Treble-clef
08-01-2008, 06:09 PM
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Title: Ephiflux
Name: JinJian Xu
Country: Canada
Software: Photoshop
Hi everyone, it's been real busy for me for the couple past months, so I tried to do as much painting as I could.
When I was little, I always had a fear for giant, gaseous entities. When I first... looked at nebulae from books, I've always felt a sense of mystique and awe for these celestial wonders, and ever since, I've been meaning to try my hands on something this eerie. Ultimately I really wanted to portray something that's,... beyond human, yet still has the essence of man, and I tried to incorporate that element here, as the suited man is somewhat of an angelic or universal messenger.
For the making of this piece, I used mostly a hard, oval brush with noise on, and I tried to put a real grim and depressing feeling around the female figure, trying to emphasize how our world today is degrading by the second, while innocence desperately tries to invite the heart of mankind. I did run into some trouble when I thought about making an appropriate background, and it did take me a while to find the proper texture for an almost rusty and stone look, eventually I painted on top of the texture, and added cracks here and there to achieve the background.
Anyways, that's enough ranting from me now
Done in Photoshop CS from scratch, roughly over 1 month
C&C welcome : D
Title: Ephiflux
Name: JinJian Xu
Country: Canada
Software: Photoshop
Hi everyone, it's been real busy for me for the couple past months, so I tried to do as much painting as I could.
When I was little, I always had a fear for giant, gaseous entities. When I first... looked at nebulae from books, I've always felt a sense of mystique and awe for these celestial wonders, and ever since, I've been meaning to try my hands on something this eerie. Ultimately I really wanted to portray something that's,... beyond human, yet still has the essence of man, and I tried to incorporate that element here, as the suited man is somewhat of an angelic or universal messenger.
For the making of this piece, I used mostly a hard, oval brush with noise on, and I tried to put a real grim and depressing feeling around the female figure, trying to emphasize how our world today is degrading by the second, while innocence desperately tries to invite the heart of mankind. I did run into some trouble when I thought about making an appropriate background, and it did take me a while to find the proper texture for an almost rusty and stone look, eventually I painted on top of the texture, and added cracks here and there to achieve the background.
Anyways, that's enough ranting from me now
Done in Photoshop CS from scratch, roughly over 1 month
C&C welcome : D