jodeeeart

[jodeeeart]

Recently, I've been looking to get into Oils and traditional work with a little more conviction. These are various studies ranging from 1 - 8hrs a piece in an effort to break through the weird fear and get a little more comfortable with the medium.

#oil painting #traditional art #art dump #art #artists on tumblr #tadanobu asano #takeshi kitano #brandon lee #kurgan #dax riggs #portraits #studies

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Hello Jodie, I was curious about your work on Black Mass Rising. How did you manage to do it without burning out, and what did you take into account to keep things simple. Thank you for gracing our eyes with your art

Hey nonny,

Thanks for the ask! Honestly, I am not so sure I did escape without some burnout. I was completely exhausted by the end of it! I was working on BMR over lockdown so the stress of it was kind of amplified. I made a few mistakes that I wouldn’t make again but by far the biggest one - I took on other work alongside it. If working on that book taught me anything, it’s the limits of what I am capable of haha! I would never load myself up like that again. I think it took me around a year and a half after I had handed in the finals to truly feel reconnected to any creative desire of my own. I don’t think I was fully burned out as I continued to work over that period, but it felt like I was at a distance from what I was making in a weird way. I think another contributing factor was that it just wasn’t my baby. Perhaps if that level of labour had been in service of my own idea and vision, I may have felt very differently at the end of the project. That all sounds very doom and gloom I know but I did learn a lot about economy, working under pressure and time management, those skills have transferred to other projects! I have since had the opportunity to work on some motion comics and animated 2.5D stuff on Valorant map reveals and New World cinematics. Being able to juggle many tasks at once definitely came in handy! Same with some concepting jobs I have had since too, I have developed my own economic shorthand which answers the other part of your question about style. I was delivering 3 fully painted pages a week to the editor which necessitated a much simpler visual! It was all about reduction in the right places. Big shapes and readable forms with focus on expressions and body language to assist the dialogue and narrative. Creating character designs that were distinct from one another but not too complex that they would require loads of detail on every pass. Theo Prasidis (Author) wanted to give the book a more European feel, less like something you might get from one of the big two so we leaned into a more painterly and looser vibe.  That got a little waffles there but I hope that answer was useful to you in some way at least!

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Hi Jodee! do you consider to use glaze or nightshade? (what's your opinion about ai "art"?)

Hi Nonny!

Thanks for the ask, sorry I am just getting to it now! To answer your question about Glaze, Nightshade and AI as it pertains to art, I support the poisoning! At the rate this technology is advancing, there needs to be a quick footed defence against the greedy reach of corporations that feel entitled to just help themselves. I am not really looking forward to the glut of mediocre ‘content’ sludge that’s inevitably going to be sold back to us either. It was already getting kind of unbearable in volume before the great churning began.

Ethics and morality aside, from a purely creative standpoint as an artist, it couldn’t appeal to me less. I can see how it might speed up the process and help with idea generation, which makes sense in a commercial environment where everything needs to be delivered yesterday but that’s not why I make art. It’s an expression of self and it’s deeply personal, connected and rooted in me. I love the process; I love learning and the feeling when I see or feel slight improvement.  The sense of accomplishment when I solve a problem. The meditative state it puts me in. Why on earth would anyone sacrifice that part of the process? Reward without effort seems deeply unfulfilling and down right depressing to me not to mention the atrophy of a skill set I have poured so much time into. There is a deep value in learning a skill, it goes way beyond the final piece or the money that can be made from it. Thanks again for the ask <3!

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little bits and pieces.

#art #digitalart #illustration #sketches #wip #gobbo #reaaaallly want to finish the second guy #dark fantasy #still super busy but trying to squeeze in a little bit of personal stuff

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Hi Jodie! I took some time off tumblr and just came back. I could have sworn you had some great timelapses I wanted to watch... Did those get moved anywhere or taken down?

Hey Nonny,

Welcome back! You must have me mixed up with another artist, I have never had any Timelapse videos on here or anywhere else. I hope you find what you were looking for!

<3

#Asks #replies #also sorry to anyone who has sent an ask recently that’s gone unanswered. #I haven’t had time to really sit down and write replies #I am snowed under with work atm

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More practice. Oil on paper.

#oil painting #studies #adam driver #portraiture #working up to the thicker stuff #black and white #monochrome #traditional art

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recent oil study

#exploring traditional mediums has really rekindled something in my art spirit recently. #There's something kind of exciting in the uncertainty and fear it provokes haha. #art #painting #portrait #traditional art

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it's been bloody ages.

#kylo ren #adam driver #warm up #painting #star wars #fan art #illustration #portrait #i love his face

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B&W oil studies

Oil on Paper - various sizes.

#oil #studies #black and white #painting #traditional painting #john singer sargent #joseph mawle #maggie cheung #starting to feel a little less intimidated by the medium.

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Thank you for all the suggestions on the last post! Really appreciated! I think I am leaning in the direction of a public patreon without any tiers at the moment! I will be sure to update when I have set everything up!

#thank you very much!

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Hello! I am having a few issues with heavy handed censorship at the moment. I am certain I am not the only artist or creator that is suffering so i wanted to ask, where do you prefer to consume or post your content or artwork that is deemed nsfw? I don’t want to paywall my stuff, I just want somewhere to share work uncensored that isn’t going to get flagged, restricted or what not. Discord? Patreon? Or is there somewhere else? I will still post it here, tumblr has a slightly more nuanced nerfing of nsfw, it’s a post by post attitude to mature content but seemingly, instagram restricts the reach of the whole account if one post violates the guidelines. Any and all suggestions welcome (except twitter, it’s dead to me.)

#artists on tumblr #Lend me your juicy brains

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Some MTG artist proofs in Biro.

#magic the gathering #mtg artist proofs #biro #ink #I love a good old fashioned Biro #not sure what I am doing with these yet. #drawing #card art #artists on tumblr

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Various Traditional WIPs and crops.

Charcoal - oil - Gouache.

#painting #traditional painting #oil painting #gouache #charcoal #wip #having fun repainting digital stuff #there's something about the higher risks when it's trad that really bring me back to focus #i find that i can sort of space out on auto pilot with digital sometimes #a bad mark can be undone very easily. #adar

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Various WIPS and crops.

#wip #crop #illustration #digital painting #gobs #fantasyart #artists on tumblr #i'd love to finish at least one full painting of a gob #gothic art

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#art #painting #artists on tumblr #digital painting #illustration #fantasy #dark #gothic #demon #i am not sure if i have finished this yet but i really like the vibe it has right now

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<3

#adar #joseph mawle #the rings of power #portrait #fantasyart #beautiful men #been really busy lately #nice to wind up the week with a bit of adar

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I am delighted to share the latest sculpt from Mindwork Studio based on my painting RED! He's a 75mm Mini and he's available for purchase HERE now.

Just look at that glorious mane! Sculpt by Alex Carratala.

#Miniatures #75mm #mindworkstudio #3d sculpting #art #gothic #dark fantasy #He's so gorgeous! #building a mini army! #illustration #artists on tumblr #painting