Digital Painting 11/6

Second last week. I feel a lot more confident in my pieces now, how they have evolved over the last few weeks. Todays class was quite nice in that I was just playing around with no real set idea in my head at first. I really like the way that my black and white piece turned out, the focus becomes more on the textures, and the subtle gold highlight in the centre of the mans chest. To me, this piece feels like the conclusion to my series. The mans acceptance that the wolf is part of him, and with that acceptance comes the loss of fear, and the strength that brings to him. Limiting the colour palette helps with the impact. The other image I created is completely surreal, very few distinct shapes, colours all swirling together. This one was fun to make in that I got to smudge everything, in every which way which meant I could zone out and play with the effects. The muted colours help add to the sinister shadowy feel of the piece, while the sunset sky creates a contrast and helps to keep it tied in to the rest of the series, along with the two shadow figures.