What visual art do you create? Is it good?

jwmmakerofmusic

@sigma79 Neoart pastels look rather lovely tbqh. Can't believe they discontinued those. That sucks.

And yes, even the base iPad is very essential imho. It's great for when you can't afford expensive supplies and can't be arsed to sit up by a desk to make trad art. Can just relax in your sofa and make digital art.

Anyways, thank you. I tried hyper realism. It's fucking difficult, even in the digital realm. The older I get, the more I love Abstract art. Just as the older I get, the more I love Ambient music and Outsider music. ❤️ Used to be a young punk, but no longer am.

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@Dav Hell, that dog painting looks great to me! The point is, a person can right away see that it's of a dog, even as an Abstract piece of art. Idk, I think it's very well made, and you drew that as a kid? Amazing work!

Dav

Hey thanks, @sigma79 and @jwmmakerofmusic. Our mother was a professional artist, so all us kids learned arts/crafts from an early age.

jwmmakerofmusic

@Dav said:
Hey thanks, @sigma79 and @jwmmakerofmusic. Our mother was a professional artist, so all us kids learned arts/crafts from an early age.

That's definitely a blessing. ❤️

And here's my next piece of art.

Since my client is Christian, I decided this would be rather lovely. She gave me free range to make whatever for her.

Edit: She also loves cats, so...

u0421793

Oh yes I forgot, I did this a couple of weeks or so ago, to get back into the swing of watercolour, it's using a photo as reference which I took in Gibraltar the previous month, I left all the good photo gear at home and only took the Fujifilm XP120 waterproof camera and it turned out to be all the camera I needed

https://flic.kr/p/2qXhKqc

jwmmakerofmusic

@u0421793 said:
Oh yes I forgot, I did this a couple of weeks or so ago, to get back into the swing of watercolour, it's using a photo as reference which I took in Gibraltar the previous month, I left all the good photo gear at home and only took the Fujifilm XP120 waterproof camera and it turned out to be all the camera I needed

https://flic.kr/p/2qXhKqc

That's really lovely, mate! Very well painted.

stown

Wow! So many wildly creative and talented folks here! I wish I could draw or paint or sculpt but I feel my efforts are the equivalent of a cheap wine when it comes to that. :P I guess what I do have visually is a decent sense of aesthetics ("good eye").... so I like to take pictures off stuff. By day I am an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation (been there for Big Hero 6 and everything since) so I create simulations and random effects for animated features (and I seem ok at that "artistically" ). In addition to that and photos I have been just barely dipping my toes into torch enameling. Generally trying to make pendants that take inspiration from photos I've shot.

jwmmakerofmusic

@stown said:
Wow! So many wildly creative and talented folks here! I wish I could draw or paint or sculpt but I feel my efforts are the equivalent of a cheap wine when it comes to that. :P I guess what I do have visually is a decent sense of aesthetics ("good eye").... so I like to take pictures off stuff. By day I am an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation (been there for Big Hero 6 and everything since) so I create simulations and random effects for animated features (and I seem ok at that "artistically" ). In addition to that and photos I have been just barely dipping my toes into torch enameling. Generally trying to make pendants that take inspiration from photos I've shot.

The photos you've taken are extremely breathtaking! But wait a sec...

By day I am an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation (been there for Big Hero 6 and everything since) so I create simulations and random effects for animated features (and I seem ok at that "artistically" ).

Not my art, but my face right now.

🤯 Shit, your dayjob is basically Superman while your photography side projects are like Clark Kent. Officially working at Disney?! My mind is blown, mate. Seriously!

sigma79

@sigma79 said:
My level of painting. Iv only tried a few times on ipad. Stored gear for 12 years ( the paint ) and never applied colour at school 30 years ago ( a failure )

but its kind of ok. Although ideally id get way better.

Cant be bothered to keep painting for now.

I think its all about learning landscape sky and earth but gaining a photo and adding more objects.

I added a few extra strokes.

stown

@jwmmakerofmusic It is extremely cool working at Disney! I love my coworkers... it is an amazing, inspiring place to work. It's so great working on projects that are our own.... Before Disney, I worked for 19 years at Rhythm & Hues doing effects for films and the clients were soul-crushing. But at Disney I can be in a director review, show some test for an idea I had and the directors can be like "we love it! put it in the film!". Anyway I am truly fortunate.

And thank you very much for the praise of my photos!

stown

@jwmmakerofmusic oh yeah I meant to say.... I just saw an early storyboard cut of Zootopia2!!!! That's one of the amazing perks of being there... seeing early versions of the films... and witnessing crazy ideas that pup up and (correctly) never make it to the final cut. Oh... and when they score the film, they often have a stream available to watch the orchestra as they play along to your shots (well everyone's but face it... it's cooler when it is your shot!)

stown

@sigma79 that's looking beautiful... Somehow the addition of the sun brought extra magic to those flowers(?) in the field

sigma79

@stown said:
@sigma79 that's looking beautiful... Somehow the addition of the sun brought extra magic to those flowers(?) in the field

Yeah its weird man.

