Sunday, November 12th, 2006
practice, practice
This past week I was inspired by an artist that gave a talk at work, Tadahiro Uesugi. He gave a demo on how he paints digitally, his method is simple and direct, while watching him I knew I was watching a master at work. His demo was simple but effective, what I mean is there is no waste in time fumbling through photoshop, like I so often do with the tools and such. I mean this guy is a great designer, this was more than a what kind of pencil do you draw with kind of thing. It is yet another reminder of keeping your approach simple and direct while trying to maintain some fun through your process.
I know these are Tadahiro inspired and I don’t plan on aping him but I do want to understand his process, so I practice.
on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 1:27 am:
these are nuts louis!
the composition in that top one is just killer, and i love the texture/colour you’ve been able to get; really sweet dude.
on Friday, November 17th, 2006 at 6:17 am:
These are really beautiful !
on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 4:55 pm:
Oh, yeah! These are great! Man, I wish there was a demonstration of this technique on the web. I’ve been hearing how simple it is, but with these textures, I…God, I want to know what it is! Is it all photoshop? I’ve been using photoshop for since the begining, but I have no idea how to get this look with out importing my own textures.
AARRRGGGHHH!
Any, great work partner. It’s good to see you back on the net.
on Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 11:36 am:
thanks you guys.
Kelsey, the paintings above are just the tip of the ice berg. I didn’t take it to a reasonable result, they were
a result of just playing with the technique to see what
I could use. Textures are all made in photoshop but in the demo he said that he has a library at home of textures and brushes he uses.
on Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at 1:55 am:
Beautiful studies. Well done!
on Monday, July 9th, 2007 at 11:20 am:
Hey LG,
These two pieces are beautiful. I love the glowing feeling the clouds give off and i love the gracefulness and pose of the young lady. Truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing your work!