Monday, October 28, 2024
An Epic Play Mat
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Bison Study Aug 2024
Final Digital painting by Aaron Thorup. Purchase a Print. |
I started this particular study sometime last year. A good friend gave me an art book called Painting Wildlife TEXTURES Step by Step, by Rod Lawrence. This book highlighted using a technique of gradually layering the paint to build up the details. The idea of applying the same techniques to a digital painting intrigued me.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Maddy
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Friday, August 2, 2024
Vanilla Sky, a Digital Painting
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Reference Photo of Vanilla Sky |
Below are a few detail images at 100% zoom.
Detail at 100% zoom |
Detail at 100% zoom |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Mountain View Corridor and the Mitt Romney Visit
Couple months ago, Mitt Romney came for a visit to check out the pieces of military property that needed to be transferred into state hands so they can finish building the MountainView Corridor. I was asked to generate a couple maps to make clear what is being proposed. Went through multiple revisions. Used Adobe Illustrator to produce these.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Digital Painting - Crane
Well, what can I say. I took an overly long break from posting on my blog. Well, time to dust off the good ole keyboard and make a new beginning. Over that past six years I have engaged in a ton of graphics for the Public Engagement department for Horrocks. While I find the work useful to the communities in which we serve, the creativity factor is lacking greatly. I do a ton of maps, signs, flyers and other collateral for various civil and transportation projects.
I will only post on such things if there is some kind of interest beyond the norm. No, here in this blog I wish to share an ongoing chronicle of creative dabbling's, and ongoing projects. I like to share what I learn. I will also share, from time to time, my inner mind, thoughts and feelings.
The following digital painting exercise was completed in about four to six hours, over a couple month period. Keep in mind I do this as a hobby on the side. Being a working father and husband my time to indulge in this is limited. Have to spread things out.
Overall, I'm happy with the final result of this painting. While Affinity photo isn't the absolute best tool for digital painting, it can produce excellent results.
Detail of the head and Neck of the Crane |
Detail of the Wing area |
Detail of the Feet. |
Final digital painting of the Crane |
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Goose themed 3D scene
Shooting for the Moon
Below is a Photo I took at my parents house a while ago. I really like the light, and the Porcelain Geese inspired me to make the 3D image a Goose-themed one. Additionally it is simple to compose. As a beginner I knew I could easily model this, and the real challenge would be in generating effective textures and lighting. I will say from the outset, I have only partially achieved what I set out to do. I still have much to learn. The quote by Norman Vincent Peale comes to mind;“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.” I very much hope to land among the stars in this endeavor.
Modeling and first steps
An Epic Play Mat
At the beginning of October my youngest son approached me with a task of creating an illustration for a playmat. Essentially this is like a ...
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