Dec 3 2008Mad Skills: Amazing Digital Art Techniques

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That's pretty sexy... I wish I had skills like that

What exactly is digital painting anyways?

to above ditto

Dope. I've always liked Artgerm's stuff.

ZOMGWTFBBQQQFAAAKKKEEE!!!

This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell it's a fake because the shadows are all damn wrong.

This is a retake from behind the scenes of the hit movie never back down, where Baja paid for Max's art classes and drew him a fish using photoshop. Max didn't care for it too much though.

Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Traditional painting is painting with a physical medium as opposed to a more modern style like digital. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model. The artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer. All digital painting programs try to mimic the use of physical media through various brushes and paint effects. Included in many programs are brushes that are digitally styled to represent the traditional style like oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and even media such as airbrushing. There are also certain effects unique to each type of digital paint which portraying the realistic effects of say watercolor on a digital 'watercolor' painting.[1] In most digital painting programs, the user can create their own brush style using a combination of texture and shape. This ability is very important in bridging the gap between traditional and digital painting.

Digital painting thrives mostly in production art. It is most widely used in conceptual design for film, television and video games. Digital painting software such as Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, ArtRage, GIMP, and openCanvas give artists a similar environment to a physical painter: a canvas, painting tools, mixing palettes, and a multitude of color options. There are various types of digital painting, including impressionism, realism, and watercolor. There are both benefits and drawbacks of digital painting. While digital painting allows the artist the ease of working in an organized, mess-free environment, some argue there will always be more control for an artist holding a physical brush in their hand. Some artists believe there is something missing from digital painting, such as the character that is unique to every physically made object. Many artist post blogs and comment on the various differences between digitally created work and traditionally created artwork........Boy, I'm tired!!!!

digital painting is using ur mouse or a special pen that you connect to ur pc/mac via usb to paint directly on the computer. you can use specialist software like corel painter or even photoshop. a lot of pre visualization work and matte paintings for films are nowadays made digitally by the artists.

the images posted above are okay, there are some far better people out there though. check out "expose" books for some of the top notch people.

I've never understood how it's not distractingly unrealistic when someone holds up a "sword" that would be impossible to lift if made of anything except styrofoam. I know it's "fantasy," but come on.

f***in anime

This is as f***ing intense as muffins!

Why muffins?

Because muffins are f***ing intense!

No they aren't.

Muffins are soft and fluffy.

Daisy should get her facts straight.... "it's a photoshop job!"....... stupid bitch.... =P

You could have chosen hundreds of possible convincing nouns and you chose ........."muffins". That's like saying, "...as intense as soup".

Get that final fantasy shit out of here.

You know, I'm an illustrator. Some of these are good, but those 2 of the living room and the kitchen are totally photoshop filtered photos, and they f***ing suck. If they're not just filtered, then why the f*** would the "artist" make them look like filtered photos? What a f***ing tool.

this is so awsome. i wanna buy tablet to do this. there done a Wacom Cinque tablet. simple amazing as ummmmmmmmmm toast. lol

Soup can be intense also.

@17 - Gumbo is a pretty intense soup. So is goulash. Oh, wait... maybe they're stews?

@19 - I concur.

OHHHH sure!!!!,

Soup can be intense?!?!?

Ya, if you're 86yrs old.

21st

HEY!!!,

Am I just a pervert or is the robot-thingy in the first painting showing us her breasts?

That time that my alphabet soup spelled out instructions on how I should kill everybody in my building? Pretty intense.

Luckily, my neighbour's labrador retriever talked me out of it.

@25 - The fact that you're a pervert has nothing to do with the fact that you're correct.

"THANK GOD!!!"

Damn!

They just gotta squeeze in Optimus Prime. Michael Bay into something, I could tell you that.

intense as muffins! take that grammarnazi!

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You can also use a tool called GrammarNazi to learn about Digital Painting.
That f***ing bitch/bastard knows every thing about Dig — I — Tal (claims) about Pain — Ting.

Did I use the word "tall" well there's tallchat. GrammarNazi whydn't you start a whore joint?

@6 FAIL

can we get the REAL daisy in here please?

Woooooo Clouds Strife! Can I get an amen!

Chuck: Shut your f***ing whore mouth up.

'Cloud Strife' even, 'Clouds Strife' is the picture i drew of him and he had to decided between getting his sword polished or his hair cut.

Umm... They're all filtered pictures.

Daisy, this time you are right. It´s a photoshop job.

wake up you lazy geek. post stuff!

Art is dead.

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.

This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max and Baja needed money to save their gym, and entered a dodgeball tournament.

such animosity between the commenters these days. Oh and muffins can be intense just ask the muffin man he'll tell you. I would argue though that soup isn't really intense, now stew on the other hand can be very intense.

Art is not dead. It's just resting.

