Echoriel Art Blog

cedricgo 2019-01-15 01:16:07 UTC #21

Nice!

If you're using photoshop could use gradient maps. It can be a bit tricky to use, but they can be quite powerful. Here's a tutorial for you in case you've never heard of it.

Otherwise you can also manually paint over it using layers in different blend modes to colorize and then add finishing touches with some opaque colors. If you go that way I'd recommend that you read this article. It should be pretty helpful.

echoriel 2019-01-15 14:28:36 UTC #22

Thank you, Cedric for the video tutorial and the article (it is so well written and easy to understand).
I will try both and see what suits me better.

echoriel 2019-01-16 00:10:15 UTC #23

I tried to use gradient maps and I really liked it. Painted a bit over it as well.
not sure about colour scheme yet, I will try to experiment with it more at some point. I really wanna find some good colours to make this scene more creepy, so it is more obvious that she is possessed.
And I also need to do reasearch on a night time skies.

cedricgo 2019-01-16 01:07:42 UTC #24

Oh nice! I'm starting to get kind of a classical painting vibe from it now. Not sure if it's the subject or what, but I like that.

As for making it more creepy, I think that you could darken the whole thing quite a bit and then bring back some of the light from the lantern. Because we all know that dark equals creepy... right? But seriously, I did a quick try to see what it could look like. You'll judge if it's something you'd like to try or not.

I might have overdid it a little, but I feel it does give a purpose to the lantern as it now becomes the main light source. As for the possesion effect, I just gave them both glowy red eyes, but I'm not sure if it work or not

So far I like where this is going though. So I'm looking forward to see where you go with it.

dee-lov 2019-01-16 01:11:43 UTC #25

Lighting will be your best friend in making this as creepy as possible! I definitely recommend going along with the lantern as your primary light source

echoriel 2019-01-16 12:43:00 UTC #26

Yes, I would agree that I should probably darken the whole piece and use more of the lantern as the main light source.

The piece turned out to be pretty disturbing haha x) I can definetly recognize your touch

echoriel 2019-01-16 12:43:18 UTC #27

yes, i agree on that

echoriel 2019-03-19 17:08:16 UTC #29

I spent few days at my actual job painting on my crappy laptop.
(crappy because the screen "eats" up a lot of values and colours and I cant help it)
I am not going back to any of these so I just drop em here.

this was day 1

And this was Day 2

echoriel 2019-03-20 00:26:13 UTC #30

cedricgo 2019-03-20 13:32:24 UTC #31

Despite what you said about the computer you're using, I think you've did a solid job with those portraits, especially the second one

echoriel 2019-03-21 23:48:42 UTC #32

echoriel 2019-03-22 22:03:32 UTC #33

Did another greyscale painting and decided to throw few gradient maps on top of it.

cedricgo 2019-03-23 00:12:45 UTC #34

Seems like you're getting more comfortable with gradient maps. I'd say the only thing that's bugging me is the color of the elbows. I think you could tone it down quite a bit to make it look more natural.

Beyond that I think she looks lovely

echoriel 2019-03-23 12:07:25 UTC #35

NO, im an artist i see her elbows like this!
jk
ye, i definetly agree.. also elbow skin is weird in general.
I wont get back to this one because i do these greyscales to figure out brushes and techniques that i like to use but I will account elbow issue in the future thanks

cedricgo 2019-03-23 15:39:34 UTC #36

Well keep doing it then. I won't stop you XD

But yeah, doing skin is dificult as there can be a lot of subtle color variations happening at different points.

echoriel 2019-03-25 21:14:13 UTC #37

I spent my weekend drawing this without any particular point or idea.
So i've started with this greyscale painting at first

Then I thought to myself: "Gradient maps, yay!"

After all the manipulations I did to this image I have decided to tone down these bright colours and I painted on top of it

I hope that it turnes out alright

What really bothers me is that I think that I switch between styles quite a bit... I think the reason for that might be that I am still learning and figuring out new ways of work as I am REALLy working hard on understanding light and colours lol

echoriel 2019-03-26 00:18:49 UTC #38

cedricgo 2019-03-26 15:09:13 UTC #39

Well I think I do that too and I don't think it's really a bad thing unless you have something very specific in mind.

As for this last piece, I think it's coming along very well. I like the more muted colors you're using. It feels a bit different than your other work, but it works very well. Keep it up!

echoriel 2019-03-28 21:52:12 UTC #40

ah, thanks, @cedricgo!

another update on this piece, it slowly moves towards the end. I am very confused by metals, I know super new and polished ones will reflect light etc..
i need to google for some master paintings that have metals in it.. for some reason i have a hard time understanding it

echoriel 2019-03-29 18:43:48 UTC #41

I did some studies about metals... i think this looks somewhat more metal-like haha :>
rn im seeing that the trees are pretty flat... and im thinking to add tiny details like some ring on her fingers and maybe some low hanging necklace...will see ;>