Anatomy Thread of Rebecca Kimmel

#801

OOOOH…!! :eek:

#802

Hey Rebecca, that last landscape would look fantastic as a Giclée! The texture of the photo has such a great tactile feel to it. :slight_smile:

#803

can’t we start using abbreviations like AWG for awesome-wonderful-great? i demand an AWG-button ^^

AWG (until the button is here)

the paysage is super with that shattered look…mmmmm

#804

This technique plays very nice with your smooth painting style and fits with your tendency to dark palettes well (where I’d pick 50% grey, you’ll go 100% black ;)).

gio-4_small.jpg is the one that interested me the most. With the piece on a white background my eyes are fighting the contrast hard enough that it feels full / complete on it’s own. When i look at it with a dark grey / black background I’m aching for a little bit of texture around the character. Very dark, very minor – varying between 0 and 10% luminance and not continuous, just something to grab the eye when it falls off of the figure, and push it back in.

This could be my narrative tendencies springing to the fore, but I'd play with a tweak to the treatment of the face to separate it from the body. I do like the sweep of the dark from the shoulder over the mouth, but I'd like to know how it looks if you use another texture to control the strength of the first one masked to the face (the second texture varying the intensity of the first by a small amount say 10-20%)?  There is a lot to be said for the variation and interest that the textures add, but taking it a step further to give a bow to the uniqueness of the bodies seat of expression would be nifty.  

Despite the Mudbox SS of Gio's piece not having self shadowing for the nostrils it might be worth taking a look with a bit of darkness there.  Especially with those very dark eyes the nostril situation is a little jarring :D.

Great to see you painting, and bringing some more techniques into the toolbox.  You've been playing with texture for awhile, but this is bolder and more interesting stuff you've done with it -- very interested to see where it leads :).
#805

Ha, pretty true Mu. :slight_smile:

Heh, thanks Anandpg. :wink:

Thanks Joel - that sounds like a very cool idea. :slight_smile:

brainwave, thanks for the enthusiasm. Good to see you here on the forum.

kary, thanks for the always insightful and interesting comments. Would never notice that about the nostrils but now it’s totally obvious, hahaha.

Anyway here’s another experiment for tonight:

#806

Hi Rebecca :slight_smile:

Been a while since I said hello here - although I enjoy popping in and seeing your work :slight_smile:
I really like the way your “Antropus-Tribal woman” is coming along, seeing the way you experiment with the textures and the sepia-like tones. Having looked at her face for so long myself, I love the way you’ve actually given her more of an asian face:thumbsup:

And… your GiO’s female figure is just lovely! :slight_smile:

Hope all is going well in your busy life - and thanks for putting up this OFDW :slight_smile:

take care

a.:slight_smile:

#807

heyy you’re getting slow, just a couple posts per day nowadays

what calmed down the hurricane, u found love or sumthin? :curious:

#808

Awesome!!.. you should make a tutorial on using textures on paintings!:bounce:… that is, if you already haven’t!

btw, love the new look!:smiley:

#809

its always inspiring to see your work.
I love those OFDW pieces but i think you lost too many details and rhythm with the textures.

i prefer your traditional stuff to digital :slight_smile:

#810

I have always loved incidentals in painting and photography (thus my love of Giacommetti and E. J. Bellocq) I couldn’t help but think of them in looking at these recent works.

Good stuff (I would love to see them in person - real dimensions, space and time)

Gord

#811

Lovely scapes, very free and at the same time powerfull!
My favorites are the gesture drawings, inspiring indeed:).

Cheerio Chris

#812

Hello Rebecca!

What to say? People probably said it before me. Love line flow, shading, gesture, light and shadow,…! Your work is just superb! I sincerely admire to your work. :bowdown:

Cheers!

#813

Hi Rebecca just found out you have yourself a Anatomy thread. :slight_smile: beautifull work, i haven’t had the time to browse through all of it yet, but i will. i just love it what i have seen

#814

reb - the landscape paintings. You said are photos touched up? Not sure I am folowing. I really like the out of focused paintings. They are kinda ghostly!

#815

[left]Frejasphere, thanks for dropping by. The OFDWs are always fun to do, it’s a pleasure.

Squibbit, heh, yeah I’m getting old!

Anand, hey thanks buddy! I totally forgot about that, I’ll throw something together if anything is interested. It’s ridiculously easy though.

vedran, thanks for stopping by. Heh, I prefer traditional to digital as well.

Gord, thanks for your comments.

Chris, thanks!

vulf, thanks for dropping by, good to see you participating in the forum!

maozao, thanks for your comments, good to see your hard work here.

aggie, nope, I’m not touching up landscape photos, I’m using photo textures on top of paintings.

Haven’t posted in a while, sorry for that. Here’s some more or less recent stuff I’ve been working on, a lot of experimentation, etc:

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[img]http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Digital/Gesture-004A.jpg[/img]

Process gif:

 [img]http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Landscapes/L22_small.jpg[/img]
 
 [img]http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Landscapes/L21_small.jpg[/img]
 
 [img]http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Digital/Rorschach-Baby_small.jpg[/img]
 
 [img]http://gorillaartfare.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/l18_small_4.jpg[/img]
 
 [img]http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Enviros/Enviro_001_small-04.jpg[/img]
 
 [img]http://gorillaartfare.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/l17_small.jpg[/img]
 
 [img]http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Traditional-Drawings/_Charcoal-Drawings_9974.jpg[/img]
#816

you are very good with those textures experiments, they are quite lovely.

i hope i can do some charcoals like you can one day, gotta work hard for it though.

#817

Well…, :drool:

#818

maozao and anand, thanks. :slight_smile:

Some more experimentation for tonight from photo reference:

#819

wow… it’s been like forever since my last visit.
Love your student works!
And your textures are outstanding! Great ideea. I’ll try something myself. The combination of textures and landscapes is a killer. Very frameable resoults!

Glad i cought up!
Great new works!

#820

Thanks Icey! :slight_smile:

Some leg (from photo reference), and a different texture take on an earlier image: