Highlight: Speed Painting
July 16, 2007Technorati Tags: speed painting, graphic, design, Lost, John Locke, Locke, Adobe, Photoshop, Nico Di Mattia, art, artist
The above image of John Locke from Lost is an example piece of artwork created in Photoshop. Having seen a few videos of the effect, that I came across accidentally whilst browsing videos at YouTube, I’ve become quite a fan of these fantastic pieces of art. I’m fairly competent with Photoshop so am aware of the detail and hard work that must go into the production of such complex designs. Reading through the site, I found that it takes around five hours on average to create the pieces. These are then shortened into time lapsed videos.
I found that watching the videos is really compelling, as you see the characters come to life in a few minutes from what took hours to make in real time. Obviously, a graphics application is needed to create the pieces, such as Adobe Photoshop, but a graphics tablet really helps to allow the artist to draw as if they would with a pen and paper. Using a graphics tablet myself, I know how tricky it can be to master, it doesn’t feel natural to draw and see the result on the screen in front of you rather than the natural thought process of it being right in front of you on the paper.
The site features some more example pieces of work from artist Nico Di Mattia. There are other example videos over at YouTube, but the ones featured on the site particularly appealed to me. Looking through his past attempts, you can see clearly how he’s become much faster at drawing, obviously proving the theory “practice makes perfect”. The quality is consistent among pieces across the board too. There’s a few available in high resolution too, which make excellent desktop wallpapers.
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