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david, you are doing some really fine work. Your style and pastel colors remind me of a Canadian watercolorist, and Japanese woodblock artist, Walter J Phillips. I'll post this for inspration. http://www.sharecom.ca/phillips/contents.html
I hope you enjoy.
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@dale said:
david, you are doing some really fine work.
Absolutely hail that! Stunning mate, really! Great style!
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Thanks so much for the comments guys,its always great to get positive feedback.I have attached 2 more images,I think this will be the last for this project.Im sure everyone is the same in that you learn a better/faster way to do something with each successive job and that was the case with this one for me,particularly with the skies and vegetation.
The main thing I discovered with the watercolour effect is that reflections can really bring an image to life.this is the main reason I have the car in the image because subtle reflections of the sky and surrounding area are picked up on it,and helps to bring another level to the overall image.
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I prefer the first one. Is beautiful and has a better composition
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This is definetly the final one!I didnt quite like the sky in the previous upload but once you change one thing,it begins to take on a life of its own and before you know it everything has changed!
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I love the style in these renders, I vaguely remember in another post that you gave some insight into how you did it. If I'm wrong I'd love to hear how you did it, what's sketchup, what's not, the pp behind it. If you did already can you reply with a link? Thanks,
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http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31369
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=29646
above are 2 links to some of the procedures in the way I work.the main thing is to understand that with watercolour in its purest sense,colour bleeds into colour.My own favourite watercolourists are a lot more free in how they apply paint,most leave the paper to do the talking.The way I work,is I render an image and consequently have to work within the final rendered image.The key to a good image is good compostion,(see this web page http://website.lineone.net/~peter.saw/ctutor/cmpsitn1.htm )good contrast and more than that ,good lighting.(see olisheas amazing HDRI lighting of his latest model
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=31532)
True watercolour can be beautiful and there are some wonderful artists out there,but like most people on this forum ,we work digitally and consequently accept the shortcomings of our medium- so lets push the boundaries. -
a new "old school" look, great work, as usual, David!
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Wow, Davidh, thanks for all the links, this will keep me busy for awhile. Cheers!
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