daran gedacht: 07.07

a thin film of life

Some days it doesn't seem worth it to stand up for things. I keep wondering if I'm picking the wrong battles (speaking out against a book that makes enslavement of women sexy, debating the politics of fantasy, etc) and if I may be wrong in my convictions.

It just doesn't matter. I need to learn to keep my big mouth fucking shut. No wonder I'm such a goddamn introvert. I hate everything.

Six more speedpaintings, with related extreme texture abuse.

Being filled with furious anger sucks.

No clue.

Misha, standing around, with more texture abuse

Rainforest. I kinda like this. No ref...

From ref, supposedly grasslands but it looks more like tundra or something to me.

Wise woman. Based on this woman I see often on the bus who looks like she's come out of a Brian Froud painting.

ashes to ashes

Eight more speedpaintings. Again - same stuff applies. Some from ref, some not, I claim no right to the original images I reffed from, etc. Mostly practicing atmosphere and landscape.

Earth. This is my home. Inspired by listening to the late Carl Sagan's introduction to his book "Pale Blue Dot". Purposefully abstract.

Possibly tundra, or something. No ref. Experimenting with the new brushes I downloaded, to add texture.

From a ref. Another boreal forest - again, playing with brushes and textures, trying out some speedpainting techniques I've seen on Sijun.

Mangrove roots. From a ref - I really like this one, for some reason.

I had a really fucked up dream a few nights ago, that ended totally differently, with meeting what I thought would be Cassandrah, the gynecratic conquerer of Ensanctyse, as a young teenager. It creeped me out, but gave me some good ideas on her origins. I just love inspirational dreams! I love dreaming about my characters :3

Nacreous clouds. Another atmospheric optic phenomena.

Fussing with perspective & lighting. I kinda like this a lot.

I think I overworked this, but I still kinda like it. Crooked perspective FTW!

For Jessay: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

speedpaintings + extra

Nine speedpaintings plus a sketch.

I've been in such an art depression for some time now, and I just don't know what to do about it! Been spending a lot of time on ConceptArt.org and so I figured I'd give the speedpaintings thing a whirl.

Yes some of these are done from photo ref. I make no claims to the original. If problems arise I'll remove them immediately. These are just PRACTICE. Not real art.