My art style has always changed, never being the something twice.,except for one very distinct style of mine. That would be my animated style,. iIn which I have taken great inspiration from Japanese anime and manga. For my independent pProject, my art style was very much like an anime style. This is because the topic I was pPainting about was from an animated video game called Genshin Impact. I achieved this style by using acrylic paint and lots of time. After hours of designing the outlines for each of my six paintings digitally, I traced them onto a 16’ by 20’ inch canvas and started the base’s with watercolor paint. This gave me more time both plan the colors and the shading for each painting.
Overall, the most interesting thing that I learned about myself and my art well doing this project was that I am a lot faster than I thought I could be at painting. With the stress of deadlines, the painting process went by much quicker than expected. Another thing that was noticed, by not only me but my classmates and friends, is the way I can color match fairly easily,. bBeing able to pair the right colors with the main colors of the paintings. You can see this in my favorite painting, ‘Blessing of Phoenix’. This painting was very much red-themed, with the main parts of the painting being very dark. I paired the darker colors with the light red and pink flowers at the bottom, as well as some light green. These colors really made the painting stand out. The part of each of the paintings that I like the most would have to be the way I did the eyes and the hair. Personally, I enjoy the colors and the way they were painted. Just like any piece of art you see, there will be flaws. In my paintings, you can see this in the autonomy. If I could have changed one thing, it would be to go back and change the way the heads of the subjects look. They are kind of too wide or too small.
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After a long and creative seven weeks, my independent project has finally been finished. With the goal to paint six individual portraits of video game characters. All six have been finished and are ready to be shown to the world. And I could not be any happier about it.
The process and time that was taken to complete this project were both long and somewhat difficult. With only having a week to finish a signal painting at a time, it got to the point where someone around the end I was rushing it. But not to the point where I gave up. I put full effort into this project and it shows. The techniques that I used with the acrylic paint include but are not limited to, Dry brushing, color matching, different brush techniques, and more. One of the hardest parts of each painting is the color pallet. Each character has their own in-game design that includes a color palette. But to make them stand out in the paintings I had to fight with the colors to make them look even better. An example of this can be seen in the red-themed painting, I used darker reds and blacks for the character. But then added softer pinks and a light yet bright green for the border of the bottom. I used this color matching in all of the paintings. I think that my use of color was very important, but also the way I used it. With certain highlights and lines in certain places, I was able to capture each character’s personality. You can see this best in the red and purple paintings. With how certain colors in certain places can show a lot of different emotions. I made the character in the purple painting look more tired by using more gray tones under his eyes but also the way the eyes are shaded. When taking criticism from my classmates, I was told repeatedly that the way the hair and eyes are done makes the characters look like they could start moving. I tried my best to make sure that they had more depth and looked less flat on the canvas. If I could change anything about this project, It would be that I would have loved to spend more time on each painting. But due to time constrictions that were not possible. I love the way they turned out either way. |
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