I
was thinking, for a few days, that
the best idea concerning this tutorial
would have been to explain the steps,
one by one, the conventional way.
But after a while i realised that
there was probably not much to talk
about, as the major interest of the
image can be found in the three first
steps. Afterwards, it is just a matter
of fixing details, and working very
simply on the image, in order to bring
more visual elements to the piece,
giving a more realistic aspect to
the whole thing. In other words, my
principal worry was, how could i escape
from the abstract concepts that had
helped me building the piece in the
first place? I don't speak about it
often, as it is a very difficult process
to explain. But yes, concerning personal
work, i tend to trust abstraction
a lot, at first. from abstraction,
realism can then come up. My goal
will be to grab the elements away
from these first abstract forms, give
them a second life! Of course, i cannot
use the same process for professional
works, as for this particular case,
i have to decide everything by myself.
abstraction is not welcomed. But for
my personal art, my decisions may
vary according to these very vague
forms that i first organise on my
blank electronic sheet.
What
do we have here? At first, nothing
else than a landscape, some abstract
composition that took me 30 minutes
to put in place. But at the same time,
the image was already there, i just
had to define things and make final
choices, but nothing tremendous. Of
course, the subject itself is not
that original. Sorry for this, but
i just can't help it, i love sci fi
scenes, epic atmospheres from movie
to symphonic compositions could bring
tears to my eyes! :> On the other
hand, i guess it comes from this tremendous
jaleousy we could have towards the
people who will observe, live and
discover these unknown future worlds
and technologies, even our children.
My subconscious aim is to probably
recreate these world before they exist,
as being able to imagine the future
is like forcing this same future to
come to you. destiny doesn't exist,
as we commonly say.
STEP
01
STEP
02
In
order to begin from a piece
with a bit more contrasts,
i decided to grab an image
i had previously done. Not
for the image itself, but
only for the black areas that
could help me find interesting
rythms for a new composition.
Weird process, but it is worth
it. also, i never use aything
else than created materials
done by myself.
Here's
the image i have added in
overlay, for this piece.
