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| Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: pixel on February 20, 2018, 06:32:21 pm --- If you are going to spend good money on a painting... its probably best to get a real painter / painting , and not a digital painter. --- End quote --- The plan is to share this with others in the airborne community so I'll stick with digital - but thanks for the recommendation of the artist. I'll check him out |
| Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: jdbailey1206 on February 20, 2018, 06:08:40 pm ---I assume you want a Photoshop rendering not an Inkscape rendering. --- End quote --- I'm unemotional about the program used - I'm very emotional about the end result To that end whatever the artist is comfortable with I'll be happy with providing I have a nice product at the end of the day |
| pixel:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on February 20, 2018, 09:16:59 pm --- --- Quote from: pixel on February 20, 2018, 06:32:21 pm --- If you are going to spend good money on a painting... its probably best to get a real painter / painting , and not a digital painter. --- End quote --- The plan is to share this with others in the airborne community so I'll stick with digital - but thanks for the recommendation of the artist. I'll check him out --- End quote --- Heya Chuck, Not that I care which way you go... Just wanted to state, that any natural media painting can and often IS digitized. The quality of course, depends on where they get it scanned / photo'd + Printed out. Many advertisements, book covers, video game box art, billboards...etc.. all start out in natural media form. Some will import than digitally, and may tweak their works... such as adding special lighting effects. The nice thing about natural media, is that it intrinsically has much higher value, as compared to a digital file / printout. IE... if you were forced to have to sell it... you might make back most or all of your money. The downside... is that large scale professional level works, tend to be Very pricey. Then again... if you want a large scale digital artwork created... its going to need a Lot of detail, to be able to look decent at such a size... and that means, a Lot more time and effort... which may make it cost the same, if not even more. Most especially because natural media paintings can often be painted faster than digital art - due to the fact that digital art programs, and the lackluster input devices... often are cumbersome, and clunky. What they give you in Undo, Layering, and other benefits... they take away in flow and speed of creation... adding anywhere from 5 to 10 times the amount of man-hours to the finished product. Also something to consider... is that pure vector art is very different from natural media art... off which your picture is made from. Vectors are notoriously difficult to make realistic gradients, and high realism in human form / faces. Yeah, some people can do anything... but those same people are typically not "affordable", and only do work for large scale business commission$. The larger the painting... the more details.. but also, the more shading graduations too. As well as color shifts, if the artists is actually high level / good. And finally... That pic isnt bad... but to note... that a high level artist, given good creative freedom, could probably come up with something far more impressive, even if its just shading and coloring differences. To possibly prevent buyers remorse... You might ask for a few sample sketches, and quick color concept roughs, before approving a full large scale painting. Best Regards |
| Howard_Casto:
You are also going to have a hard time finding an artist that will straight out copy a work for legal and ethical reasons. You can probably get someone to do a work in the style of that poster, but not a copy of it. I would give it a try for you, but I haven't painted in years and landscapes were my strong suit, not people. *edit* I should also point out that x2 is right. Myself, I only painted in real life. The reason is the texture and thickness of brush strokes can't easily be replicated in digital format and I notoriously used a lot of paint in my works to build up texture. Until they make a tablet and painting program where I can use a fake paint brush on a canvas pad and my brush strokes look real, 3d textures and all, I'm staying away from digital on any serious works. That being said, I think a lot of those war propoganda paintings were done either in watercolor or with drafter's tools and that can sometimes be done reliably in photoshop or what have you. |
| Le Chuck:
Artist has been hired. --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 21, 2018, 02:38:58 pm ---You are also going to have a hard time finding an artist that will straight out copy a work for legal and ethical reasons. --- End quote --- I just want to address this to despell misinformation. These recruitment posters are all public domain. They do not contain any of the seals, logos, or word marks protected by the DoD trademark or Army trademark office. The image is being produced in good faith to honor and show support for the military. There is no ethical or legal implication to commissioning a copy. Furthermore, while I plan to use this privately, if I did want to use it professionally I qualify as a representative of the federal entity in question. |
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