take from start to finish on most of my pieces till today. A very thin line sketch that usually I leave as a lower transparency layer, a single layer shaped following the sketch, a twin layer clipped on the layer below, basic flat colors for different features, rendering (adding values, light, shade, highlights and more), blending layers for different effects and final adjustments.
This one brings me back good memories. I have spent a long time trying to avoid linearts, simple because I couldn’t make it look good, I lacked on lineweight, better shapes and manipulating forms. After studying for some time, I came back to linearts and that was the result. I still have a lot to learn, but I really like how it turned out.
I really liked the process of creation from Mr. Euricio. He looks like someone that, despites the age, is trying his best to put a warm smile on people’s faces. This art is the result of years of fails and successes and I am really proud of creating him. Come on, look at this guy’s dentures, I know you also want one.
This art summarizes something I spent many years trying to accomplish, a good looking final piece while not trying to go for perfection. My biggest mistake is trying to be perfect on every single stroke I make, colors I mix, shapes I fill, trying to go perfect on every single step of my art process. At the end of the day, there is no such thing as perfection. Art is very subjective. If the final result shows the skills you mastered during countless hours you studied, that is what matters.
I still have many more art pieces I would like to tell a little bit about, every art has a story, but because I painted so many, this page would be gigantic and the amount of time I would need to type it all is just too long, so, because I am lazy, I will simply post some more art pieces that are special for me and my favorites through my art journey.
