This series
of images will show the general method that
I used to create my painting "Heaven
and Hell". Each image has a brief description
of what was going on and how I was working.
Should you want to see a more detailed Image,
click on the picture and you will be taken
to a larger version. If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to ask.
I begin
by creating a new document with a colored
paper. I then create a new layer. On this
layer I sketch my initial figure. Everything
remains very fluid and subject to change.
I have not determined the final size at this
point but I do have a clear Image in my mind
of where I am going. I do my sketching with
a variation of the marker brush. At this point
I work on the figures separately.
I
apply lighting to the background. This is
the easiest way to get some color going. I
block in the figure and hair. I try to arrive
at color and value relationships that will
work in the final Image. I am still painting
on the transparent layer. I am also working
on the figures separately but applying the
same lighting to keep a consistency in the
Images.
I continue
to work on the figures. In this Image I have
started to add some texture to her skin to
give her a little more creepy look.
I
have to resize my canvas to make enough room
for the second figure. Both figures are on
separate layers making it easy to position
them just how I want them. When I think they
are positioned, I combine the two layers.
I begin to work on the background and integrating
the figures together.
Here's
the background without the distracting figures.
I always try to keep things fluid and subject
to change but I am beginning to envision the
final feeling that I want at this point.
At
this point I drop the figures on to the background.
I continue to refine both figures. I add the
smoking fire to the dark angel's palm. I paint
in the smoke and then use the turbulence brush
to give it the swirling look.
I refine
both figures. I add the clouds to the background
behind the white angel. I paint the butterfly
on a new layer using mainly airbrush variations.
I only paint half the butterfly. I copy, paste,
and flip horizontally the half butterfly.
I then collapse both layers to one. I position
the butterfly where I want it. At this point
I have also removed some of the canvas on
the right side of the painting. The blue square
is some bug that painter started generating.
I
clone the Image. In the clone version, I begin
adding the fire in the background. I paint
most of the fire with the airbrush and custom
variations of the airbrush. I do not worry
about overlapping the figures at all. When
the fire is finished, I clone the figure back
in from the original. I begin to develop the
reflected light on the dark angel.
More background
development. Again, there is the flaw that
painter is generating. For some reason, this
only is happening when I save to the painter
RIF format. I have begun saving everything
in TIF format also.
The
final painting. If you have any specific questions,
don't hesitate to e-mail me.
