03-18-2011, 07:09 AM
S-two-fiddy, that gives me another way to look at it. Thanks for explaining it like that. It is all modeling, just using different mediums.
Painting the background buildings was not that difficult, just like building a model structure isn't that hard either. The buildings seem more like a "science" in that there are striaght lines and geometric shapes which are easy to reproduce. But for me, at least right now, painting a tree isn't quite so easy. It seems like painting a tree is more "art" than "science." The absence of straight lines and geometric shapes is the issue. It is easier to visualize and reproduce the nuances of a building than to do the same with a tree.
Now, I have made a bunch of 3D trees, and they came out good (http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...=53&t=1845). Painting a tree is altogether different. But as S-two-fiddy metions, it is just a matter of learning the techniques. I have been doing some studying of the subject on the net. Have found ome good videos on painting trees. And I learned that when using transparent paints, you have to work from light to dark, but with opaque paints, you have to work from dark to light. Both of these techniques have their place for backdrop painting.
Painting the background buildings was not that difficult, just like building a model structure isn't that hard either. The buildings seem more like a "science" in that there are striaght lines and geometric shapes which are easy to reproduce. But for me, at least right now, painting a tree isn't quite so easy. It seems like painting a tree is more "art" than "science." The absence of straight lines and geometric shapes is the issue. It is easier to visualize and reproduce the nuances of a building than to do the same with a tree.
Now, I have made a bunch of 3D trees, and they came out good (http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...=53&t=1845). Painting a tree is altogether different. But as S-two-fiddy metions, it is just a matter of learning the techniques. I have been doing some studying of the subject on the net. Have found ome good videos on painting trees. And I learned that when using transparent paints, you have to work from light to dark, but with opaque paints, you have to work from dark to light. Both of these techniques have their place for backdrop painting.