My Art Blog

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  “The Judge”, By Jyri Straechav, 2013. C4D, Photoshop.

  I’m working on some new techniques behind the scenes. I am planning some pretty ambitious ideas. Unfortunately some of them might have to wait for my new computer, which will probably appear in August if all goes well. I need significantly more horsepower for the stuff I want to do.

  I am also playing with dynamics system in C4D, we’ll see how badly I can abuse that for future pieces.

  And lastly, I have now officially moved to my “summer schedule”. I will be posting only ONE piece per week for the next several months. I might  make more than that, depending of the schedule (rain!). But don’t expect me to post the usual two regularly. I’ll post either on Wednesday or Saturday as usual, but I can’t promise which day.

  
  

  05/18/13

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  “Connected” By Jyri Straechav, 2013. C4D, Photoshop, Artrage

  I rather like this, I did some things that I rather surprised myself with. I did obviously use that One True Photoshop Brush(tm) that I tend to use in just about every painting of mine. Especially the ones that have feathers or things falling apart. 

  Also, this is how I feel every time I go on facebook. I really don’t care, man.

  
  

  05/11/13

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  “Companion”, By Jyri Straechav, 2013. C4D, Artrage

  A new piece! Finally. Sorry about it being basically day late. I was a little too lazy in the early week to get a move on. This piece is basically just a study of light and form. Also getting used to using Artrage again. The version four is definitely a big improvement. The ability to make new views is crucial for my workflow, so that’s why I am using it again.

  
  

  05/09/13

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  “Sorrow” by Jyri Straechav, 2013. Cinema4D, Acrylics, Artrage.

  Something a bit different. It’s quite… pretty for my standards. It’s also a bit of a culmination of mixed media paintings of mine. I’ve used pretty much every trick I know except photography (although the background texture is a photograph I took). 

  There are many things I really like about this painting, and surprisingly few things that I hate. So I hope you all like it.

  
  

  05/04/13

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  “Wounded” By Jyri Straechav, 2013. Pencil, Acrylics, Artrage 5

  I needed a change of medium, away from the 3D based paintings that I have been working with lately. So I put some acrylics on paper and decided to go with more abstract stuff than usually. 

  I like it. For now. We’ll see what I think about it in a week.

  
  

  05/01/13

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  “The Gift”, by Jyri Straechav, 2013. Cinema4D, Photoshop.

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSAY! I’m not going to spam your inbox like you did to me, but happy fucking birthday anyway! Since I can’t be physically there to give you a present, I painted this fellow - he’ll be presenting a gift for you. I hope you like it, it took a while to find.

  
  

  04/29/13

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  “Cover Girl #12”, By Jyri Straechav, 2013, Photoshop.

  A quick speedpaint to keep this place alive, and to warm up for working on The Gift. The name also references this particular painting of mine. I might do it a bit of a lighthearted sketch series. I don’t think I’ll ever take these too seriously, but I think I can go more detailed than this one which is indeed a very quick sketch.

  
  

  04/28/13

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  “The Tree”, By Jyri Straechav, 2013. Cinema4D, Photoshop.

  I am not absolutely fine with this piece, but I really can’t figure out how to improve it. However I deem it good enough to post, so here you go. There are elements to it that I kind of like, even if I whine about the execution a little bit.

  
  

  04/27/13

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  Nightwalker, By Jyri Straechav, 2013. Photoshop.

  A veeeery quick piece. I took many shortcuts, but hey, you people should be satisfied. At least I posted art today. I’ll work on the two other paintings now. I’ll post “The Tree” next, once it’s done, then on 30th I’ll post “The Gift” that I painted for Lindsay. I’ll keep you all posted.

  
  

  04/24/13

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  “Consumed”, By Jyri Straechav, 2013. Cinema4D, Photoshop.

  So, yeah, by the virtue of having to do this very fast - this is very much a 3D piece. It also makes me think, for some reason, some of my older pieces. Or maybe someone else… I don’t know. Doesn’t matter, I did still a fair bit of painting especially the head and hands, but I left a lot of the 3D elements alone. 

  Tomorrow I don’t think I’ll upload another painting, I’m sorry to say. I’ll be working on “The Gift” as I have named the piece.

  
  

  04/20/13