Composition exercises
These illustrations were made to train my skills in digital painting composition.
Master study – Ferdinand Max Bredt
This illustration is a study of a masterpiece, here “Reclining odalisque” by Ferdinand Max Bredt. Here is my first painting step for this study : Then I immediately went to the details of the face and tissues :
Master study – Henri Duvieux
This illustration is a study of a masterpiece painting, here a Venice view from Henri Duvieux . I reproduced the painting in 1:30 hours. Digital painting Master Study 02 Lady Melusine
Master study – Pierre Paul Rubens
This illustration is a study of a masterpiece painting, here by Pierre Paul Rubens “portrait of a man with a beard”. I reproduced the painting in 1:40 hours. Digital painting Master Study Lady Melusine
Fan Art of Phoenix
This illustration is a tribute to Stan Lee, it is the character of Rachel of the Excalibur series of the Marvel universe. Digital Painting Fan Art Phoenix Lady Melusine
Training on custom brushs
These illustrations were made for an exercise about repetitions. The exercise goal was to make two compositions using a custom brush, created in Photoshop. Both exercises were made on a red background to create a strong contrast with the black… Read More »Training on custom brushs
Compositions in gray values
These illustrations were made for a weekly exercise about the composition of a picture. The rule was to make the composition in gray values using few values. The first composition, which consists of many values: Composition en valeurs de gris… Read More »Compositions in gray values
Warrior jumping on her mount
This illustration was done for an exercise on how to add colors to a digital painting. The first step was the sketch : The second step, setting up values : And the third step, the colorization was done with layers… Read More »Warrior jumping on her mount
Warrior in action
I made this illustration from a sketch. I wanted to colorize the character and highlight the perspective of the pose of the character through the colors. Scanned sketch from a notebook : Clean up of the character line : Colorization… Read More »Warrior in action
Illustration of a strange cowboy
This illustration is both an exercise on colorization, and a character design exercise in private joke for the mascot of the company Virtual Rangers in which I work. Here is the first step in black and white : Digital Painting… Read More »Illustration of a strange cowboy