digital painting
2017
I haven't been using layers in my digital works that much because i thought that way it keeps things connected to real painting when doing a quick work like this. This time I decided to try and play with them a little. I think the result is interesting, and maybe I'm setting unnecessary limitations for myself. What is the point of digital if not to make things easier? In a traditional situation I would have to wait a good while for the layers to dry to work like this. Speed of the process isn't the only significant thing -as in how quickly to produce something, more it allows for entirely new kind of creations, as I probably would not have done something like this should it not have been possible to make in a short time frame. Translucent layers are nothing new in painting but for being able to keep the expressionistic edge in that moment, offers me a new perspective. With this insight I could transfer something back to the traditional setting mimicking this technique but with the wait it would be a different experience. I think there is more value to be found in digital painting in its unique characteristics than it being just a quick and clean way to produce an image and that’s something I’m interested to explore.
