Making of the Naval Officerby GuzBoroda, Russia Web: www.guzboroda.ru


Often happens that I immediately notice some errors in the form of an object, such as shape hand wheel or spyglass. Then, I create above a picture on another layer, fill it beige, adjust layer transparency about 75%, and create another layer (gel) above and a penciling forms again. After that I remove the beige layer and on the main layer make the necessary corrections using the pencil’s drawing as a hint. When I drew a person an officer, I have tried to use only light colors, without deep shadows and greatly clarified area. I have to keep in mind the idea that human face is a set of complex shapes and spots, not just the nose, eyes and mouth. I tried to find solutions to show the volume and difficult terrain of the human face.



In addition, I tried to use more than two light sources. I tried as late as possible to begin to detail, knowing that I am often get carried away and lose sight of the main. It happened with the hands of the soldier, cocked hat, and ropes. Instead of scratched each finger and a thread on the rope I had to draw the general shape of ropes so that it is organically combined with other forms of close. So the hand of a soldier should have been drawn together with a rifle, so that their shadows combine in an interesting shape. A rope should have been an interesting shape like a spider’s web, but not as the individual strings.




I work with color throughout the work and do not like to paint using colorize or overlay layers. I have resorted to these effects are very rare, when I don’t have time absolutely to fix mistakes and I need to quickly do something. It is because I have 3 days (24 hours) for work on cover. I prefer to put the color of paint using oil brushes that picture was more like a real painting in oils. And yet it is learn be responsible for the painting, which is very important for the artist. I hope my description of the process to someone can help.

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