Okay, so, “Bloodshed on Beattie Street.” Sounds intense, right? Well, it kinda was. I’ve been messing around with… let’s just call them “digital art projects” – and this one got a little out of hand. It all started with a simple idea, I just want create a picture.
I started by grabbing some, uh, “reference materials.” You know, just to get the mood right. Think gritty, dark, maybe a little unsettling. Lots of deep reds and shadows, obviously. I was going for this whole noir-ish vibe, but, you know, with a twist.
The Messy Middle
- First, I sketched out the basic layout. Super rough, just to get the placement of things right. It all began on that “street,” of course.
- Then, I started blocking in the colors. Big, bold strokes. Nothing subtle here, folks. We’re talking bloodshed, remember?
- Then I began to paint, constantly adjusting the saturation.
- This is where things got tricky. I spent hours tweaking the… let’s call them “details.” Getting the right amount of “splatter” without going full-on cartoonish was a real challenge. Seriously, there’s a fine line between “artfully disturbing” and “just plain gross.”
- I kept layering and layering, adding textures, trying to make it look, you know, real. Or, at least, real enough.
- Then, add the element of light, and adjust the lighting direction.
The (Almost) Finished Product
After what felt like a million years, I finally stepped back and looked at the whole thing. It was… something. Definitely captured the “bloodshed” part. Beattie Street, well, it looked like a place you wouldn’t want to be caught after dark, that’s for * that’s what I want.
I saved a few different versions, just in case. You never know when you might need to tone it down a notch. Or, you know, crank it up to eleven.
So, yeah, that’s the story of “Bloodshed on Beattie Street.” It was a messy, time-consuming, and occasionally frustrating process, but hey, that’s art, right? I just want to share the whole process that i made.
