THE MUSHROOM COLLECTOR

Goro explains how every new piece start fast and rough, before he gets down to the details

1 SHAPES, NOT LINES The robots in my paintings show human emotions. I find the juxtaposition an interesting concept to explore. Here we see a mushroom collector, MU-05, that finds a rare glowing mushroom. When I start, I’m thinking in shapes rather than in lines. Often I start blocking in shapes directly. In this case, I did a super-quick sketch to block out the perspective and composition. 2 FAST AND ROUGH Next, I block in characters and elements on a separate layer. The key is to keep it rough and fast in the beginning. When I start a painting I imagine how the scene would look when the lights are turned off. Then I start illuminating the scene, thinking about key, fill and bounce light. It’s a good way to…

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ImagineFX Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, ImagineFX Annual 2019

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