One thing I can't get my head around (And maybe someone here can help) is the use of textures. Is the idea to literally slap a texture into the document, and resize/skew it to fit duplicating where needed? Or are textures used only as reference or perhaps traced around in the document, to keep the hand drawn feeling/effect? I tried a drawing recently using textures, and after about two hours work it just looked like I placed a bunch of textures onto my drawing (Which is what I did... ), it ended up looking more like a photo manipulation (and a poor one at that ^^)
If anyone can shed some light on the texture thing I'd be very grateful
------- On another note Jonas (if you ever read this) Your work is so damn amazing and inspiring and you're one of the reasons I am trying to better myself and learn digital painting. Thank you for these techniques, and more recently brushes, that you have shared with the community.
Right, so after some research I think I finally understand it better. I stumbled across your Youtube video and have researched the topic more. So am I right in saying that a lot of the work with textures is called Matte Painting? Which is a clash of using photos and drawing ability to create literally any outcome you'd like in a shorter period of time?
Something I'll look into more and put into practise soon I think Wanted to add, I love your use of Sketchup, that's an ingenious way of creating a "prototype" for what your drawing will be based on/become.
I tried a drawing recently using textures, and after about two hours work it just looked like I placed a bunch of textures onto my drawing (Which is what I did...
If anyone can shed some light on the texture thing I'd be very grateful
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On another note Jonas (if you ever read this) Your work is so damn amazing and inspiring and you're one of the reasons I am trying to better myself and learn digital painting. Thank you for these techniques, and more recently brushes, that you have shared with the community.
Something I'll look into more and put into practise soon I think
use of sketch up!