Digital Painting Of My Guardian Angel. - Showing my latest digital painting.

What sort of manual techniques did you use to create your work and were there any effects you applied during the post? I tried doing something similar but I am not getting any good results of it looking anything natural. I just take pictures an use Olympus editing software to apply the Art effects like cartoon, oil painting, and air brush.

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Ah Sellaman - I see. I think I now have a inkling on your technique. Do post one of your progressions - would go a long way to understand the technique.


Hmmm - abstract/modern? I am not sure. I did see quite a lot of abstract pieces - the last time being when I had been to New York - spent about half a day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Part of the displays there were of that category and most of them did not make much sense to me. Some did not even have enough work put into them (in my opinion) to garner my appreciation.

Here is how I see it. I am an engineer by day. Most of the things I do, I try to do it to get something purpose served either for me or for other. I try to get it done efficiently. When I do artworks, I just see it as an extension of serving myself or others. It is more of an performance than just mere self expression where it is quite satisfactory when more people are able to appreciate what I have done. And going down the abstract path - in my opinion - I see it rarely happen.

Do I think abstract and modern styles are not art at all? No - of course not. It is just not where my interests lie. You must know by now the phletora of mediums and styles we have in visual arts alone. I just happen to dabble in digital art - specifically in digital painting (more like the traditional technique - everything is done using brush strokes without any filters) and vector illustration. For the past few years as I have been working on those styles, among other techniques, I have had exposure to color, texture, value, composition, and more interestingly towards form. Lately, I have been so interested in line and form that I am putting more energy into doing just illustration (albeit digital). I believe it will help me in both the style - digital painting and vector illustrations. And with these three areas/niches, I think I have enough of it and I would expand only when I really feel the need.


Ha! You're welcome yordan.


Well Quatrux - I think that is what the style is all about. You could get a rabbit out of the picture. It lets many have several different interpretations, and take you in a journey of pondering. Quite exactly as yordan does above?



Yup, laniczech - why is it that we have to die to get our artwork appreciated?

Yet, from my experience in watching some of the works (even by Picassa), I just dont get what the big deal is all about.

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