24th of January
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I drew 3 different art styles this morning. 2 of them featured very dark water, which meant that everything else would need brighter values to create the contrast we’re after. This made it look like a gloomy night scene which gave a nice opportunity to play with light sources. However, we decided to use the 3:d art style with bright white water. It’s inspired by the Japanese Ink painting style which often features mountain landscapes where the artist simple paint the upper silhouettes of the peaks with a very wet and loaded brush. The paint is then allowed to flow down, which creates a very nice and detailed texture that fades out, giving the impression that the mountains sits in a thick mist. It’s supposedly a very effortless style to work with once mastered as the free flowing ink does most of the job. This is really to no surprise as it’s based on the Wu Wei philosophy, which heavily emphasizes effortless action, or accomplishing more by doing less.
(This blog post is not part of the obligatory posts) 5SD064  |