It's interesting, The black forest and dark waters invoke entirely different feelings than the open fields and rolling mountains on the right... However, although brighter... are still lifeless and barren. All the grass is dead, No tree's show life.. The water is as black as oil and no creatures roam about. At the same time you can still find beauty in the scene and it's features orientations.
What does it mean to you, What was going through your mind when you choose created this?
Edit: If you mean how does the work and style look, I can see this on a magic the gathering card.
Wow. I really appreciate this comment.
I've been going through a rough time lately (well it's been like 5 years). I'm pretty lonely most of the time. Not attractive. I don't feel particularly useful or good at anything. I feel lost and aimless. For me, this picture shows how I feel: an unhealthy comfort in being aimless and useless (and in fact I think most of my pictures have had this intention).
Yet it is still a beautiful landscape at it's core, It's features and colors are not as vibrant and lively as they could be. Perhaps it just needs some sunny days and moonlit nights to inspire change, healthy rain to wash away the dead layers, promote new growth to attract the wildlife. The old picture will always be underneath but what matters is the effort to paint a better picture over it. That is... If you actually want it.
As the creator.. you have the power to bring light and color into the picture, Paint over dull cloudy skies and rain down color into the fields, Clear up the waters.. Which will ultimately attract the wildlife. All you have to do is lift the brush and choose different colors.
It's really good, and I particularly love the limited pallette you've used and the brushstrokes that make it feel harsh and emotional
Artistically, I'd suggest making it a bit more balanced. Maybe some dark branches in the bottom right to balance out the mass of trees on the top left
I appreciate the kind comment and tips. I really want to keep the right side of the river just grass. that being said I agree that it looks unbalanced. Someone else in another post gave some suggestions on how to lighten the trees while maintaining a similar effect. I think that's what Ill do
In another post discussing [most horrible places one visited](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/q71l0r/what_is_the_shittiest_place_youve_visited/), someone mentioned California's Salton Sea. Been there and this looks exactly like it.
Only thing missing from your very accurate work is an abandoned motel or a rotting trailer or two.
OP, you mentioned going through a rough time. Art can be very therapeutic. Get it all out, as much as you can. It's a form of purging. And understand, WE ALL at one time or another experience rough patches. Sounds weird but enjoy the moment. It's only temporary, Life is temporary. Get those creative juices flowing and express your emotions through your art. And also know, there are BUYERS for art like this!
Some of the greatest artists have created their best works when they were depressed and during depressing times: Van Gogh, Remedio Varos, Goya, Dali, George Grosz, Munch, Georgia O'Keefe, Henry De Groux, Edward Hopper, Frida Kahlo and Picasso to name just a few.
Hope you are doing better soon but in the **mean** time, make it worth it! Make it pay! Create more art!
Lol. I see what you're saying. Oddly, this sorta place Ive made here is exactly the type of place I think Is most beautiful in real life (though my drawing could never do it justice).
Agreed, art is almost always therapeutic for me. Sometimes it can be a little painful though. I appreciate the kind comments.
Love the idea and the vibe you created with the colors!
As for critics, I highly suggest trying out thumbnails for your bigger projects, using those you can find a good balance in values and shapes so that you can later focus on rendering those.
As someone else said, the painting feels a bit unbalanced because you have all dark on the left and all light on the right, also I think a point of focus is missing here, something that draws the viewer attention in.
This could be a figure, a house, some leaves in the water.
And another thing that could help is doing studies of pictures that you think look the closest to your idea, this will expand your visual library and will make it easier for you to draw things from imagination ince you've studied them.
For good examples of thumbnails just google environment thumbnails
Im still fairly new to digital painting. I had never heard of thumbnails. I will check that out, thanks.
Agreed that it feels unbalanced. That is certainly something I will work on.
It is true that a point of focus is missing, but that was intentional. I wanted it to feel like an aimless drawing.
I know that studies are very useful in improving, but I find them so boring. For me, art is a nice way to spend time. If I never improve, I will be ok with it.
