I love watching time-lapse artwork. A lot can be learned by watching the techniques, tips, and tricks of other artists. I don’t mean copying their work; I mean learning specific techniques that can help us enhance our own work. Recently, I had the pleasure of watching a remastering of an old Doom screen.
Here’s another one with an old favorite of mine:
The artist who created those images used a fair amount of samples from other images. I’ve done a little bit of this in the past, but very selectively. Generally, if I haven’t taken the photo myself, I avoid using footage from another piece unless I specifically wanted to pay homage to that piece. For example, when I made the image above for the Shadowfist card game, I wanted to give a viable reasoning behind the Voynich manuscript.
If you get a chance, check out the rest of the videos on that guy’s channel; they’re really cool. I like the idea of taking the old game sprites and remastering them with a painterly style.
What games would you like to see painted?