Javi Cuesta

My first attempt at trying to come back to posting regurlarly again is with a quick portrait study :)

Hunting demons

Meet my current demon: Boredom and lack of inspiration and passion. Made by - @javicuesta When it hit, it does hard and steals tons of time from me. Let´s see if putting a face to it helps beating it…

Portrait study

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Another study

Sometimes you feel there is big improvement in whatever it is you´re doing, in my case is art. You have the feeling that some magic happened somewhere, because yesterday you weren´t able to do what y…

Vintage drawing

- -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- This is the final result of the painting session streaming. It started with a B&W photo as reference, tried to paint it in color and then bac…

Digital painting of past times vintage photos

Digital painting session using Painter2017 just for fun, looking at vintage photos as reference. In this case, one of the actress and model Jerry Hall. My live stream is at DLive

Lighting setup for reference

- -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- The cool thing about little figures is that you can setup somehow complex lighting setups without any fancy stuff. Here a desk lamp and a bit of…

Painting from movies: Inception part II

Part II of the study from still frame of the movie Inception. Trying to learn more about lighting, composition, etc... and searching for a faster workflow. Take a look at the previous session here: h…

Painting from movies: Inception

Study from a movie still. Studying composition, lighting, color... My live stream is at DLive

Digital Painting

Final result of the session. Digital painting practice from reference. Photoref by: Simon Wrigglesworth My live stream is at DLive