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Very nice painterly style! Nice use of color too! Ironically enough, I used the same ref and did a drawing of this as well some time ago...here's the link if you care to see :)
http://www.ratemydrawings.com/drawings/photorealism/415490.html

thinbear (edited Nov 24, 2013)

I think yours is better than mine! Such as the cheek, I can definitely recognize the outline and relief easier

Here's what I think: (could be wrong as most of my experience/tutorial are from internet)
I used to paint animal by drawing their fur, one by one, slow yet I thought it was "accurate".
Later I figured out using photo as reference is better than real object as the focal point is fixed. The unfocused area should be blurred or using a softer brush. (In a real object painting, your eyes auto focus wherever your stare at, I made this mistake for a long time)
Later when I see Roytjes' amazing art on 2draw, I learn that using "rough" "in-completed" brush stroke to represent the non-focused area/unimportant part (instead of blurring it), elevate the feeling of the whole picture to another level. It is very different from the realism painting I have been practicing.

It is hard for me to jump to his style, could be I am missing some basic lessons and lack of sufficient practice. (I tried several before and they turns out giving a very sloppy with weird color tones >_<) I think I can somewhat manipulate in "pixel level" well, but not "brush stroke" level yet.

In this drawing I intend not to "jump too far", experiencing somewhere between his style and realism where I am more comforted with.

About the color, someone taught me I can break down the color for lighten and shaded part; taken a green leave as example, the sun lit area can be colored with lime yellow or even yellow on the edge; the shaded part can be darken with blue or black. I sometimes even shift the color tone for fun, but not always success.

It is hard to express abstract things in second language, hope you understand. :)

#22 the hatchery

Felistorm (Nov 23, 2013)

safety save

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#21

Felistorm (Nov 21, 2013)

So mad....those lines didn't pop up til I hit save and then it was too late. ....otherwise this creature is sort of an evolutionized idea of a bird...losing it's need for wings developing (well de-evolving?) into more like a dinosaur counterpart. Living in the mountainous area of it's planet (yeah decided it was to be extra-terrestrial ) it is now sentient.

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Teapot (Nov 21, 2013)

Wow, this is great. Very dynamic with the angles and the perspective. Any chance the lines are on a separate layer? Hope so.

Felistorm (Nov 22, 2013)

Thanks!! :)
Maybe. I was thinking I could maybe go in and play with this one and see what I could do to take them out. I've decided Lascaux is jealous of any music player I run LOL It starts doing weird stuff. :P Then again my comp has been griping at me about memory.