AndreaMG's Gallery ✟ Joan of Arc ✟

[AndreaMG]

Great job on a beautiful actress.

Thanks for the tips! Avril is so beautiful, I'm glad you think I made her justice

[SilverO]

ooh Avril Lavigne, It looks very nice.
I like how you painted the metal

[Caesar]

Not the Statue of Liberty I guess, although there's some likeness in the crown ... LOL Fantastic portrait and I apologize for not being too familiar with some cute actresses You and SilverO took as a reference herein. Welcome and congratulations.

[stevemawmv]

Very nice indeed!!!
Obviously it was a smooth transition into Artrage, and this proves it! This is very good and full of life and I'm
Looking forward to your next one.

Steve

[AndreaMG]

Thanks SilverO, metal is soo easy to reproduce. Caesar Thanks for the compliments You're right it resembles the statue of liberty! Thanks for the nice comments stevemawmv. Between I don't have anything against traicing but all my work is done only by looking from reference images, I wish I was able to paint with no reference at all using only my imagination... That said I think that "copying" something (without tracing) brings something of your style into the picture. This is only the beginning I HAVE GREAT PLANS I just ordered a 27 samsung monitor for my primary display and then I will get a 22 touch screen as a secondary monitor only for the reference image and the pods in order to be able to concentrate more on the actual drawing. Stay tuned for my next works!

[D Akey]

Working out of your head is good too, but knowing how to creatively work with reference is a neat trick.

First you learn how to make things look real (which then frees you up to later make unreal things look real as well because you're learning how light and color and texture work).

Then it's also hard to paint things without reference, at least if you're painting realistically. And even if you are putting a lot of things together that weren't together in the real world, you can still apply it all to a style or technique and translate it into a consistent finish. (example, if you key everything to blue and green. You still would know how to make it read properly.)

I understand what you mean though that you don't want to just reproduce photographs as they appear in the photo. But remember that using reference is still legitimate, even as merely a starting point from which you can deviate.

Nothing is wasted.

[AndreaMG]

Thanks for the tips Dakey! Little by little learning from real life I will find my way

[chinapete]

Admire your ability to bring to life a person in a portrait ... I like Uma Thurman (hint ) ... Especially the car scene at the end of Kill Bill 2 and Goodnight Moon ...

ps: ArtRage has great tools for your style, did you give up on Procreate because you wanted to work on a surface larger than an iPad? ...

[hildee]

Between I don't have anything against traicing but all my work is done only by looking from reference images

Tracing in AR is a little (maybe a lot) different from other programs. It's not cloning. It takes a lot of work but it's so satisfying. It picks up the colours but not easily. I do a rough first then go in for the details. Like yours, I've done quite a few over 8 hours. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.

Love your Avril!