Fanart: Tomb Raider Painting (Work in Progress) by SteveGoad
I spy Jenn Croft! Can’t wait to see this finished. I love how massive it is!
Source: stevegoad.deviantart.com
I started working on an oil painting for the Tomb Raider competition, I’ve been keeping progress notes in my journal and blog since I’ve started. I plan on doing so until completion. You can learn more details here:
Blog: http://stevegoadart.com/?p=815&preview=true
Journal: http://stevegoad.deviantart.com/journal/Tomb-Raider-Painting-WIP-301808678
Grays
by *seangordonmurphy
Last week when I said that I wouldn’t be doing con sketches of copyrighted characters, I had no idea that the news would get the coverage that it did. But seeing as how I helped poke the hornet’s nest—and having taken the time to read the opinions of readers and other artists—I feel like it would be helpful if I responded to help clarify what’s been happening.
First off, I think that what happened regarding this issue highlighted the BEST of our industry. I’m thrilled with the results, although I don’t find Marvel’s statement reassuring (more on that later). When we learned that Marvel was pursuing the $17,000 from Friedrich, we came to
Things you should never ask an Artist to do
by *stevegoad
I write this to not spark a debate or judgement, only to share my personal opinion and experience in hopes of benefiting you and offering insight to people thinking about hiring an artist.
Things you should never ask an Artist to do:
1. Free Work.
Do I really have to explain this one? :) You wouldn’t walk into any other business offering a service and ask for free clothes or a burger right? No, you pay for them without question and they take a lot less creativity, time to make and cost a lot less. Why ask people to work for free on something you couldn’t make yourself? If you believe in your vision, then I suggest find funding for it to
Cover Art: Place to Ponder by Steve Goad
Made the cover to Clarkesworld Magazine, yay! :)
Q:I love your art! I think it's all amazing! I was wondering what's your favorite media is for your art and which media do you think helps you capture the full feeling that you're conveying?
Thank you, I really appreciate that. Which one is my favorite? Hmm that’s a tough question to answer because each one has their pros and cons. I love the natural textures traditional mediums have and yet I like the zero restrictions with digital. If I had to choose though I would go with digital, I wouldn’t be able to sit next to my wife on the couch and paint or head downtown and paint at a coffee shop with real paint. I guess I could do that with traditional mediums but what a pain! Lori wouldn’t be able to stand the smells from Oils and paint thinners and if I painted downtown I’d have to obtain a license. :)
There are too many pros in working with digital, they really do out weigh the pros with traditional mediums. I know some die hard fans of traditional mediums don’t recognize hand painted artwork done with a tablet but that’s irrelevant, it’s here, it’s the future. My advice to the naysayers, adapt and accept it or get out of the way. :)
I believe all mediums are beneficial though, the things I’ve learned in traditional have helped me with digital and vice versa. Thanks again, I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Using real paint as a color palette for digital
by *stevegoad
So starting out with traditional mediums I have always struggled with the color palette on most of the digital paint programs we use today. I think they’re great as far “picking” colors but in reference to working with real paint vs digital there isn’t a real structure on selecting and mixing. For instance you wouldn’t use solid black for traditional paintings or mix white in with your paint to lighten a color, you would use other colors to mix to get better results. I wont get into color mixing, you can find a wealth of information on this on the net.
The point I’m trying to make is color picking has always been kind of a pain for me, eve
Some mini paintings I created of still life. I used acrylic and oils with sizes ranging from 6”x6” to 12”x18”. These were originally going to be an ongoing series of small paintings for a “Daily Painting” blog but I realized I had too much stuff going on to be consistent. I think the idea is to just spend an hour or two a day making mini paintings but personally It’s difficult for me to just call a sketch painting done, I’d rather focus on quality.
A few oil paintings of wildlife I have created and made available as prints. The elephant,golden eagle and grackle in stream aren’t available yet. Details of prints can be found at steve-goad.fineartamerica.com
Thanks for sharing all, I appreciate it.
Q:Your art is amazing. Keep up the good work! :) I love your Mass Effect art. Are you going to post a colored version of "Noveria" ?
Hi Kelly :) I appreciate the compliments and support, it means a lot. You do wonderful work as well! Yeah I keep meaning to get back to it but other things have been coming up. I’ll definitely try and finish it up soon though.
