Aug 23, 2013

117A and Ctrl Paint Notes

August 23

Producers are of a week's patience.

Painting is seeing.

Process

  • Proportions
  • Gesture
  • Block-in envelope

  • Palette
  • Start small
  • Base tone
  • Big gradation
  • Go bigger image
  • Start in the back.
  • Block in shadows. Non local. Soft then erase for hard.
  • Multiply for shadows. Color dodge for highlight.
  • Lose Edges.
  • Don't render everything. Render focal.
As an artist, ask:
  • What is the surface material?
  • What is the age?
  • Why is it made a certain way?
  • What is the environment? Altitude?
  • What is the time? Weather?
  • Is it dusty? Humid? Wet?
  • What is the mood?

3 Cs
  1. Contrast
  2. Composition
  3. Concept

Ctrl Paint
1, 13, 8, 12, 9, 2, 10

Tab to clear tabs.

[ ] alters brush size.

When mixing paint, set the flow to 50%.

Before painting, make a palette over a 50% gray.

Multiply layer is similar to a glaze effect

Overlay is good for texture addition but the midtone has to be 50% and with little contrast. Histogram and levels help.

Don't have opacity and size pen pressure on at the same time. Hard to control.

Use soft round to pull colors and blend at low flow.

Marquees with the stroke feature under [Edit] can be used to make shapes.

Smudge can be used on its own layer if you check sample all layers.

Ctrl H hides selection.

Warp by entering transform and right clicking.

After warping, lower the opacity and erase the decal in the shadow.

Glossiness is important in figuring out a material.

Scattering on concrete makes for a glow around the lit areas.

Blend if.

CGTextures.com

Use adjustment layers as non-destructive method of adding contrast and color.

PUPPET WARP

Chop and warp thumbnails to remix.

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