thanks for the comments on the previous one. i didn't even consider consider composition. i just kinda wanted to paint what poured out of my head to evaluate myself and find a good starting point. so i think i'm going to start doing more things that involve heavy lighting until i can grasp the subtleties. so here's another unfinished painting. you can see where i stopped refining because i got bored. looks like tofu. anyway... reference was a photo of some blocks on a wood floor. 35 minutes, 1 layer. i'm really figuring out what i need to improve on as i go. i'm not totally comfortable with my tablet yet, and i need to work harder on using less strokes, just in the right places. here we go!
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yes, i think this has a lot more going for it. the lighting and shadows make a lot of sense and you've done a really good job of using the variations of white to give a 3D sense to it. I like.
p.s. - um, i think i need my arms to critique art over xanga. darn you.
@Syrup6 - /stitch
/tie
/tape
/tada!
Sorry it took me so long to respond to this. One thing to keep in mind on stuff like this is the perspective lines. On a downward shot like this, you typically have 3-point perspective, but when your subject matter is rotated all different directions (like these blocks) it can get complicated.
Rather than bore you with more than you wanted, I figured we could focus on the fact that (assuming the edges are all cut straight) all of these blocks would be lying on the same plane. This means that they should all share at least one vanishing point, below the table.
First, to illustrate, I traced your descending edges. Again, IF we are assuming the edges of the blocks to be properly squared off, none of these lines should cross. Or, rather, they should all cross at the same place (the vanishing point.)
IMAGE 1
Then, I hope you don't mind, but I did a quick overpaint just to show what your painting would look like with those descending edges squared up:
IMAGE 2
Of course, you have every right to tell me that these are all irregularly cut blocks and that my advice is, in this case, irrelevant.
@jesterspawn - all comments/criticisms/paintovers etc. are welcome. that why i put it there. i see what you're saying and you're right. i think if i were to make up this image from my head i would try to be systematic and draw out my perspectives. i had a reference photo that had block in it that i can guarantee were not perfect cuts. but i was striving to make things line up, so... but yeah, my perpective is definitely something i need to work on.
thx mang!