This one is inspired by another of Peter Birkhäuser painting, Puer. It's been fun studying his style of work.
I've also been working to paint a few of my own dreams down for the record. When I get more free time 'd like to render them a bit better to post.
A Dreamer slowly arriving in the depths of their dreams. Their courage (Red Ideya) guiding them. The Selph is already there waiting for them. This is a meeting of the conscious and the unconscious.
Dreamer and Selph
Past the dreams and into the nocturnal and unconscious you'll find the Self. A re-imagining of my Dreamer meeting Selph.
#nightsintodreams #selph
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With Vectors, they are scalable compared to raster|bitmap or pixel art as their meant to be smooth to shrink or grow depending on what type of graphic you need. It's why a lot of the time graphic designs pick up vector art skills.
As for Canvas sizes? It's going to depend on what your making. If your doing basic illustrations they use the same basic canvas sizes, if your say making emotes? You could just a standard emote size and export it or adjust canvas size.
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This tutorial can give you a basic rundown, anything else it would depend if your trying to mask things like texture or patterns. But things are pretty quick to learn
They are pretty easy, it has the same function as the ye old adobe stuff. Just need to use the vector layer option
Vector is pretty easy to learn since it's creating shapes/anchors and tweaking them. It seems actually smoother in some regards.
Current Sketch Commission's are closed for the time being. I've been commissioned to work on a larger project :) So my time will be dedicated to that!
I'd be happy to test it out given my recent nvidia upgrade.
Same here, it's just trying to figure out which version Linux is going to meet the needs. Especially for art/graphic design for work but I also want it to be able to handle streaming/gaming.
Sometimes it's just about stepping back, reevaluating yourself, your situation and what you can do to get to where you want to be in life for your self.
You don't have to hold onto the "illustrator" persona to be a creative artist to express it. There are many way's to be creative, even if it's not a visual one.
Whether you choose to fully drop art or leave it alone for a time to pick it back up later will ultimately be your decision. I find your art impressive, but I also don't feel like you should try to hold yourself to something that makes you unhappy either.
If drawing is no longer the "creativity" that speaks to you or your soul, and you feel like you're unhappy with it? You should find a different way of creating that DOES speaks to you.
Based on the current responses I've seen here to your question and your own responses, I think it would be best to stop forcing yourself into art.
Thank you for drawing my Selph. Yours looks adorably nightmarish! ✨
Undersketch of my fan version of Selph-Alternative expression
You actually got my Selph's facial response right.
I had done a silly alt expression of Selph before going with the actual fully opened eyes before painting. What a happy coincidence!
That's more than fine!
Everyone's Selph is a personal expression of their creativity, and I feel honored you'd like the design enough to draw it alongside yours.
...allowing no self-deception. He is both subhuman and superhuman and sees things far beyond our conscious mind."
~Light From the Darkness: The Paintings of Peter Birkhäuser, p. 64
"Before we know ourselves, we are already ‘known.’ The self watches us like a superior observer, as ‘private protection, intimate understanding as an individual judge, an inexorable witness’ {Apuleius: De Deo Socratis, chapter 16}...
Inspired by Peter Birkhäuser's "The Observer". A fan version of Selph (the deleted boss from NiGHTS into Dreams) is in the darkness. They stare and observe. Selph's form is dark with faint highlights around, showing his shape. Gold eyes with night indigo sclera colors stand out.
The Selph
I discovered my new favorite artist, Peter Birkhäuser. His painting titled "The Observer" inspired this piece of fan art of my version of Selph.
#nightsintodreams #selph
Though sometimes she wonders if she needs to get Nero his own comfy chair so she can get her favorite chair back.
Alter is content to let her friends come into her home and hang out like a secondary home or host people if the need arises. Nero? He tends to let himself in as he pleases, so Alter's gotten used to his nonsense.
Nero belongs to my husband, who's been getting into Jungian studies. Nero has gotten an update as well. He's still mischievous, but he has those moments where he is just finding a spot to read/draw and snack on dried noodles.
Fan Gen from Engalbaum named Cocoa Alter, finding a visitor sitting in her favorite living room chair. A fan gen named Aeternus Indigo Nero, chilling with a new book, set down his backpack open. Some items like paper, skeches and dice are spilling out. There's a freshly opened ramen snack on top of the backpack. Alter is asking Nero what book he's reading. He responds with "The Red Book" by Carl Gustav Jung
Finding a House guest
My fan gen Cocoa Alter, is finding a visitor in her favorite chair at home. This one is Aeternus Indigo Nero. He's one of the few visitors who tends to make themselves at home in Alter's place from time to time.
#taurusrcart #engelbaum
#WIP for some fan gen-related artwork.
I'll be posting the full thing later (It's bigger than this preview here), but I really like this headshot of Alter.
Been loving how her hair has been looking with her updated look.
#taurusrcart #engelbaum
...the heck? I'd say that kind of response is pretty telling if someone is just sharing their art.
You're welcome!
Whichever aspect you choose to apply or not apply to yourself will ultimately give you the answer you might be looking for. I'm only speaking from a freshie in analytical psychology,
For some people, it can be an indication of transcendence or gender. Or perhaps a mental distance and the idea of what you consider the "ideal" man to explore with in storytelling, or there might be some cultural/personal influences. It depends on the individual.