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Published: 2015-07-06 16:23:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 75809; Favourites: 2918; Downloads: 933
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Hi all!Here's something I just finished painting. Didn't spend much time on this one, but I like it as it is
Hope you like it as well!
For a bunch of recent sketches and stuff visit my tumblr at jjcanvas.tumblr.com/
Cheers!
Website - www.jorgejacinto.com
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Comments: 64
Has a very Castlevania feel to it. Love it!
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i love this!! very soothing to look at, also v inspirational for me to look at.
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Hello! You've received a little feature in here: luciaconstantin.deviantart.com… Hope you'll enjoy it, as much as I enjoy your work.
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this is nice! love the design of the trees and architecture, so spikey!
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Phew, what a sight. I love walks in the woods, but this one's a special place I'd visit right away! 
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It feels like it is raining and windy. Castle and cliff wall give the impression that we are very very small in this world.
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"Enter, freely, and of your own will..." Dracula, if I'm not mistaken
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You can say that again...
Welp! Time to loot and pillage or grovel for sweet mercy. Either one.
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You see unwelcoming, I see adventure begging to be had.
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Such a cool angle with beautiful colours 
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Thank you 
Cheers!
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Would you have any advice as to how to paint so loosely/suggestively? It's really very beautiful
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I struggle a bit with that myself since I always want to detail everything and make everything very explicit. On this particular illustration I forced myself to stop painting. I looked at it and it was perceptible enough so I just forced myself to stop. I zoomed out to see if it was perceptible and it was, and I checked the values by removing saturation and they were also OK, so I just saved the JPEG and was done with it
It's a bit of a psychological thing, I think
In regards to the brushstrokes themselves, I think that they come out this way because I didn't use any linework for this, and made everything with no-hard-edges brushes, blocking in big shapes and refining them over time, and since I stopped at this point instead of refining further, it just came out more loose!
Hope this helps! Still trying to figure this out myself !
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That's very comforting coming from you, as I really admire your art and use it for inspiration. Your answer helped a lot, and I will definitely be giving that a go myself! Thankyou
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Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne - all of them too much 
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I immediately got the Dark Souls Feeling from your Picture
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This seems like an unforgiving and unwelcoming place indeed, and yet the character is braving their way to the top. Their goal must be important.
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Always great, must say that I always refresh my youtube to see if there are vids from you every time I see a new piece on Tumblr.
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Thank you!
I do need to get back to making videos, I really really do! I like the process and I like that they help people out, but I'm always a bit anxious to do them as I think the images don't come out as well since I feel a bit more pressure
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Very understandable, but if it helps I think most of us, myself included, really enjoy watching all your vids which means that even those you deem less than perfect still bring so much
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Profundo, imponente, magistral 
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I absolutely love this! Job well done.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIi9Z…
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This is beautiful! I love how the sharp, geometric castle abruptly cuts off the organic scene behind it- shows the possibly sinister nature of where the character is going.
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Gasp! Dude, could you help me with a picture I'm drawing? It's similar to this! You have no idea how excited I am I found this. It's a lot like how I pictured the castle in the book I'm writing.
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