Composition Assignment
Next up this week was composition! Along with studying the various forms of composition that a work may utilize, we examined the famed art style of Drew Struzen, whose renowned works involve dozens upon dozens of movie posters, such as Star Wars, Blade Runner, Harry Potter, E.T, Rambo, Hook, Back to the Future, and many more. Choosing a piece of Struzen's, we were to recreate it to the best of our abilities, and identify the form of composition, or compositions, it contained. I chose Struzen's Darth Maul-centric poster for Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. Besides my bias for Star Wars, Struzen's use of radial composition, along with how he played with scale in this piece, almost immediately caught my eye.
I started off with sketching out a rough of the piece, getting the basic shapes and identifying the positions of key shapes in the work
I then went in and lined it properly, still gauging positions and determining forms
Next up, I blocked in solid color. Since a majority of the piece predominantly utilized the color black, I painted those parts accordingly and then filled the rest of the space neutral gray
Then came the most tedious part - determining the appropriate value for every shape. I broke it down section by section, eyeballing the lights and darks, doing my best to ascertain their values. I left out doing the DM's left eye because I was still trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to do for it
Once that was completed, I whipped out my handy dandy smudge tool, and got to blending. I tried replicating Struzen's style, but gave it a twist and emphasized a harder hand painted look.
Oooooor it was just a happy accident :)
Also, I decided to paint in DM's eye. It was bugging the crap out of me
From there, adding the effects was a neat little challenge. I'd dabbled in painting and creating effects before, but this piece really worked me hard. Thankfully, it didn't take much time to do
And last, but not least, I added color for kicks and giggles. I really liked the black and white version, but there was no way I wasn't going to not paint that infamous zabrak sith lord's red-toned skin
Honestly, by far, my favorite project to date. I'm really proud of it, and put a Herculean effort into it. Seriously, ask anyone. I pinky promise you, it's the truth. I know it can be improved, but this piece really helped to refine and improve my digital painting skills
Also, it looks badass ^_^
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