ORDINARY PEOPLE - "AUTOPORTRAIT 01" - art brushes digital paint

ORDINARY PEOPLE - "AUTOPORTRAIT 01"  Copyright (c) Michal Vlcek 2011

My first autoportrait ever.. Super color contrasty.


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CHICA 02 - "BICYCLE"- art brushes digital paint

CHICA 02 - "BICYCLE" - Copyright (c) Michal Vlcek 2011

Another painting. I thing this one I would print out on canvas and finish it with oilpaint.

Will post the final resoult.


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ORDINARY PEOPLE - "MEXIKANO" - art brushes digital paint - photo reference by Jennifer Nilsson

ORDINARY PEOPLE - "MEXIKANO"  Copyright (c) Michal Vlcek 2011

Again I thank Jennifer for the orginal photo reference. This time I pushed myself for more coraugeous brushstrokes and work with color.

Still a muddy green is my favourite complementary color. Will have to study color theory deeper to keep on going:) ..

I know that is little off from cars. I will move those paintings on specific page so I can keep this place focused on one topic.

Thank you all for your support and all the best you guys!


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ORDINARY PEOPLE - "THE KID" - cs5 art brushes paint - photo reference by Jennifer Nilsson

ORDINARY PEOPLE - "THE KID"  Copyright (c) Michal Vlcek 2011

Another attempt. This time I used photo reference done by my friend photographer Jennifer Nilsson. Such a pleasure to play with brushstrokes. Next time I think I will try much more abstraction. It is still little to much cencrete to my taste.

Added some nice greens and bluish tones to make the face pop out.

A link to my friends photo blog: http://nilssonphotos.blogspot.com/

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ORDINARY PEOPLE - "THE BUILDER" - cs5 art brushes paint

ORDINARY PEOPLE - "THE BUILDER" Copyright (c) Michal Vlcek 2011

New CS5 art brushes are really nice. They work nice with colors and blends artisticly. A step closer to the real oil paint.


I used photo reference to do this. Drasticly introduced new colors to emhasise contrast in particular areas. Two hours of fun. I tried not to overdone this- being deliberate with every brushstroke.


Bravo Adobe for what you have done!


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