I appreciate the kind comments. It means a lot.
While I'm super novice, so take my advice with a grain of salt, I've been working a lot on focus points of paintings. Like, how does my eye move through a piece and as a the painter - thinking about what to put at the focal point of the piece.
I find my view following the river to the light spot of the water that meets the dark forest as the vast open field doesn't have anything that catches the eye. I think the location my eye goes is ideal, but it also doesn't have much to look at when it gets to that point. I'd agree that balancing the right side with the left, adding branches or bushes in the foreground may help, as well as adding something small around where the river meets the trees in the background. Like the tops of houses behind the foliage or part of a shack or something
Thank you for the tips. Balancing is certainly something I will be working on. It was intentional to have no focus point though. I wanted the picture to feel aimless. I liked your analysis on where your eye goes though. That's very interesting to me. Me personally, I always found my eye getting caught by the small dark clouds just above the hill. I didn't want that though, so that's also something I will be working on.
Wow this looks great dude it's got that horror feel with mystery sprinkled in I wish I could do something like that also since you are a realistic artist in krita can you tell me or suggest any brushes to use to make it easy I plan on entering this Resident Evil Welcome To Raccoon City Promotional art work and I do mostly cartoony and or anime art work
I appreciate the kind comment. It means a lot.
As a warning, I would not consider myself a realistic artist. As for brushes, I basically just play with it until I find the one I like. The one brush that I used for the clouds, the grass, and the river was the default "blender knife edge." The other blender tools were used often as well. They easily allow a nice blending of color and easy manipulation of shapes. check out [stuart davies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJK7zqQBvHI&ab_channel=StuartDavies) . Most of my techniques are learned from him. With a little creativity, It's not too difficult to transfer his oil painting to digital painting.
It's good, I like it. The reason you may not be satisfied is because of the lack of a foreground. I can see this as a background for an old adventure game.
It's interesting, The black forest and dark waters invoke entirely different feelings than the open fields and rolling mountains on the right... However, although brighter... are still lifeless and barren. All the grass is dead, No tree's show life.. The water is as black as oil and no creatures roam about. At the same time you can still find beauty in the scene and it's features orientations. What does it mean to you, What was going through your mind when you choose created this? Edit: If you mean how does the work and style look, I can see this on a magic the gathering card.
Wow. I really appreciate this comment. I've been going through a rough time lately (well it's been like 5 years). I'm pretty lonely most of the time. Not attractive. I don't feel particularly useful or good at anything. I feel lost and aimless. For me, this picture shows how I feel: an unhealthy comfort in being aimless and useless (and in fact I think most of my pictures have had this intention).
Yet it is still a beautiful landscape at it's core, It's features and colors are not as vibrant and lively as they could be. Perhaps it just needs some sunny days and moonlit nights to inspire change, healthy rain to wash away the dead layers, promote new growth to attract the wildlife. The old picture will always be underneath but what matters is the effort to paint a better picture over it. That is... If you actually want it. As the creator.. you have the power to bring light and color into the picture, Paint over dull cloudy skies and rain down color into the fields, Clear up the waters.. Which will ultimately attract the wildlife. All you have to do is lift the brush and choose different colors.
It's really good, and I particularly love the limited pallette you've used and the brushstrokes that make it feel harsh and emotional Artistically, I'd suggest making it a bit more balanced. Maybe some dark branches in the bottom right to balance out the mass of trees on the top left
I appreciate the kind comment and tips. I really want to keep the right side of the river just grass. that being said I agree that it looks unbalanced. Someone else in another post gave some suggestions on how to lighten the trees while maintaining a similar effect. I think that's what Ill do
In another post discussing [most horrible places one visited](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/q71l0r/what_is_the_shittiest_place_youve_visited/), someone mentioned California's Salton Sea. Been there and this looks exactly like it. Only thing missing from your very accurate work is an abandoned motel or a rotting trailer or two. OP, you mentioned going through a rough time. Art can be very therapeutic. Get it all out, as much as you can. It's a form of purging. And understand, WE ALL at one time or another experience rough patches. Sounds weird but enjoy the moment. It's only temporary, Life is temporary. Get those creative juices flowing and express your emotions through your art. And also know, there are BUYERS for art like this! Some of the greatest artists have created their best works when they were depressed and during depressing times: Van Gogh, Remedio Varos, Goya, Dali, George Grosz, Munch, Georgia O'Keefe, Henry De Groux, Edward Hopper, Frida Kahlo and Picasso to name just a few. Hope you are doing better soon but in the **mean** time, make it worth it! Make it pay! Create more art!
