Wow!.. The face!.. the clothing!.. the trees!.. fantastic!:buttrock:
I’m learning something. I’ll be waiting for your “making of”.:bounce:
Great work!
Happiness Is A Blue Bird, Jose Manuel Oli (2D)
esternocleidomastoid
#121
armocelu
#122
Te quedó muy bien el majo. ¿Te basaste en algún personaje de película?, es que me recuerda a la portada de un dvd. Creo que se llamaba Romasanta o algo así.
En fin el contraste que le diste al cuadro le da una gran profundidad, lo mismo que sucede con la precisión del detalle del personaje y el difuminado del fondo. ¿Empleaste fotocomposición o tú lo pintaste todo?. De cualquiera de las dos formas el resultado final es buenísimo. ¡Olé!
olijosman
#123
Thanks Esternocleidomastoideo and Armocelu, but you must make your questions in English… it is not my native language too, but it is the forum common language
armocelu- ¿Te basaste en algún personaje de película?, es que me recuerda a la portada de un dvd. Creo que se llamaba Romasanta o algo así.
+you must read the other pages, he is not a film character. Those are the classic French Highwayman clothes . You can see them in Friedrich paintings , pirates films 
or or in this French film : “Le pacte des loups”
more clothes information :
http://www.thesteelsource.com/html/mr100530.htm
-armocelu-¿Empleaste fotocomposición o tú lo pintaste todo?
:eek: Damn…it is not a photo-composition, you can see the steps in the previous page …
system
#124
BLOODY AMAZING!!! Wow, I love the rendering style! 5 stars! What did you use for reference?
olijosman
#127
Hi again…
+Thanks Infinite,you can read about the documentation in this and other pages too.
+Thanks a lot Somhairle and SpaceTik
And this it is a tutorial of another technique used in the image,
if you are a nibbledpencil-visitor you will know it, probably
http://www.nibbledpencil.com/image.php?image=FINGERSPAINT3.jpg
armocelu
#129
About the main language, it was just a kind of courtesy, but you’re right, I must respect hte other readers too. I see the steps you post and have to say, double congratulations.
I have seen also the movie of “Le pacte des loups”, and yes, your character remind me that too, especially at the begining of the film where the main characters are whit the face covered as in your image.
Hey don get angry for the repeated questions, i check the threads from my work and sometimes i don’t have the time to read all the answers. Cheer up!
olijosman
#130
hehehe…, nonproblem Armocelu, I’m not angry and thanks again . And right, this is de kind of look, like this Friedrich paint: “Moonrise over the Sea with Two Men”
I love Friedrich paints…
ashakarc
#131
Hi Olijosman, it’s me the annoying guy again :] I want to ask you couple of questions about your work.
As I look at your work, there is always a concept and some hidden meaning crafted with great brush strokes. My question is: How do you approach the painting? Do you prepare or pre-visualize the concept before starting the first lines, or things just happen on the fly? As most topics you have shown here, they have subjects, clear ones. What prompt you to do them, as they don’t seem to be a personal reflection of a kind? In other words, do you follow certain agenda or purpose, or it is part of a story telling?
My interest in finding answers to these questions will help me alot in understanding “the act of making” with regard to this form of work.
Much appreciated in advance
olijosman
#132
Hey…these questions are not annoying for me
Whou…hehehe I need a dictionary! I have understood everything…I think
Well, the root of all the process is an idea. This does not mean a scene idea with elements etc (girl killing dragoon in flowers field ). Is simply an idea,a word or a phrase,a concept…that is the root to develop an idea expressed with artistic language (the painting, in this case)
Happiness (or lack of happiness) was the seed for this work .In the process to develop the seed I have read and investigated ( I like to learn things when I make a painting) Then it is when I define what I want to express and the way to do it.
+ Example of developed idea:
http://www.nibbledpencil.com/imagenes_gra/MOUNTAIN%20SKETCH3.jpg
This it is a sketch of an idea “Mountain of things” .it speaks of all the material things that we hoarded in our life…with the funny idea that will always accompany to us.But the lady of belladona crown, remembers to us that we are wrong ,with a kiss.
Our obsession to hoard things is what I want to express in the painting .
Thanks for your interest, Ashakarc (unfortunately I write in English very badly…)
ashakarc
#133
Oh, thanks for the answers. So, it seems that it is story telling that starts with an idea, and you build it up as you go. What I really like about your approach is that you try to convey a message, of human and societal values. Mainly, because your characters are not build out of vacuum, they are a product of the whole subject. I tell you, this is very very rare in this forum, some have really good skills in painting and rendering, but the subject is pure eye candy. Your work, is on the contrary, full of symbols, gestures, and meaning and most importantly dynamic.
btw, I still think “Identity Rape” is the best work ever posted on CGTalk, worthy to be in a museum
The thing about this quality of art work, is that, it demands from the artist to be a good reader as well as a good painter. Reader, in the sense of culture, society and history, and human behaviour. This way, the artist is able to load up the work and let the audience have the fun of reading the meaning behind. I typically enjoy this type of work, in fact it is the only type of realism that I would enjoy. Keep up the good work, and looking forward to see more.
heaVencAt
#135
Yes! Happiness is a [color=paleturquoise]blue bird, which can be shot at any time the hunters like.[/color]
The yellow fall forest, the masked man and the gun are all the hunters in our life.
We should always keep Happiness a treasue.
Is that what you want to tell us, I guess?
olijosman
#136
Hi again Ashakarc, your words mean much for me
What I really like about your approach is that you try to convey a message, of human and societal values. Mainly, because your characters are not build out of vacuum, they are a product of the whole subject.
Right, I don’t want to use my time in “only” good technique work.
I try to show a history,a sensation or a reflection about something.In order to do this it is necessary to extend knowledge and grow in culture,I think
I try to make a balance between technique and content but I do not know if this is pompous or pretentious. It is an internal conflict…because I love eye candy works too.
This it is a left painting :
http://www.nibbledpencil.com/imagenes_gra/STB3.jpg
I use the realism to attract the common public ( realism is something popular) The funny thing is you can only see a guy with rifle , or try to understand all the elements (including the title …the best clue)
Thanks again for your commentaries:) and right, I am happy with the “Identity Rape” result
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Thanks Hui Tian
HeaVencAt, it is an interesting interpretation indeed, thanks
DoctorSharky
#137
This is uber! I cant even describe how good it is!:bounce::bounce::applause::buttrock: