The Journey By Ruben

The concept behind my piece. (To become what the industry considers a professional artist you have to go through many layers of knowledge and experience.) In this piece I did called “The Journey” I wanted to portray the journey that an explorer has to take towards finding the exit of the cave. But during his journey he comes across different obstacles/sceneries in his path. At every checkpoint he observes and learns from his surroundings. But then he realise that he has to move on to continue towards exiting the cave. Everything is an obstacle, but also a learning point, which he must continue struggling and finding his way out towards his goal.

Thumbnails 

Creating thumbnails to decide the lay out of the composition and lighting.

Digital Painting phase

Step 1 Digital Imaging

After I chose my final composition I decided to trace over the lines in Photoshop to see the edges of my composition so I can start adding the colour on top

 Step 2 Blocking in the colours

In this stage I started adding colours to the image roughly brushing in layers on layers of colours in order to picture colour combination.

Step 3 Smoothing the colours

In this stage started the precision working of smooth contrasting the colours on each other creating a bit of depth to the composition.

Step 4 Details and finalising the image

During the last step I went on adding the background by desaturating the background colours in order to make them seem far away and also adding a fine layer of atmosphere on it to mimic distance. I also added some mist on the in the foreground to create some atmosphere make it seem there’s a rain forest kind of vibe near the pyramid. For the light source and outside world I used some warmer colours colours to mimic sun rays. 

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Denise's Pieces

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 Ultimate growth is being yourself "exposed " and to be free.
Everyone's past has roses and thorns . But without thorns , you don't have roses .

Step into the future and learn from the thorns and carry the roses with you. With this painting , I want to depict what ultimate growth is. Be happy with yourself and the choices you have made ??in the past because you are therefore grown .

And most important, let go of the past and focus on the future, only you can change your future.
The birds in the painting symbolize freedom. The woman has an aura because she is so radiant and happy and everything is in balance. She wears a rose in her hair and that symbolizes the happy memories she has from her past .

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Dare to jump into the deep even though it seems so unrealistic . This idea sprouted by the story of Alice in Wonderland . Everyone says she has too much imagination and she needs to get her head out of the clouds. She has to think about her future , and not all her dreams .

But if she had not been so curious she wouldn't had made all those amazing adventures.
She learned how strong she is and without realising it, found herself.

You have to take a leap of faith to know yourself. For many people, their greatest dreams are also their greates fears..

What do you see when you look down the rabbit hole ?

Denise.

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