This is a new painting i began in oils and have since (for the third layer) taken digitally. I'd be very grateful for feedback. Thanks!


By invaderkat

hum. It seems alot more vibrant in photoshop. I wonder if it's just my computer that's muting it or whether it's the nature of posting online.

By invaderkat
without stuff

That crop on the left side is insanely uncomfortable, its literally lined up with the edge of her face. Give her some room to breathe now that its digital. WIth oil I could see why you couldnt extend the canvas, but now that you've moved it to digital you're free to do whatever (although you can always add a 2nd canvas to an oil painting - but thats so much more effort). anyways cool stuff, the renderings very nice. I'd actually be very interested to see just a photo of the oil painting of it if you could post that up :D.

Yea, i agree with the cropping. When i was painting it i was yelling at myself for not having planned it better and thought how convenient it would be if i brought it to photoshop. Which i did. Then i thought about it and thought 'well, maybe it's working for it, a sort of constrained feeling, immobile, stuck and uncomfortable.' Then problem being i'm trying to imply movement particularly emphasized by the hair... so i suppose i'd be contradicting myself by trying to imply movment and constraining it. Point taken, expand.. phew!

My problem with working on canvas is that i've only recently begun painting and i have a tendency to get very muddy before i get clean and that takes alot of time because there is a whole struggle of back and forth till i make up my mind and it takes much longer to do it traditionally then adjusting cyan on photoshop. I still paint weekly from life traditionally so i'm still figuring it out but i got impatient with this one since i was already running into problems in terms of composition. No patience no patience. Another interesting note on these traditional weekly paintings is that for the first couple of hours i am confident the colors are clearer and so are the shapes. Awesome, i love where it's going. Then noon hits and i grab the smaller brush and try to make it tighter and it goes downhill from there. I need to remember to bring my camara next time so that i can take photos of the canvas every time the model takes a break. It will be interesting to see.

I jsut wanted to let you know I stopped by, and your new image didnt show up for some reason. Ill be back to comment... mmmmhmmmmm.....

Still a work in progress. Feedback welcome!

By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-12

oil studies. gonna begin studying landscapes n still lives 2


By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-13


By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-13


By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-13


By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-13


By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-13

By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-13

The newest self-portrait is way better then the 2nd to last composition/hair flow wise. And nice job taking the face further. Only thing killing the flow is the direction of the bangs. It's totally working against the twist of the body and the flow of the overall hair mass you got going on.

The piece pieces are really nice, but MOST of them are lacking contrast. It seems to be a common theme in your traditional work, party from lack of clean up (bumping up contrast in PS) and just pushing it traditionally to begin with.

Step back from your work and blur your vision. If you cant tell what's going on you need to push it. It's not that bad (it's actually pretty bad in #3) but it's something you just need to push a little bit and I think your stuff will literally pop more.

By invaderkat at 2010-02-13

done in two hours in corel paint. One layer, no color picking. It could use more work but it was a study anyway.


David, thanks, i'll definitely try to be more aware of it (contrast) and i'll play with the levels of the paintings i already did.

oh... and duh! the hair. I was keeping the flow in mind when i was doing the hair and then started freaking out because i'm still unsatisfied with the composition and began doing the bangs. Good call.

By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-02-15

That quick study came out pretty freaking solid. Stoked to see what u come up with today.

2 hr study in class. I'm probably gonna finish this one.


By invaderkat at 2010-02-20

Looks like a good study to try and finish. Liking how well the lighting is executed so far.

I'm still planning on finishing the girl above.. i do agree that i dig the lighting. I think that's why i'm excited about taking it to the next step.

Here is a 3hr concept sketch (used ref for bird) for a painting.


By invaderkat at 2010-03-04

study in oils. about 4 hrs


By invaderkat, shot with COOLPIX P80 at 2010-03-08

By invaderkat at 2010-03-14

I'm either gonna maker her look ultra realistic or get some armor on her. '

ps; i don't continually post to fill up my page with as many images as possible. I shall get around to trying to give what feedback i can to others.

Newest one is forbidden, and where's the piece from this past weekend?