Where I dont practice and never have.

The grass here etc.

Iv only just experienced how you actually add colour to create shape ( although I did paint an acrylic tree in 2012 etc ) Same kinda thing. Just add dark, then light to create the shape.

Instead of just drawing lines and coloring in.

lol

jwmmakerofmusic

@sigma79 Yeah, I find that 2mb upload limit to be a little limiting, but eh. It is what it is. Still amazing art, mate.

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Final image of the 8-piece series for my client and friend Mary.

Edit: BROOO! Just scored a HUGE art commission. 🫨 This is so much more fruitful than producing music. Think I may hang up producing musical client work for a bit to focus more on visual client work. (Of course personal music will still be crafted. I mean, there's only so long I can go without producing some sort of Ambient at least!)

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@stown

Bless you, mate. That's really incredible to hear some insider info about Disney. Seems like a dream job come true! Love that so much. Hoping Zootopia 2 turns out stellar! Loved the first one.

sigma79

@stown said:
Wow! So many wildly creative and talented folks here! I wish I could draw or paint or sculpt but I feel my efforts are the equivalent of a cheap wine when it comes to that. :P I guess what I do have visually is a decent sense of aesthetics ("good eye").... so I like to take pictures off stuff. By day I am an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation (been there for Big Hero 6 and everything since) so I create simulations and random effects for animated features (and I seem ok at that "artistically" ). In addition to that and photos I have been just barely dipping my toes into torch enameling. Generally trying to make pendants that take inspiration from photos I've shot.

Nice pendant stown.

Id wear that.

Dav

Hey, @jwmmakerofmusic thats great! Congrats on the job. Nice 8 piece collection of happy custom pics you made for your client. I’m sure she’ll love them. I downloaded art set 4 and iPastels today, gonna give them a play. Have a great weekend!

jwmmakerofmusic

@Dav said:
Hey, @jwmmakerofmusic thats great! Congrats on the job.

Thank you so kindly, mate. I'm happy to have the job.

Nice 8 piece collection of happy custom pics you made for your client. I’m sure she’ll love them.

She indeed did love them. I'm so happy about that too.

I downloaded art set 4 and iPastels today, gonna give them a play. Have a great weekend!

The 8-piece art set was done in iPastels on iPhone. Two of them created while commuting. I need to muck about with Art Set 4 a bit more.

Just finished a traditional art commission for my rapper friend Malleous. It's titled "The Soul Breaks Free"

stown

@sigma79 said:

Nice pendant stown.

Id wear that.

@sigma79 Thank you so much!

jwmmakerofmusic

Next piece, the start of 20 pieces for my client. Done in iPastels, but this time on iPad.

craftycurate

@richardyot said:
Some of my 3D art:

Love your artwork! Is this one inspired by Vermeer? He was very fond of side views of people doing things in front of a window.

craftycurate

@GeoTony said:
Some superb work here, amazingly talented people… I’m a woody sort of person myself, this is some of my work…

Love your woodwork … the chess set and spoons especially but it’s all cool.

Ailerom

@mikejohn said:
https://www.mikejohnleather.com/

You're not kidding. That's some precision leatherwork there.

Ailerom

@stown said:
Wow! So many wildly creative and talented folks here! I wish I could draw or paint or sculpt but I feel my efforts are the equivalent of a cheap wine when it comes to that. :P I guess what I do have visually is a decent sense of aesthetics ("good eye").... so I like to take pictures off stuff. By day I am an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation (been there for Big Hero 6 and everything since) so I create simulations and random effects for animated features (and I seem ok at that "artistically" ). In addition to that and photos I have been just barely dipping my toes into torch enameling. Generally trying to make pendants that take inspiration from photos I've shot.

Not sure what you did on BH6 but it's one of my favorite animated movies. Very nice work.

stown

@Ailerom said:

Not sure what you did on BH6 but it's one of my favorite animated movies. Very nice work.

@Ailerom Thank you! I love that movie and was fortunate to work on it. I mostly was just part of a team destroying the Krei Tech Industries building, and I did about a 1/3 of the wormhole shots. and some other random one off shots.

Ailerom

@stown said:

@Ailerom said:

Not sure what you did on BH6 but it's one of my favorite animated movies. Very nice work.

@Ailerom Thank you! I love that movie and was fortunate to work on it. I mostly was just part of a team destroying the Krei Tech Industries building, and I did about a 1/3 of the wormhole shots. and some other random one off shots.

That's an amazing scene. There is so much going on in that part. It's not my field so I can't even imagine what's involved. Seems like sorcery

Ben

@NeuM said:

@jwmmakerofmusic said:
@Ailerom Those pieces are magnificent! Woodworking is seriously a great skillset to have.

@abf Feel free to share the maps here. I'd like to see. And yeah, I can't really draw realistically to save my arse myself. It is what it is.