@ Mooseknuckle.

I did a little Internet searching and found the artist for which you had issue.

http://www.greensocksart.com/index.html

It is possible, what you say, but he has the skills, so maybe it is just a style choice for the illustrations.

@7 nice cut and paste skills....

you should include the link though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_painting

This place is a f***ing gasoline-soaked time bomb today!

I love when everybody bands together to destroy each other with verbal ammunition. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!

Angry mother f***ers. You are awesome. I feast on your despair!!!!

The one before Optimus Prime is my favorite... dark, intense, and humorous if you cock your head to the side and look again at the cat's expression...

@45 yeah, I like how he adds "...Boy, I'm tired!!!!" to the end to try and make people think he typed it all himself off the top of his head.

#46 - F*** you, I used to feed on the despair of others, then my mother got a job

@49 - mmmmmm, tasty.

(no, not your despair, your mom.)

@37 the ignorance...

Holy crap everyone is lively this morning! I just got to work and you guys are already all up innit. Eastside is it?

I like these.

See that GRAMMARNAZI? Short and sweet.

@49 "Your mother was a Snow Blower."

I kinda like the living room and the kitchen, the altered color schem changes the mood. And I don't think they're photoshop filtered photos... if you look closely some of the shadows are wrong.

@53

Yea, I said the same thing when I saw your mom on Porn Tube.

FAKE!!

These aren't digital paintings at all. The textures are all wrong. These were painted with a real brush and paint.

They remind me of a movie....actually, they don't remind me of a movie either.

Pew pew pew

@55. That's funny. I like you.

@55

Y'or probably right Mr. Knuckle. Although, shadow imperfections are not exclusive to digital art. With years of experience you can mess & alter shadows with traditional darkroom techniques by overdeveloping or overheating developer in the development process of negatives, or dodging and burning prints.

Not that I would know about that,... or anything.

surreal...

SIXTY FIRST,

Muffins are Delicious,

I like upside down boobs,

Digital painting is clearly the work of a sorcerer,

I like upside down boobs.

Any Questions?

Didnt think so.

PWND

"Muffins are f***ing intense"... that's funny like a couch!

You want intense? Try dipping a corn muffin into tomato bisque, almost as awesome as dipping a grilled cheese in tomato soup, extra points if its a grilled cheese w/bacon

@62 - You're correct like a dinosaur.

Why a dinosaur?

Because it was the first word that popped into my head, and it makes as much sense as the attributes being designated to muffins and couches.

Actually, strike all that. My answer to your question is: Why NOT a dinosaur? *mysterious look with arched eyebrow*

i find nothing worng with dinosaurs i had one as my music teacher back in grade 8. and randomness is considered a form of art on some planets...ya but...on some planets its safe to eat doorknobs.

Many things are very disturbing for my perverted mind, observe (pics from top to bottom)

- 2 testicles and 2 rectangular balls
- i still don't understand this pic
- sexy winged bitch cant make up her mind, does she want to burn or freeze the city??!! still id tap that...even though it is just a drawing... :( ...atleast im not tapping the comuter screen like some people.
- dildo lamp
- flying thong
- id tap that in so many places
- i wouldn't mind being that motorcycle as long as the rider is female
- implants
- WTF a lightsaber in medevil times FTW!
- robot sex on water

nice pics though

@54 - she was good too

(I've been an illustrator retoucher for a decade or so at various agencies)

Some of these new techniques are interesting but they are a poor imitation of the real thing. Although they have their place in a clean office environment I guess.

Also some of the above content is rather pointless, as it's 'too' photographic. It's simpler to just snap the real thing and filter it. Some of these styles are merely a rehash of the 80's airbrushing fad.

What I prefer is to create something by hand in various media, then merge them together in photoshop. So the digital final work also contains some of your real life handicraft - a sort of hybrid from old to new school if you like. I also like to have some contrast too, say a technical illustration overlaid with real textures or painting for example.

Great skills though, so it gets a silver star all the same :D

Am still trying to get a woman balancing a pot perfectly!The question is are the oil paintins or photographs

I meant painting a woman balancing a pot.Reality and a more beautiful scene l ever .So oil painting or photographs.

This is another example of media overshadowing the message. Some of these pieces are interesting and fresh, but in the end what does it matter what tools were used to create them? I'm not even debating the argument of if digital or real painting is "easier" or "cheating". I'm just saying that a piece of art made in any medium only really matters if the piece is interesting or thought provoking. Musicians have had to deal with this for years in the form of sampling/electronic music vs. electro-acoustic "live" instruments. To me it doesn't matter if the music is made on a PC or on a "real" physical instrument: the music matters, no the tools used to create it.

haha.. the angle has a BULDGE! *_*

Why are digital paintings so dramatic or depressing? Would it kill them to paint a meadow?