MATTHEW'S GUTS

Autopsy of “Rainbow Wars” (20”x40” / 2011)

Part 1 of 2

From ink/stipple to a choice for the initial background color.

This underlay color sort of sets the mood for what I think I want to do in terms of a pallet.  I have a color background already planned, but I like to put down foreground colors first.  It’s some tick I have.

Autopsy of “Rainbow Wars” (20”x40” / 2011)

Part 2 of 2

Here the initial colors are laid down to start working up from.

One thing I dislike about much of the digital mediums used for film, painting, etc is that they offer too many choices.  It is easy to loose an idea when you have endless options for revision.  I do not allow myself to re-paint stuff in digital.  If I lay down a color, I then only let myself build up from there by layering.  I apply semitransparent shades of the additional color until I find something I like, the way you would with physical paint.