I had been studying Gustav Klimt and Art Nouveau for the past few weeks. Art Nouveau is an international art movement happened 1890-1910 in Europe and US. It has given rise to a lot of highly styled art forms. Gustav Klimt was the leader of the Secessionists in Vienna and well known for his golden style.
This is an attempt of mine adapting Gustav’s style into digital painting, conveying the theme “Environmental Issue/Global Warming”. Well, my idea here is to protest the manipulation of environmental issue as a holy reason for economic benefits. Environmental movement should be a spontaneous responsibility but not some new trends that being capitalized for profits and suppression. Hope all can act wisely before purchasing goods/participating movements that labeled “environmental friendly”.
Following is my work flow:
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| Step 1 | : | Draft the outlines |
| Step 2 | : | Lay a rough colors |
| Step 3 | : | Started of with the skin tones, clothing changed to meroon |
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| Step 4 | : | Adjust the top portion color, adding decorative pattern to the cloth |
| Step 5 | : | Start toning the crowd |
| Step 6 | : | Add in ‘Tree of Life’ |
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| Step 7 | : | Then the sword and scale |
| Step 8 | : | Rework on Justitia’s feature |
| Step 9 | : | Overlay more decoratives on the cloth |
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| Step 10 | : | Overlay texture to create golden effect |
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| Step 11 | : | Here is how the golden effect created |
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| Step 12 | : | Lastly, over lay brush strokes on Justitia’s skin, Fin |
totally agree on the over manipulation of environmental issue for power & money! Great work too!