Topic: Art's Gallery ** UPDATE 2019-09-04 K-2SO**

[ActionFigEmpire]

Sorry to hear about your day Art! Sounds like you had a 'rancor' of a time   Love this sneak preview you're tantalizing us with! Take your time with Sandy! Don't rush yourself. Remember, "You can't force genius"

[Viper Aviator]

WOW Art, what an incredible teaser. I cant wait to see the finished project!

[KesselRunImports]

If that thing is on your sleeve you should probably brush it off before it bites you... haha

But seriously, cool teaser... Staying tuned.

[Art deWhill]

thanks for your kind words, AFE
well, I guess there are worst things than a bad day at work so what.
yeah the rancor is pretty cool, at least I am very satisfied with it. Lets see how the whole painting will work out And I so much love Sandy, it'll get hard to top her with the female Mando...

Hi VA, glad you already enjoy the pic, thanks a lot!!

thanks for staying tuned, KRI!! much appreciated - and yeah, I should go on a Rancor hunt

[Tamer]

Wow, looks great. Just got done thanking you on the front page for the back art on the cards. I can see this is gonna have to hit the fp too.

[Art deWhill]

thanks a lot, Tamer! The cards just rock!! KRI did an awesome job, and you know what I like the most about this thing is the combination of so many talents: customs, paintings, graphic design!! and all for the Yards. I have never experienced something like that before and I can tell you its something being for ever remembered and I am proud to be part of it. I mean it.

[hemble]

Chin up bro it only gets better trust me  and awesome teaser you can smell it's rotten breath from here.

Ron

[Art deWhill]

thanks a lot for your uplifting words, Ron!
yeah, the Rancor was fun to do, so much slime LOL will post the finished piece soon.

[darknsour]

WOW!!!

Can't wait to see the whole thing!!!

I love the way it looks already!!!


You never disappoint!!!!

Keep up the great work!!

Rich

[Art deWhill]

thank you so much, Rich!
means a lot to me

[Art deWhill]

as promised  and because my little poll on my facebook page faved Sandy instead of the Rancor to be showcased first I'll continue with the WIP on her:

I added three different layers of weathering: first tiny little hand drawn scratches in two different colors, second the big hand painted spots and stains and as last layer a photograph of weahtered and rusted metal, which I combined with the other ones.
i also added a dust layer to blend her with the surrounding.

One could call the painting finished now, only thing missing is the ActionFigureEmpire logo for I did the image for him and his blog.

BUT when I am looking onto this painting and the weathered armor my artists eyes are not 100% satisfied and see a different version, one where the elements of the image are in a better balance, where the textures of the weathering include the whole motif... so I must go back and start working again...

As always thanks a lot for your interest and thoughts!


click to enlarge: http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss244/brickart/Sandy-WIP5.jpg

[ActionFigEmpire]

WOW!!!!!! This looks amazin! you think it needs to be redone? you're crazy haha she looks so perfect! Thanks so much for this amazing piece! i can't wait to post the finished piece on the blog!

[hemble]

Art I'm really enjoying seeing the tutorial on how you go about doing your works of art. I always impressed with your eye on details you make a painting come to life, for example

1: The armour has just enough wear and tear and the right amount of weathering.
2: The body suit you can see the finer details ofthe fabric.
3: Facial features look realisctic such as the skin tones, hair and eyes.
4: The shadowing is in the right places which alone is amazing beacuse alot of people tend to stuff this up by over doing it or putting the shadows in the wrong places.
5: The sand you cn actually see where the wind has blown and left ripples.

again mate just amazing skills .

Ron

[Art deWhill]

HI AFE, glad you like her!!! your final version with logo on will be posted later that day, I promise

Ron, its amazing to read your insights for you exactly noticed all the things I am really taking care of, the details which are important to me allthough I am painting in a loose style. But these details count to achive the allover impression I am looking for.
thank you so much, my friend!

Stefan

[Art deWhill]

here she comes:
Desert Rose of Tatooine

this is the final version I made for ActionFigEmpire:


I guess thats the version everybody wants and likes to see, but as mentioned earlier, to me and my artists eyes something was not quite in balance and so I did this personal verion of her:

Note: this is an updated version.

Maybe hard to follow why I had to add that textures all over the image, but I simply had to do it and as always its all a matter of taste
So I hope you like at least one version of her and if you do feel free to spread the word in your blogs My facebook page will get this update tomorrow.

My wife suggested to turn her into somekind of propagande poster like "women help to wipe out that rebel scum" or something like they did in WW2. Cool idea I think.

thanks a lot and enjoy your sunday!