Artists struggle to balance traditional and digital painting
10 posts across 3 communities in the last 30 days; 80% from r/painting.
“I studied academic painting and have a background in digital arts. After years working as a concept artist in games and movies, I'm moving back toward painting more. The problem is though that years of client work made it hard to stick to one style. I'm currently working on a…”
“I start the paintings and drawings and then I run out of the will to complete it. For example this artwork of mine . I started it weeks ago but I just cant bring myself to finish it.”
“I was playing around with colors and some abstraction. Trying to break from the academic portraiture I was trained in. I really believed its necessary to learn painting the very traditional "old master" way first. Now Im not so sure anymore. Im happy I did it but it took me a…”
Painters are torn between the convenience of digital tools and a desire to master traditional media like oils and gouache, often feeling pressure to return to analog techniques.
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“I was playing around with colors and some abstraction. Trying to break from the academic portraiture I was trained in. I really believed its necessary to learn painting the very traditional "old master" way first. Now Im not so sure anymore. Im happy I did…”
“How to find your "style" as a painter? .. SWIPE for progress images What a question. For too long I tried to answer it by thinking, looking at other artists work, trying to rationalize my way through to an answer. And long story short, that didnt work well. It just made me feel stuck. What did work though: Doing paintings, a lot of paintings. Not just mindlessly but good efforts, Really trying to produce something I liked. Learning as I went along, improving on each piece with what I l”
“It's my first time trying potrait painting and im using acrylics..im having a hard time painting this and you can already see how funny and idiotic it looks..I feel like giving up..this painting means a lot to someone and I wanted to try painting it but i don't think I can..I feel lost... if you can give your suggestions on how to improve submitted by /u/No_Put875 [link] [comments]”
“I studied academic painting and have a background in digital arts. After years working as a concept artist in games and movies, I'm moving back toward painting more. The problem is though that years of client work made it hard to stick to one style. I'm currently working on a series that feels very much like "me" but I know it'll keep changing. Curious what other painters think about this, especially around making a living from it. Does an evolving style make it harder for”
“‘What don’t you like about it?’ ‘That’s normal for artists who are trying new things. What’s your plan now?’”
“How to find your artistic direction as an artist? This question has been on my mind for a long time. I do art professionally in the video games industry but always felt Im am more a painter than a concept artist. So I started to explore what I could do in the art space. This is one of the explorations I did to find out what is my way of painting. Would love to hear what you think. submitted by /u/g_hintenaus_artist [link] [comments]”
“Sometimes I feel a push and pull between what I think is decent and what a viewer might feel submitted by /u/geesedreams [link] [comments]”
“I used to paint when I was younger but eventually drifted away from it and mostly started doing digital art. Recently I’ve been getting back into traditional painting, and this is my first time doing a portrait mostly in black and white with acrylics. I’m trying to relearn things like mixing values, blending, shading, and working with physical paint again. I’m honestly a little disappointed with how the face turned out. I feel like I lost some of the facial structure once I started adding the di”
“I start the paintings and drawings and then I run out of the will to complete it. For example this artwork of mine . I started it weeks ago but I just cant bring myself to finish it. submitted by /u/Top-Meat6813 [link] [comments]”
“I found a new hobby to keep myself alive. I've been learning how to draw 3 days ago, I'm not really the best at it but it keeps me motivated and happy for now. submitted by /u/Thazmak [link] [comments]”
“First pic is my first attempt at a loose brush stroke type of painting and the second pic was me last night trying to actually blend and not make the painting look like a big blob. I gave up halfway through as I thought it was too gone but I’m kind of happy with my loose painting! Any critiques are welcome, I’ve been trying to paint for a couple weeks now and it is tougher than I imagined. submitted by /u/Just-JOE-Kin [link] [comments]”
“I'm figuring I will find it but I'm feeling lost. When you are lost like this what are your ways of getting out of it? submitted by /u/kindwon01388310 [link] [comments]”