Hogman
by David Luebbert
Title
Hogman
Artist
David Luebbert
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting
Description
The spinach-loving pilot completes another successful mission in his USAF A-10 Thunderbolt, aka Warthog, emphasizing in this pose the massive gatling gun in the nose. Painted by hand by David with Corel Painter. For a reference, David created a Popeye the Sailor 3D ZBrush model as one of his first 3D projects, then rendered him outside a Mesh Factory A-10 model for this pose.
Revised version, July 4, 2016.
Revised version, Nov. 11, 2023 (David mixed some AI-improved and sharpened layers with the original, giving some sharpness to the painting, and expanded the resolution to 10,000 pixels from about 3,000.)
David finishes his prints in very high resolution, so even large size prints will have great smoothness, sharpness and details. His monitor is color calibrated, so for a person viewing this image with a calibrated screen, the ordered print will look very close to it. Visit the LouBear Pixels gallery, loubear.pixels.com, for many more forms of printing... puzzles, lifestyle, stationery, beach, coffee mugs, apparel. Use the CODE at Pixels for an artist discount.
David has always been good at sketching exactly what he sees and as faithfully as possible, that is, if he can see it first, this has become his ADVENTURE, once he helps that subject become reality, he finds something else he has not created before, something that he yearns to paint. For David, style and technique are secondary in importance to the subject, making them transparent, so the subject can form completely as it should without him interjecting his own personality. The joy of creating, the love of the Creator and appreciation of Creation itself is what drives this whole process, more than anything else. Starting with an idea, a concept, he starts sketching, imagining, studying, creating the subject and composition, then develops the idea into his painting. The adventure of creation is not about David, it is about letting the creation come into existence, and his sole goal as an artist is to experience the joy of creating something fun or enjoyable, and to be able to share those creation experiences with all others.
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June 7th, 2013
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