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Painting Stopping Points - Painting Development

Unfinished Horizon - First Saved State

I have been talking about color-gradients - because that is what really got me excited about digital painting.  With a little bit of color choosing assistance, the computer could produce a color gradient smoothly and to my liking.

On top of this, I was able to figure out a way to paint with these gradients and overlap their translucency.  In the start above - these overlapping color gradients are particularly clear - and pleasing as they sit at this stage.

Second Horizon stopping point

Essentially this is more of the same.  I continued the overlapping, tightening up the distances, adding more passes, and mountains.  It is becoming more interesting without losing the original course.

A piece can be stopped at many different stages or taken in many different directions. We always try to choose the best path - whether there is such a thing or not.

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Views of art development and digital art painting

Stage 1 of Digital Painting

It was suggested to me that I give a demonstration of how a piece is created. This particular piece was painted with that intent. At various stages of its process, I saved the piece so the development and change could be seen readily.

This scene comes from a section of a descending road coming to the base of Toro Mountain. It is not particularly literal though it takes aspects of that scene and puts them together. The end result is intended to have a similar feeling.

Stage 1 is simply a sketch, I have used mostly overlapping gradient colors to gain the initital layout.

In the second stage, I have started to lay in more color and the mountains in back with the ascending hills are starting to take shape.

The third stage, which is all I will share for today, has the trees added in layered colors and the mountains have more texture and color - again giving them more shape.

More alterations, color, and additions will follow - but like myself creating it - you will have to wait to see how it unfolds.

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