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PROCESS VIDEO // rising - part 3
🕑 Added 2021-01-28 09:15:10 +0000 UTCHere's part 3 of the process for Rising! If you want to watch the previous parts, here is Part 1 and here is Part 2. This video has a black screen for the first few seconds, don't fret through, the video begins at 6 seconds! (sorry about that!)
This is the part of the process where the least creative decisions are made. From a distance, the drawing barely changes - it’s about zooming in and working on those small details so that the image feels ‘finished’. For me, that mostly means grabbing my hard round brush and just smoothing things out. That’s why this one is sped up the most - 4 times the original speed. You can adjust the speed to be slower or faster with the gear button!
Some pointers while watching this video:
- During this part of the process, I’m just trying to figure out how to clean up the roughness of the image. Sometimes I don’t really know where to start, but it helps to focus on cleaning up the edges of the different elements and shapes. So basically I go from one area to the next, making sure that the edges feel neat and cleaned up. That usually helps clean things up fairly quickly.
- I flip the canvas from time to time. This is because I tend to focus on specific areas within a composition, and when I flip it, I notice new areas that I had ignored before. For example, the bottom left area of plants by her legs got more attention in the normal composition, but in the flipped canvas, I noticed that the opposite side was being neglected. Flipping the canvas helps me to gauge which elements need more work in a more objective way.
- Towards the end you’ll notice me applying some textures. Basically I took a video of leaves flying through the air that I made with my phone, and isolated the leaves which I applied to the painting. I also used a dirty concrete texture to add more roughness to the bottom part of the plants. I usually apply effects like these towards the end of the process, just to push that level of organic detail a little further.
To me, this phase of the painting process feels very methodical and almost like mindless work compared to the rest of the creative process. I usually put on a good podcast and think about other things while I’m doing it. If you guys have any questions about it, ask away! I usually assume that there’s not a lot to say about it but I could definitely be wrong there. Hope you enjoy it and let me know if you have any questions :)
Comments
Loish
so glad you liked it!! i always feel like my process is super boring so i'm very happy to hear that you enjoyed all of the videos.
Garciartist
This is amazing!, I watched the three videos and I enjoyed the whole process, from the sketch to the incredible level of detail. Beautiful work!
Loish
hey joshua! this is a video without audio. sorry for the confusion!
Joshua Ibejigba
Please the audio isn't working here, how do i go about making it work?
Loish
glad you like them! I'm happy you guys get something out of it :)
Loish
thanks kevin! I just use my intuition to find the right composition. But I usually fall back on the tried-and-true techniques that we all know. I'm very influenced by art nouveau (alfonse mucha) compositions so you'll see elements of that in my work a lot! I like having lots of curved lines to lead the eye.
Kevin Casey
Love your videos, Do you just eyeball your composition or do you use one or more of the existing methods to decide ?
Gabriela Karadjinova
All your process videos are so helpful! Thank you for taking the time to record and upload them!
Riley Morgan
I cant wait to watch it. Thank you so much. I cant wait for new artwork as well. Have a wonderful day. This honestly makes my day so special everytime I see the notification that loish has posted something new on patreon