@Dav Thank you kindly, my friend. Acrylics, pastels (dry and oil), and charcoal drawings are great mediums. ^_^ I live in a carpeted apartment, so any sort of paints are a "no go" for me (lest I spill, management becomes pissed, and I'm evicted 😂🫣). But, I definitely need to get back into charcoals someday. The "General's" brand I heard makes good ones.

@NeuM Agreed 110%! Creating more than one way is vital to the creative soul. Been mostly in a musical burnout, and didn't want to do digital art, so I'm like, "Wait a second. Abstract art has always been cool, and I've always wanted to give oil pastels a spin." So, that's where my creativity ended up, and the piece I made above inspired a piece of Ambient believe it or not. Sometimes creating in one way feeds into another way.

I used to write quite a bit. That's always a good outlet also. Makes no difference what you choose to write, just get something down and see where it goes. Sometimes it's short stories, sometimes it's lyrics or poetry or whatever.

By the way, I used to paint with gouache, acrylics, oils on canvas. I recommend several virtual painting apps on iPad: There is the very popular "Procreate" (of course), but there is also the excellent "Art Set" painting app (which has some very convincing looking pens, pencils, chalks, pastels, markers, watercolors, oils, airbrushes, textures, etc.).

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1418530800

Procreate example sketch:

Art Set example sketch:

These are quite good @NeuM. I don’t know how Procreate works. Are these free hand sketches?

stown

@Ailerom said:

That's an amazing scene. There is so much going on in that part. It's not my field so I can't even imagine what's involved. Seems like sorcery

It is a special kind of magic. I'm so happy to be a part of it!

richardyot

@craftycurate said:

@richardyot said:
Some of my 3D art:

Love your artwork! Is this one inspired by Vermeer? He was very fond of side views of people doing things in front of a window.

Thanks, and yes that's well spotted, the scene is very much inspired by Vermeer: the painting at top right is a Vermeer, and the map on the wall, the tapestry, and the wooden globe are also references. This is the original lighting, which was meant to be Vermeer-like (I created some variations later)

NeuM

@Ben said:

@NeuM said:

@jwmmakerofmusic said:
@Ailerom Those pieces are magnificent! Woodworking is seriously a great skillset to have.

@abf Feel free to share the maps here. I'd like to see. And yeah, I can't really draw realistically to save my arse myself. It is what it is.

@Dav Thank you kindly, my friend. Acrylics, pastels (dry and oil), and charcoal drawings are great mediums. ^_^ I live in a carpeted apartment, so any sort of paints are a "no go" for me (lest I spill, management becomes pissed, and I'm evicted 😂🫣). But, I definitely need to get back into charcoals someday. The "General's" brand I heard makes good ones.

@NeuM Agreed 110%! Creating more than one way is vital to the creative soul. Been mostly in a musical burnout, and didn't want to do digital art, so I'm like, "Wait a second. Abstract art has always been cool, and I've always wanted to give oil pastels a spin." So, that's where my creativity ended up, and the piece I made above inspired a piece of Ambient believe it or not. Sometimes creating in one way feeds into another way.

I used to write quite a bit. That's always a good outlet also. Makes no difference what you choose to write, just get something down and see where it goes. Sometimes it's short stories, sometimes it's lyrics or poetry or whatever.

By the way, I used to paint with gouache, acrylics, oils on canvas. I recommend several virtual painting apps on iPad: There is the very popular "Procreate" (of course), but there is also the excellent "Art Set" painting app (which has some very convincing looking pens, pencils, chalks, pastels, markers, watercolors, oils, airbrushes, textures, etc.).

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1418530800

Procreate example sketch:

Art Set example sketch:

These are quite good @NeuM. I don’t know how Procreate works. Are these free hand sketches?

Thanks. I think I used my Apple Pencil (the first model) on iPad Pro for both of these, not based on any images or photos.

Procreate is a bit more sophisticated than Art Set, so I recommend looking up Procreate training and demo videos on YouTube to determine if it’s something you want to learn. It’s a genuine pro-level tool.

Art Set has the better emulation of physical media, like thick paint on canvas. Even the process of mixing the paint onscreen is enjoyable. So they’re really two quite different apps. I like them both.

There is a third app I didn’t mention, and it’s also a lot of fun, but I don’t use it much anymore. It’s called SketchClub and it has its appeal.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id404414176

SketchClub example (drawn with no tools on iPad), "Santa is a Vampire"

And the other nice thing about SketchClub is the community of users, who display their work online and in the app:
https://app.sketchclub.com/e/gallery/featured

jwmmakerofmusic

Holy shit, how'd I forget about Sketchclub? It's a pretty great app, that. Before ProCreate had all the features it has today and before the Apple Pencil 1st gen was invented, Sketchclub was my jam!

NeuM

@jwmmakerofmusic said:
Holy shit, how'd I forget about Sketchclub? It's a pretty great app, that. Before ProCreate had all the features it has today and before the Apple Pencil 1st gen was invented, Sketchclub was my jam!

Yeah, I loved using that on both phone and iPad.