Main points I re-learnt today was: 1. keep in mind your horizon line; 2. use a range of shapes; 3. create variety; and lastly paint in the foreground darker and the background lighter (as darker colours advance more).
The abstract environment DVD was great. I really enjoyed how you could get random shapes, layer them, and then play with the layer styles (multiply, saturation etc.) to make even more amazing shapes. It was really good to get great compositions out of it. And a lot of the compositions weren't generic or stereotypical in any way, because they were made by 'accident'. I really want to try that. I also learnt that the background has much less saturation of colour.
We also looked at a creatures DVD. It was Ian McCraig (correct me if I'm wrong), who was taking us through the sketch of the sea king. His artwork is great. It's strange but good to see how animated and passionate he is about his concept art.
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