R@ts bum paints.....

[rattsang]

get that thumb out......ok gonna put some serious study in now that ive learned a bit more about drawing and light, still a long way to go but im up for the challenge
so if you stop by please kick me in my lazy butt, thank you :)


added links to 2 time lapse videos... you need to be logged into facebook to view them..... hope they arent too boring
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1109451&stc=1&d=1290806016

Link

self portrait (http://www.facebook.com/rattsang#!/video/video.php?v=423192617413)

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1103806&stc=1&d=1290039912

Link

artrage demo (http://www.facebook.com/rattsang#!/video/video.php?v=460159932413)

[Lateman]

very very n1 dude! MORE!

[rattsang]

gonna try to post every day... hard to do when your slow and lazy :(

first is a master copy i dont know who.. any ideas ppl?

second is first stage of a master copy (scott burdick)
third is progress... man havent used the impasto oils much... getting used to the brushes is slow.
will update this one tomorrow :)

edit: updated, was alot of work and doesnt even compare to the original :( but i learned quite a bit

[witcrack]

Oh man, you got me stunned, thank you! :bow:

No critic from me, as i am more likely learning from you :)
I'm eager to see more.

:7up:

[Puck]

Beautiful studies. I like the thick paint (as it should be) on the Burdick copy. I wouldn't mind seeing some traditional media as well. Keep up the good work.

[rattsang]

got painter 11 today, heres my first digital charcoal with the new hard media, lovely they are. also got artrage 3, nifty oils all luscious like yummy, self portrait in that one.................


and finally for those of you who struggle with color and value ive made a basic diagram showing how "direct light" affects colors and there resulting shadows.
the top swatches are in the light and are the starting colors. once you have your color in the light all you need to do to get the correct value (for the moment we are speaking strictly value) is move the color picker to halfway between the current value and black, this will give you soild results every time for scence s in dirct light(sunlight, strong artificail lights with a secondary diffused light,ect) as you can see when these swathes are placed next to one another the top ones are clearly in the light and the bottom clearly in sshadow, there is no confusion even though the shadow of the yellow color is almost as bright as the blue in the light.

[Andrew Sonea]

Nice stuff here. I'd love to see more tighter paintings and some work from imagination.

[rattsang]

Nice stuff here. I'd love to see more tighter paintings and some work from imagination.


you and me both ;P ... ill have too keep pushing harder....thanks

[young paddy1]

like the studies a lot, really nice painterly style, as long as you learn something from all of them there's no point finishing them (unless of course that is what you are going for). A bit more work from imagination would be good.

only two things for ya paint what you see not what you think you see, and on the top picture give the green guy a left hand. :)

cheerio

[Memo213]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=762734&stc=1&d=1251323811
This one is your best! Good work, keep it up.

[MephistoLV]

Good looking work here. I am looking forward to seeing more.

[cgfelker]

I'm loving the brushwork that you got here. Very energetic. Hope to see more.

[Icecold]

Aww great color feel and good forms also, definitely diggin' all of your stuff in here, thanks for the reply. Oh oh stars from me

[rattsang]

tiny update, been working alot with real paint these days, i actually think im getting used to it finally. also justy bought myself some old holland oil paint, it was incredibly expensive but it should make a real difference... looking forward to trying them out. btw all these paintings are done with shitty student grade paint, the yellows in particular annoy me because they have absolutely no covering power!

[rattsang]

been doing loads on oils recently.... and wiping them off.... but now ive learned to key paintings properly im having more successs, will post some oils shortly.... for now heres a quick portrait in painter 11
a portrait in artrage and a very quick head study in painter 11

[Schen]

I love your style. Especially the pirate, the lighting in that one is amazing.

[rattsang]

1 hour portrait.... very sanden if i do say so myself

[Loathsome]

Such a wonderful sketchbook!

[rattsang]

still trying to simplify things further, its hard not to get caught up in details

[rattsang]

im sick of trying to use the artist oils in painter they are so awkward, because of the inabilty to control how much paaint comes off the brush during a stroke, from now on ive decided to use the chunky oil pastel then i can follow up with the artists oils for effects after the painting is complete.

a quick poop!

[witcrack]

Yeah, the artist oil is hard to use from scratch, it's easier to lay down some colors first. Great updates btw. I really dig the looseness in your stuffs. Keep it up! :)

[blazinwolf]

lovely sketchbook!

[rattsang]

so here s a bunch of oils ive done over the last few months, all sketches, no really long ones, dont have the patients any more, these are the best from a bad bunch.... all the ones that didnt make this are up in painting heaven having being wiped off to save canvas.

please crit me on my weak points, im keen to improve, there is plenty to point out... thanks for stopping by!

[oma]

really nice sketchbook.. lovely oils u made there..

keep them commin pls. as i do enjoy them a lot.

[rattsang]

err and some more mostly digital for good luck..............

