Freehand tutorial or lack of....

[AlexDaKid]

There are many great tutorials featured on this great website. Unfortunately this isn\'t a tutorial of freehand and the techniques involves behind it.

I was just wondering if one of the more rated and experienced painters would like to do one?! I think there are a lot of people who would like to see how these paintings on paintings come to be.

Anyone got any thoughts, or better yet anyone offering?!

DaKid

 

[Cerridwyn1st]

There was a masterclass article in the March `04 White Dragon that helped me a lot with doing Lucrezia Belladonna.

The thing that helped me the most was the break-down of the construction of a Fluer de Lis detail.

Additionally, I practiced the freehand on a piece of paper. I started out much larger than the detail that would appear on the model and worked my way down until what I was doing on paper was the size of what I wanted to have on the model.

The trick is to make a \"skeleton\" of the figure that you want to paint and then build the details on top of that. Practicing on paper is VERY helpful. By the time you do it on the fig, your movements are very well practiced and will be much smoother.

I\'m no expert on freehand, but ANY means. But with a few pointers and a lot of practice, you can at least get started on it.

As far as an article by someone else, I\'d love to see something about making those little swirl patterns. I\'d also like to see some stuff on tattoos. Jenova has one on her site; maybe she\'d be kind enough to post it on CMON.

 

[t_haye2]

if you\'re interested in freehand, try to look for miniature painting tutorials(the pictures, not the figures) on the net, also looking at graphic design/airbrush tutorials is a good one, since the breakdown of images into their simpkler forms is used a lot there.

 

[Cerridwyn1st]

Originally posted by t_haye2
if you\'re interested in freehand, try to look for miniature painting tutorials(the pictures, not the figures) on the net, also looking at graphic design/airbrush tutorials is a good one, since the breakdown of images into their simpkler forms is used a lot there.

Thanks for the tip, Tammy. What do you think of looking at calligraphy articles about freehand? Some of the patterns, like leaf/branchwork, look like they\'d translate well to miniatures.

 

[t_haye2]

well, i\'ve got three books on fonts, calligraphy etc etc just for that purpose. picked them up in a bargain book shop, best buy i ever made to be honest.

 

[Calavera]

Ya, look for some step by steps of knotwork and guides to calligraphy on the net. It\'s basically the same thing, just in a smaller scale It\'s most important breaking it up in steps, doing dots, connecting them, paint the lines in between, do some highlights, put finishing touches for example

 

[Cerridwyn1st]

Originally posted by t_haye2
well, i\'ve got three books on fonts, calligraphy etc etc just for that purpose. picked them up in a bargain book shop, best buy i ever made to be honest.

Yeah, I\'ve got books on calligraphy, heraldry, illumination. All good references for miniatures. Now if I only had time to read them...

 

[House of Dexter]

I actually have a write up on how I did a Unicorn for a Shield on my web site...
http://home.comcast.net/~houseofdexter/writeup1/page1.html