I've been experimenting in Photoshop with this Frog Prince series...I think I like painting it better.
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10 comments:
I love the green frog, do you mean that this one is made in paint?
What is the difference you find more decisional? Sorry my question is not well putted, but I'm not sure how to write it down.
the color and the light are wonderful in the green one.
ciao
Thanks, Manuela: Yes, the green frog is painted with gouache and the red frog is colored in Photoshop. I like the texture and quality of the paint, as opposed to the smoothness of the photoshop version...I also decided to change the color scheme.
Hi, Steve
It's a very fun drawing. I vastly prefer the painted version to the Photoshop. It's not only that all the little variations in paint add interest, but (I think) that part of the excitement of a drawing or a painting is this paradox: that it is simultaneously a flat surface and an image in space. Really good paintings and drawings have qualities worth looking at from a distance, but also real beauty when you get in close and feel a sense of surface. Photoshop at its best can sort of simulate a surface quality, but it tends to have none at all. There is no surface to a digital image, after all, and it's the poorer for it. Don't stop trying in Photoshop, but please don't stop using the watercolor! (And please excuse my pontificating.)
I like the paint better too, but it's good to have another tool in your belt. You can now add another medium to your resume.
-Thad
Thanks, Paul, your comments are always helpful and insightful. I have to agree--Photoshop, while it has some very valuable applications, is limited in being nonmaterial and evanescent. A lot of richness is lost.
Hey, Thad, I haven't seen you in ages. I'm glad you found my e-self.
Hi Steve, I also agree with every one here. The painted version is much better and you get a sense that all the forms are actually sitting on the surface they are supposed to be on. With the photoshop piece it looks a bit like they're floating. I'm doing a parody on The Frog Prince right now and stumbled upon your illustrations. Very nicely done. I like your work, I'm adding you to my links. :)
~Kelly
Thanks for your useful comments--and thanks for the link, Kelly!
oh just gorgeous and charming!
Too much fun! I will look for other works by you.
Allison
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