Your art is incredible and I'm almost sorry to clog up your notifications with all of my likes but it HAD TO BE DONE. Thank you for doing the lord's work 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Do you have any tips or advice on how you approach the composition of each piece you draw? Your pieces have such interesting and dynamic angles and perspectives without feeling too busy! It's genuinely genius
thank you so much for the kind words ;-;
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for composition... honestly im really honoured you would ask me of all people omg
there's a similar ask that i got on my main blog years ago, but i think a lot of it is still pretty relevant to this day?
generally i go by these basic impressions:
horizontal: wide, peaceful, expansive... think of scenery photography
portrait: tense, rising action. maybe think of a person standing
diagonal: a mix of both. overall pretty dynamic?
but of course you don't have to stick purely to these, because ultimately i think it also depends on what you want to tell through your art 💭 also i've been fancying diagonal compositions a lot more lately because it feels a lot more alive at times asdadafa (that, and you can kinda fit more stuff in a dynamic angle sometimes. you didn't hear this from me lol)
i think it also helps to ask yourself
what do you want to draw / portray?
what kind of setting are you in?
what do you want to highlight in your piece?
usually, i try to draw my pieces such that there's a bit of a narrative that you can tell at a glance... it might just be my own personal philosophy as an artist, but even after so many years, i think there's a lot more meaning to looking at a piece of art if there's a story behind it that can stick in the viewer's mind for a period of time.
i tend to take a lot of inspiration from google and pinterest as a starting point, and then think about what i want to tell through it... it doesn't necessarily have to be super complicated to start off with, but you might be surprised at what you might eventually come up with
i would also recommend looking up composition rules...!
to start with, the rule of thirds is probably one of the most commonly used compositions in movies / photography / art etc, and is something that i use pretty often in recent months. you don't necessarily have to follow them to a tee, but i do think it really does help to make the overall piece a little more impactful
the golden spiral is also another rule that i really like to plan around because it helps to guide the viewer's line of sight in a continuous motion (like the angel/devil piece i did a while ago here...)
personally i also take a lot of inspiration from movies and games...!
as a creative, i do think it really does help to expand your visual library in general because maybe you might see a single frame that you really like, and go "hey i kinda want to try drawing something like that in future...!!!" or maybe it might make you think "why does this specific shot work....?"
currently i'm not a professional in the creative field or anything, but my previous education in 3D animation has led me to really look at more movies and games as a result, so it's something that i really recommend doing as well if you're looking to explore more composition ideas and observe how they are used in practice
on the topic of 3D... because of this experience i also play around with the 3D models in CSP sometimes because it's a lot easier for me sometimes to just immediately try different camera angles through 3D mode and see what works best? if you have CSP or a 3D app, and if your device specs can support it, i definitely recommend giving it a whirl and explore your composition options
this isn't necessarily composition per se, but since we're talking about guiding the viewer eye, i also think that colours and values also play a huge part in that... it's something that i like to explore with constantly because i think colours are just so so so powerful like that.
generally the human eye will always be drawn to the most detailed / eye-catching thing first, so i think it would really help to think of where you want your main focus to be, and then make that area the brightest / most detailed
here's my attempt on putting that to practice in my recent art of krng;
this turned out to be a really long yap but i hope this was able to help somewhat...?? ashdjkasd i actually really like to yap about the artistic process so i might've gone off a tangent somewhere, but i hope this was insightful in any way
ultimately do note that there's no hard and fast rule to art, because i think what's the most important thing is to have fun and enjoy the process :")
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