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Since it's now been almost a year since I finished Lichmaster, my first all-digital painting, I thought I'd return to that theme and see how I handled it a year on!

Digital painting in Photoshop, using a standard round brush. I'm still not totally happy with the electrical effects, might have a go at re-doing them in the future..

You can see the stages this picture went through here: [link]

Daily Deviation

Given 2004-02-24

Lichmaster II by ~kingzog is an experimental in terms of lighting, daring choice of colors. What I really love about this piece is that I can see clearly the loose brushstrokes, admiring them because it’s something I find very difficult to do; painting a loose style-picture has interesting brushstrokes which draw people in. (Suggested by ~xiaomeimei and Featured by `leodadominico)

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:iconearthlight:
Wow this is really cool
:iconwindy999:
Cracking job!

Really well done - loads of energy and (ahem) character

I like it!

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:iconthomasxarcane:
The composition is impressive. The first thing that caught me there is the colours you've used. I'm very sensible to such a mix of colours I think. The whole painting is quite simple, but it looks so complex at the same. It has to do with the texture. Did you do all that grainy texte with a round brush? I hope not, you'd be crazy! You have such a particular way to mix up colours, I've never seen this before. I think this is a part of why I admire your talent and your way to be so different from other digital painters. And yet, this recalls me how I did one painting I love so much. Too bad, I'd need to try and find out how I did it ;) So you really used only round brushes? Oh my!

If I may suggest anything, I'd say you should try to have more fun working on the eyes. :P

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:iconesotero:
Awesome colour use.. style and pose! I love this painting. :)

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:iconphantomofnyc:
so dark and just WOW! affect. like the colours and that sort of misty look of the light. great work :+fav: thanks for sharing.

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:iconxiaomeimei:
hey, that dude looks like Eddie
:iconkingzog:
Cheers Thomas!

I love to use complementary colours - I also love to use blues for shadows, and I love the green/purple colour combination! I started this pic by blocking in the light sources and shadows and worked from there, which I've found really helps when arranging the lighting.

Yes, this is all round brush, although the grainy texture is mostly down to Photoshop's "Add Noise" filter - I tend to apply that to most of my pictures, just to give the surface a bit more life.

The eyes were just two brush blobs... I left them because they look directly at the viewer, and I kinda liked the simplicity.

Thanks for the comment!
:iconkingzog:
Yeah, most of my zombies end up looking like Eddie... ;)

Hey, everyone learns to draw Eddie at some point! He's actually quite easy to draw once you figure out the pattern. Trouble is, all your zombie pics end up looking like him if you don't concentrate ;)

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