Monday 10 December 2012
Thursday 29 November 2012
Creating your own reference for 2D art
No matter what style you use in your 2D art, good reference is essential.
Taking the Nightcrawler 2D assignment as an example here's how you can approach a" figure with strange anatomy and dramatic pose/lighting" scenario. Sketch out your ideas first of course, but when you have a good idea where you're heading you can create your own custom reference in a 3D package for proportion/perspective/lighting/composition/inspiration. Not to slavishly follow it you understand, a painter should always try and inject their artistic vision and character into a piece - just use this as one more tool to help make your art more polished and professional.
Damn, I wish there'd been 3D packages when I was painting comics, all I had was plasticene. Sob...
Taking the Nightcrawler 2D assignment as an example here's how you can approach a" figure with strange anatomy and dramatic pose/lighting" scenario. Sketch out your ideas first of course, but when you have a good idea where you're heading you can create your own custom reference in a 3D package for proportion/perspective/lighting/composition/inspiration. Not to slavishly follow it you understand, a painter should always try and inject their artistic vision and character into a piece - just use this as one more tool to help make your art more polished and professional.
I knocked this up with a biped (scaled and adjusted to be a bit Nightcrawler ish) and some boxes in 3ds Max, played around with the pose and a couple of lights and cameras for a bit, it didn't take too long.
Damn, I wish there'd been 3D packages when I was painting comics, all I had was plasticene. Sob...
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