[Scholar] [EU] [Merlyn] F=MxA
Dec 25, 2023, 18:01 (UTC)
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F=MxA
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Image above is a multi-photo composite trying to capture gold foil glow from different angles.
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This is the final illustration derived from the 3(+1) ink drawings. Hopefully, the images/scans do it justice, since capturing gold leaf on photo/video has been proven impossible, especially when your best recording device is a GoPro. Instead of grinding Ash and failing more necks, I decided to be productive and invest 84 hrs elsewhere... Several nights of sleep were lost over it, especially as I was edging towards the end of it since watercolor and gold are as mistake-friendly as forgetting to put on your Crons and every next line's failure meant losing dozens of hours of work.
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These are the other images and frame concepts:
(I.Critical Mass)
(II-I.Ascension)
(II-II.Ascension)
(III.Hammer Time)
Medium and Surface:
300x400 300gsm Archival Watercolor Paper
Ink:
Burnt Umber 0.005
Burnt Umber Brush Pen
Watercolor Pigments:
Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow (Pale)
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Orange
Alizarin Crimson
Sap Green
Payne's Gray
- Burnt Umber
Misc:
Sakura Metalic Gelly Roll
Drawing Compass
Ruler
Masking Tape
Transparent Gesso
Matte Medium
Lightbox
Frame from 'John Martin's Pandemonium'
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Changelog:
Reuploaded better images.
Added better links.
Fixed link for 2-2 Ascension.
(TBA)Social Links
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Dec 25, 2023, 18:02 (UTC)
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Will add a gif of gold motion Soon(TM).
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Dec 25, 2023, 18:17 (UTC)
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I approve of this
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Dec 25, 2023, 19:11 (UTC)
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Love the first rendition!!
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Dec 25, 2023, 21:12 (UTC)
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Oh my god!! This is so cool!! :OO Love how it captures a bit of that "renaissance" feel! 😍
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Dec 26, 2023, 00:14 (UTC)
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On: Dec 25, 2023, 18:17 (UTC), Written by CoId
I approve of this
Arigato gosu!
On: Dec 25, 2023, 19:11 (UTC), Written by Xuesjr
Love the first rendition!!
Do you mean the drawing for this one? Or the first drawing that I do?
I'll be honest, some 'flow' is lost from the brush pen to clean lines .. but thats just something for me to build upon more :)
On: Dec 25, 2023, 21:12 (UTC), Written by Evelia
Oh my god!! This is so cool!! :OO Love how it captures a bit of that "renaissance" feel! 😍
That was exactly my drive, from pigment choice to composition, to limited perspective etc...some Renaissance meets Mucha. Even the occult-o-religious nature of it is on purpose, this one celebrating scientific equations for force, gravity, acceleration, attraction & repulsion.
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Dec 26, 2023, 19:17 (UTC)
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It turned out really cool! It's something you'd be proud to hang on the wall in a prominent place!
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Dec 26, 2023, 21:14 (UTC)
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I love how the Pandemonium frame emphasises the magic/fantasy dimension of it!
How did you go about creating the golden geometry? Did you use some kind of a ‘stamp’?
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Dec 26, 2023, 23:03 (UTC)
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On: Dec 26, 2023, 21:14 (UTC), Written by Nanabananana
I love how the Pandemonium frame emphasises the magic/fantasy dimension of it!
How did you go about creating the golden geometry? Did you use some kind of a ‘stamp’?
Yup, this cant measure to the painting that is held within that frame though :)
No stamps, though it would've been nice to have the equipment to do that. I pre-designed the frames in Illustrator (visible on the other 4 pieces) and then picked one to go with and re-did it by hand with a ruler and a compass (pencil>eraser>gold>repeat x~100), and improved some things here and there.
I didn't record that part of the process since it was stressful enough to do it over a completed painting, let alone mess with the recording equipment... Especially since I already had 4 hrs of footage to sift through for the drawings (which is sped up 10~ish times)...
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Dec 27, 2023, 01:50 (UTC)
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hoooly, well done!
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