Hey, thanks guys for the kind words 
The Curse
Helzer's Sketches
siiilon
#1344
Ow, the cyan light in the distance is wonderful! How did you progress designing this piece? I love it
danielh68
#1345
Hi Sillion, thanks for the good word
Well the piece above was an hour sketch the Daily Sketch Group. The theme being “Alien Landscape”. Underneath it all, it’s just an abstract painting. I laid in some black masses, streaked some with the smudge tool and used a soft brush to gently hollow-out areas.
Then I created some sharp masses in the distance, flipped the canvass around to see if another angle would be more interesting, which it did. It orginally started out horizontal.
Afterwards, I laid in some colors using multiply, overlay and normal modes. Adjusted the levels some. At last, I added a female figure on a separate layer to give the landscape some scale and a touch of humanity.
I hope this answers your question. Thanks, bro!
“The Red Kite”
siiilon
#1349
The “The Bounty Hunter” is fantastic!
In the “The Tree of Life” I would use more gradient on those rails to lead the eye towards the tree itself. I didn’t saw it until I read the topic. The rails are taking too much static attention. But that’s just me rumbling, I enjoy your sketches so much, keep posting more
danielh68
#1350
Hi Siiilon,
Thanks about the bounty hunter, it was fun to sit down and get wild with the idea. In regards to “The Tree of Life”, I totally agree with you, a gradient would integrate the pipes better into the scene.
I haven’t posted as much as I would like to. Most of my free time has been dedicated to traditional painting. I’m really trying to improve in that area. Nevertheless, I still plan to post, if nothing else, just to shake the rust off
Thanks Bro for the good word!
soundwaves
#1352
sweet dragon illo…
i’m thinking hobbit in smaug’s cave with a magic ring…sweet :applause:
danielh68
#1353
Hey Thanks SoundWav, yeah it’s a tad Hobbit-ish
I haven’t posted in awhile, but thought I’d do a sketch tonight.
an hour.
jpedro
#1354
great stuff as usual daniel. specially like the bounty hunter and the red plane from the last page. the surfer is also cool…man, lots to like. i like the space man too, some nice use of structure brushes in there.
good to see you still going strong!
danielh68
#1355
Thanks Jpedro…I wish I could post more but life gets in the way sometimes I see your thread is still active and strong, glad to see it.
an hour.
danielh68
#1358
Thanks for the kind words, eilidh
This is an alla prima portrait I did today in oils. About 2 and half hours.
danielh68
#1359
This is another oil painting I did in a period costume class, last night. I believe it was a 15th century Italian lawyer’s suit. In anycase, I spent about three hours on it.