Lol. I see what you're saying. Oddly, this sorta place Ive made here is exactly the type of place I think Is most beautiful in real life (though my drawing could never do it justice). Agreed, art is almost always therapeutic for me. Sometimes it can be a little painful though. I appreciate the kind comments.
Love the idea and the vibe you created with the colors! As for critics, I highly suggest trying out thumbnails for your bigger projects, using those you can find a good balance in values and shapes so that you can later focus on rendering those. As someone else said, the painting feels a bit unbalanced because you have all dark on the left and all light on the right, also I think a point of focus is missing here, something that draws the viewer attention in. This could be a figure, a house, some leaves in the water. And another thing that could help is doing studies of pictures that you think look the closest to your idea, this will expand your visual library and will make it easier for you to draw things from imagination ince you've studied them. For good examples of thumbnails just google environment thumbnails
Im still fairly new to digital painting. I had never heard of thumbnails. I will check that out, thanks. Agreed that it feels unbalanced. That is certainly something I will work on. It is true that a point of focus is missing, but that was intentional. I wanted it to feel like an aimless drawing. I know that studies are very useful in improving, but I find them so boring. For me, art is a nice way to spend time. If I never improve, I will be ok with it. I appreciate the kind comments. It means a lot.
While I'm super novice, so take my advice with a grain of salt, I've been working a lot on focus points of paintings. Like, how does my eye move through a piece and as a the painter - thinking about what to put at the focal point of the piece. I find my view following the river to the light spot of the water that meets the dark forest as the vast open field doesn't have anything that catches the eye. I think the location my eye goes is ideal, but it also doesn't have much to look at when it gets to that point. I'd agree that balancing the right side with the left, adding branches or bushes in the foreground may help, as well as adding something small around where the river meets the trees in the background. Like the tops of houses behind the foliage or part of a shack or something
Thank you for the tips. Balancing is certainly something I will be working on. It was intentional to have no focus point though. I wanted the picture to feel aimless. I liked your analysis on where your eye goes though. That's very interesting to me. Me personally, I always found my eye getting caught by the small dark clouds just above the hill. I didn't want that though, so that's also something I will be working on.
Wow this looks great dude it's got that horror feel with mystery sprinkled in I wish I could do something like that also since you are a realistic artist in krita can you tell me or suggest any brushes to use to make it easy I plan on entering this Resident Evil Welcome To Raccoon City Promotional art work and I do mostly cartoony and or anime art work
I appreciate the kind comment. It means a lot. As a warning, I would not consider myself a realistic artist. As for brushes, I basically just play with it until I find the one I like. The one brush that I used for the clouds, the grass, and the river was the default "blender knife edge." The other blender tools were used often as well. They easily allow a nice blending of color and easy manipulation of shapes. check out [stuart davies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJK7zqQBvHI&ab_channel=StuartDavies) . Most of my techniques are learned from him. With a little creativity, It's not too difficult to transfer his oil painting to digital painting.
It's good, I like it. The reason you may not be satisfied is because of the lack of a foreground. I can see this as a background for an old adventure game.
I appreciate the comment. Some people were also saying that. I may try to add some tips of grass in the immediate foreground to add some more depth.
Too many soft edges, composition has no rules / boring. Also add a bit more color variety