[rattsang]

quick artrage still life

[rattsang]

ive just started a blog to keep notes for myself of where im going wrong and also to pass on a little of what ive learned, drop by and say hi or ask me any questions

http://raytsangartist.blogspot.com/

[Eew]

no idea why no one replied yet, your blog has good info for idiot like me. your paintings are good, the one where you show your portret proces in 3 steps is very usefull and the one where you start with soft brushes then oils and then refine, very interesting. Thank you :)

[rattsang]

no idea why no one replied yet, your blog has good info for idiot like me. your paintings are good, the one where you show your portret proces in 3 steps is very usefull and the one where you start with soft brushes then oils and then refine, very interesting. Thank you :)

thanks, ill be doing more step by steps videos and tuts as i get better at this!

[rattsang]

some poop from my head. was using the inkspiration brushes in painter, i think they are made by sandman.... anyway they are great for thumbs, pity i dont do them justice XD

[rattsang]

todays first painting.... from life! ive posted a ref photo and some insights into values on my blog, enjoy ;)

[rattsang]

todays second painting.... ouch my brain hurts

[Jamie Romoser]

I'm really enjoying seeing your studies :)
keep it up and looking forward to seeing more
-Jamie

[rattsang]

todays first paint. went a bit better than yesterday as i remembered to used more paint/medium and also i used my plein air umbrella to block of the studio lights so there werent too many highlights on the can.

[snatti]

some real cool brushs strokes, and good portraits mabye squze in some more fantasy or sci fi to mix it up a bit, will for sure come back and take a peak thro this thread

[brambor]

You have a very fine poop here, love the way you imitate a thick brush in your digis. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on color. Poop some more!

[rattsang]

thanks brambor.


some graphite diarrhea, some from life others from photos

[rattsang]

more poop.....POOOOOOP

[rattsang]

some heads done using facegen (http://www.facegen.com/) for ref, god bless that program

[Unlink40]

Nice stuff man!

[rattsang]

thanks Unlink40

first day 1 hour heads, now on to bodies!

[rattsang]

1 hour bodies...... uuuggghhh had problems finding a pencil i liked in painter, guess i just need more practice

next is hands:)

[rattsang]

ok heres one hour of hands, dont do much hands so this was all new to me.
think i found brush settoing s that im comfortable working with too :)

[Silwynar]

Hey!

Studies are looking great!
Nice feeling for the three-dimensional form :D

Keep it up!

[rattsang]

thanks Silwynar

todays life paint 1h 30

first time including a light source....hmmm i almost pulled it off, perhaps i need to make everything just a little darker.

[rattsang]

some quick heads

[rattsang]

new studies

[marina_koleva]

Good work here, I think you should practice more in drawings and in traditional portraits. The portraits look a little bit faded, this is maybe from the dry paint. If you use more saturated colors I think it will be better.

[Parsakoira]

i think ive seen your stuff here before, cant remember where though, but i am totally in love with your style and work!

[rattsang]

Good work here, I think you should practice more in drawings and in traditional portraits. The portraits look a little bit faded, this is maybe from the dry paint. If you use more saturated colors I think it will be better.

i use a limited palette for better harmony so i cant reach high level of saturation. maybe i should add more colors.

[marioucci]

To me, this is a perfect example of a 5 stars sketchbook. I love what you are doing with the strokes and the sensibility you are showing with the expressions. Did you stop posting or having a long holiday? Id love to see more:)

[rattsang]

To me, this is a perfect example of a 5 stars sketchbook. I love what you are doing with the strokes and the sensibility you are showing with the expressions. Did you stop posting or having a long holiday? Id love to see more:)

thank you kindly, i havent posted in a while because i was sick over the holidays.... new stuff is coming :)

[rattsang]

just a small update here, a few quick oils, the portrait took a day and a half and i learned so much doing it. my first real attempt at a diffused light portrait in oils. something that really surprised me was the amount of black i used, every inch of the painting has black in it. I have learned to be much more sensitive with my darks.

besides the stufff posted ive been doing alot of composition work, small quick thumbs in painter, nothing worth posting but im learning

[Mengel]

So I'm assuming that this is a feature of Painter - but when you paint and you seem to have drop shadows from the paint on the canvas, what's the trick to do that?

(Since I'm working in Photoshop and traditional oils, I'm wondering if I can give that element to my digital work).

Excellent stuff, I love seeing your posts

[rattsang]

So I'm assuming that this is a feature of Painter - but when you paint and you seem to have drop shadows from the paint on the canvas, what's the trick to do that?



yes its a feature of both painter and artrage... it looks nice but is difficult to control. you should check out the 30 day trial of painter if you never tried it, an awesome program but very complicated to use properly, artrage is also good and simple to use, you would get good results mixing it with ps.
thanks for stopping by

[rattsang]

like i said ive been working on my composition skillz for a while now, doing basic thumbs. heres a screen of a few from today. once i get good at these ill start adding light sources and breaking up the basic patterns, this will be a big step up for me.

[rattsang]

heres some life drawings, now to do some quick life paintings to be posted later....

[rattsang]

some poop

[rattsang]

first portrait from life, using mirror

[rattsang]

quick digital portrait

[Astha Khan]

whoaw that mean? ... good work ...

[Saara_]

Super awesome. Subscribed. You make me want to work harder. D:

[bobmeatbag]

Man, your stiff is awesome. Reminds me how much farther I still have to go.

[AlexTooth]

Great work on figures and anatomy :)

Your painting skills are getting better and better, good stuff!