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Finishing the photo-bashed piece.
This time around, I came to the task to finishing my photo bashed composition by adding all missing elements to the scene. It was...
David Roubaud
Mar 24, 20212 min read
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Creating a photo-bashed composition.
I have been instructed to abandon my previous attempt of painting over the basic 3d render I created, and instead to create a similar...
David Roubaud
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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Colorizing a temple sketch.
For this part of the practice, I am painting over the sketch that I previously created to get a closer idea of what the final composition...
David Roubaud
Mar 18, 20212 min read
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Sketching over the 3D blockout
For this part of the process I finished the initial blockout of the scene, and continued to sketch over the render in photoshop all the...
David Roubaud
Mar 16, 20212 min read
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Adding more detail to a simple blockout render
I am currently adding more detail to the initial blockout render image I created. In this case, the more substantial changes have been...
David Roubaud
Mar 15, 20212 min read
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Creating a blockout for a jungle scene.
This time around I have decided to take a plunge into a 3d workflow to improve my perspective drawing skills. For a quick exercise I have...
David Roubaud
Mar 14, 20212 min read
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Interior scene sketch for a temple.
I am currently working on developing a composition for an interior scene of a temple. The color palette that I have chosen is a set of...
David Roubaud
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Color Compositions for a Jungle Scene.
I have been doing some color sketches with a little more added detail to choose a final one to render out. In this case the challenge has...
David Roubaud
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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Creating value sketches for a final concept composition
I am making a series of preliminary sketches for a final environment composition. The reason to start with only value sketches in black...
David Roubaud
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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Mars Landing Painting
For this painting I was interested in creating a piece as a follow up of a first painting I made of the same spaceship shown, but with a...
David Roubaud
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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Second Dallas Buyers Club study.
I decided to make this second study from the film Dallas Buyers Club because I think it defines the culmination of a sense of desperation...
David Roubaud
Oct 2, 20201 min read
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Dallas Buyers Club study
I chose this scene to study mainly because of the expression that actor Matthew McConaughey is conveying to the audience. I think it is a...
David Roubaud
Sep 25, 20201 min read
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Pan’s Labyrinth study
I chose to make a painting study from “Pan’s Labyrinth” because it is a movie that mixes the brutal reality of Spain just after its civil...
David Roubaud
Sep 3, 20202 min read
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The Shape of Water study
I recently rewatched this movie by Guillermo del Toro, with the intent to find details within its compositions that stand out. The...
David Roubaud
Aug 20, 20202 min read
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Description of La La Land study.
La La Land has been described as a “love letter to Los Angeles”, which becomes evident in the way the city is depicted with dreamy...
David Roubaud
Aug 17, 20202 min read
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Breakdown of a pair of studies from “Joker”
The Joker movie, which was released about a year ago (October 2019) was a hit in the sense that it evoked a series of emotions in viewers...
David Roubaud
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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Why digital painting will not replace traditional painting.
It is interesting to see all the new mediums that have arisen in recent years in regards to the creation of novel, disruptive artwork. It...
David Roubaud
Jul 13, 20202 min read
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Breaking down a composition to understand emphasis with color
It is useful to understand when making a digital painting the core elements that make up an entire scene before adding details. I...
David Roubaud
Jul 7, 20202 min read
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Color sketching and color breakdown helps to visualize the overall composition.
In this case, the following example is from a picture I took in Shinjuku, Tokyo. What is interesting about this picture in particular is...
David Roubaud
Jul 4, 20202 min read
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Why its a good idea to make practice speed-paintings with a theme of study in mind.
When doing one hour speed-painting practice studies, it is a useful idea to make them with a specific subject in mind that is wished to...
David Roubaud
Jul 2, 20203 min read
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