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"the ocean moves" is the second piece in my Nautical Series. The first piece is "the ocean calls" which is of the conch shell. "the ocean moves" is entirely a digital painting done by a Wacom Intuos3 tablet using Corel Painter. Here is how I started and progressed in the painting to get the final result.
Step 1: I just wanted to cover the entire canvas to get the basic shape and movement of the wave. Thus, I used a large brush here.
Step 2: Here, I started to build upon what I had already laid down. I started to use a smaller brush to fill in some more detailed colors and highlights.
Step 3: Here, I really went in and started refining areas of the painting to give it a more solid shape and to really bring out the overall structure of the wave.
Step 4: Next, I went in and added more details to the wave since the structure and the shape of the wave was more apparent.
Step 5: After Step 4, I realized that the brush I was using was making the painting look blurry and not quite as impressionistic as I liked. I wanted the piece to be clear and yet impressionistic in order to really bring out the movement of the wave. Thus, I went over the entire painting with a different brush in Painter in order to make the wave more bold, impressionistic, and clear. I went right over top of the old brush strokes and began to fill in the wave with the same colors.
Step 6: Then, I refined what I did in step 5 to create the final piece. I realized that I didn't like the look of the sea mist at the top right hand corner so I scratched that. I wanted the focus to be more on the actual wave itself. I also used a blender brush to really get the feeling of the water mist that was coming off of this powerful wave. The final result:
Step 1: I just wanted to cover the entire canvas to get the basic shape and movement of the wave. Thus, I used a large brush here.
Step 2: Here, I started to build upon what I had already laid down. I started to use a smaller brush to fill in some more detailed colors and highlights.
Step 3: Here, I really went in and started refining areas of the painting to give it a more solid shape and to really bring out the overall structure of the wave.
Step 4: Next, I went in and added more details to the wave since the structure and the shape of the wave was more apparent.
Step 5: After Step 4, I realized that the brush I was using was making the painting look blurry and not quite as impressionistic as I liked. I wanted the piece to be clear and yet impressionistic in order to really bring out the movement of the wave. Thus, I went over the entire painting with a different brush in Painter in order to make the wave more bold, impressionistic, and clear. I went right over top of the old brush strokes and began to fill in the wave with the same colors.
Step 6: Then, I refined what I did in step 5 to create the final piece. I realized that I didn't like the look of the sea mist at the top right hand corner so I scratched that. I wanted the focus to be more on the actual wave itself. I also used a blender brush to really get the feeling of the water mist that was coming off of this powerful wave. The final result:
To see a bigger version of "the ocean moves" go here and click on the painting.
I want to show the stages of development for "the ocean calls." I used a Wacom Intuos3 4X5 tablet for this digital painting. It was done freehand and entirely in Photoshop CS2. I used 2 different kinds of brushes throughout the entire process.
First, I drew the conch (which you can't see here, it was on a different layer). Then I started to fill in the color like you see here:
Then, I started to develop more of the highlights and bright colors:
Here is pretty much the final product without the background and blending mode (I applied that at the end to create a more shell-like texture to the conch):
Lastly, here is the final result with a bending mode applied in Photoshop and the background in place:
You can see a better image of this piece at imagekind here. Once you are there, just click on the picture to see a bigger version.
First, I drew the conch (which you can't see here, it was on a different layer). Then I started to fill in the color like you see here:
Then, I started to develop more of the highlights and bright colors:Here is pretty much the final product without the background and blending mode (I applied that at the end to create a more shell-like texture to the conch):Lastly, here is the final result with a bending mode applied in Photoshop and the background in place:
You can see a better image of this piece at imagekind here. Once you are there, just click on the picture to see a bigger version.
I hope this was helpful!
