Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Others

Unused ideas for the cover. I'll be finishing these off one by one. You can see some of them are farther along than the others


14 comments:

Saskia said...

wow, they're all very nice! I'm especially fond of nr 2 and 3. :D
I think itwas a good decision to choose a motive that's more zoomed in.

Anonymous said...

amazing Bao. Thanks for posting these. :D

Yihyoung said...

Ahhh...so awesome.

I have a question, I hope you don't mind answering haha. :)

I've noticed that a lot of your art--and a lot of others' art (janaschi in particular)--incorporate strong value contrasts. All of "The Others" have light/luminescent skin in contrast to the background/situation. Do you consciously think of this when/before you paint? Is that an objective for the complete piece?

Thanks. :)

Nesskain said...

just amazing! You are one of my big influence, I just love the way you use colors!

JJacks said...

I think the first one if my favorite because of her emotive face. They are all very beautiful though. I can't wait to see more finished art from you.

Jordan said...

These are all great, love the colours in the second one especially!

CellarDoor said...

all gorgeous beautiful ideas. i can't wait to see them all finished :)

Anonymous said...

I love esp. the last one, Bao!

Rita Ria

Katie said...

oh wow, these are SO beautiful, can't wait to see them all finished O_O! <3

Bao Pham said...

Yihyoung, it's nice to have that contrast between dark and light, and I think it creates interest very easily. It depends on which painting I'm doing, but yes, that contrast between figure and background is definitely a goal. I think about how can I make her/him/it stand out from the background? Whether it's value contrast or color contrast, I utilize both. You can also apply it to situations when you want things to recede into the background.

Thanks a lot everyone!:]

Anonymous said...

i love the last one. :) can't wait to see all of these done from you, you always make the most amazing stuff.

Anonymous said...

These are stunning!

Gina Schiappacasse said...

Amazing. Love the energy in your work. And the colors!

SKIZO said...

I
Like
Your
Work
Good
Creations