One of the best ways to learn, improve, and challenge ourselves creatively is to study great artists. Remember Picasso famously said, "Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
Ok, obviously literal stealing is not Picasso's point. Instead the insight of his quote is to get in the habit of admiring and analyzing esteemed artists. In this stream we're doing exactly that; focusing on one of my favorite 3D artists: beeple. We'll look at his background, sift through his body of work, and discuss his artistry/technique.
Beeple is famous for creating an image (usually 3D and always incredible) from start to finish every day for 10 years - and he's still going by the way. Read that sentence again. Besides his absurd ability to create quickly, he's above all a gifted artist. His #everydays work is a deep well of abstract visuals, realism, voice, composition, emotion, etc. Trust me: There is much to learn from studying beeple.
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QUESTION: Can the same techniques be applied to non-abstract art?
If you wan't to get into what motivates him, he always recommends the book "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield as one of the things that moved him forward. It's a great reading about dedication, self-esteem and procrastination.
There is definitely some art spirit possessing Beeple, he can do cool stuff from simple beginnings
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That's a really good idea.
Google Nik collection is free and great in PS for post. Gimp GMIC has some great stuff too.
QUESTION: could we make something at CG Cookie to spend a week doing a Beeple challenge? abstract artwork per day for a week, on a topic, prize at the end?
Maybe he used volumetrics.