Digital art has always been my favourite form of art, it is extremely flexible and very easily adaptable. It can be a bit of a struggle if you don't understand certain core concepts, such as rendering techniques, understanding shadows, light control, understand colours, exposures and so on.
There are a lot of things that you need to know to produce a good standard art. However, you won't reach that level if you don't start painting it or start drawing it. You can spend hours reading up and watching YouTube videos on how to paint and draw but if you don't put it to practice, then, when will you ever improve your art?...
If you are new to digital art, and have wondered how people mix the colours to create depth and realism, then all you need to do is, try it yourself. Run your mind free, and eventually everything will come together like a puzzle. Once you have cracked that confusion and curiosity, the thought of creating and drawing would seem the most beautiful thought you have ever thought of. It is incredible, the possibilities just open up and as long as you have that will to draw, nothing can stop you from creating amazing art.
Being an artist is not an easy task, to begin with, you are either born artist or progressive artist. You must have the patience of an artist, you must understand art itself, you must understand concepts and so on. Art is very subjective, art is form and content. It is a very vast subject, where one cannot fully define what an art truly means.
In fact, I should write an article on What is Art?... Because it is truly a vast subject and I think it would be worth my effort.
For now, I will conclude this post with my recent Digital Art that I drew as a practice.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Time taken: 3hrs and 15mins
Things to improve on this art would be:
* Re-work on his skin colour tone
* Re-work his eyes
* Re-work his lip
* More render ^_^
So that's it folks for today and hopefully I will upload some more of my art soon, as they are finished. I have been thinking to draw at least 1 piece of Digital Art a day from a reference, so within a month or so, I can start working on my own art without actual reference.
Okay,
Take care
