Markus Lessard
Markus Lessard
Dominican Republic/ Alaska
oil and digital painter hoping to become an illustrator or work in fine arts.
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Markus Lessard
Going to create a large oil painting soon, do you think that this digital study looks good. i think that the compostition is fine, and the values are ok (might need to change), but im over all conserned on the colors of the peice. any tips before i go onto a large oil painting
Steve Lenze
Check your perspective, that's what is off the most.
Markus Lessard
wow, its way way off
Markus Lessard
I did this piece for a graphic design class I'm taking, before i submitted it, what do you think about it? Is the composition ok, what about the lighting on the form, I think the anatomy of the main characters looks fine but what do you think? Also i was wondering if I should detail all of the other background characters, or should I let them bleed out of the focus and leave them roughly? any thoughts would be great, thanks.
Markus Lessard
Nice pieces. You have a good understanding of color and value relationships but you need to work on your brushwork and 3d form. I'm specifically pointing out the overuse of the airbrush tool, if you overuse it, your images can become lost and the shapes don't read well. This would also include relying on "stamp" brushes instead of creating your own shapes and forms. To improve your form and brush work I would recommend doing a mastercopies in either landscape oil painters or digital painters. And try to do the study only using the default hard round brush, your be surprised how much you can learn and get quality images with such a simple brush. A great example of an artist who does this is Devin Korwin. Try focusing on clean shapes and better depictions of 3d planes. Overall, I think you have a lot of skill, just practice placing clean planes to indicate accurate form and work on your brushwork. I kind of showed you what I meant in a paint-over of your campfire, it's rough, but it shows cleaner shapes which in the end will prove a more pleasing picture. Keep on practicing and have a great day.
Steve Lenze
Nice job on these. Illustration is all about composition. In the mountain landscape, you need to add some variety in your edges to show some atmospheric perspective. The one with the guy and the tree, the composition is too even. Your doing pretty well with the first portrait, but the second one is missing form because you focused on color and not values. I did some sketches to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
Markus Lessard
thank you so much. il try to improve on values and composition.
Markus Lessard
My name is markus and I'm just finishing school this year, here are some paintings that I've done recently. If you have suggestions or critiques on these pieces feel free to do so. I wish to improve my illustration, for example, characters interacting in environments. Some artists I admire are Craig Mulls and Devin Korwin. I love their use of brushwork and composition. Besides studies, what should I focus on practicing? Color, composition, or anatomy? I think I need to improve on all 3 areas, but based on the images below, what do you think I should target my practice on? below are some landscape, illustration, and portrait paintings. i would especialy like critiques on the ilustrative paintings (characters acting with environments). thank you, feel free to check out my other work or reach out to me personaly on instagram @markus_does_art
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