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Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by chuqudy(m): 1:39am On Dec 12, 2013
To capture the essence of Pope Francis, we turned to Chicago-based artist Jason Seiler, a classically trained oil painter who recently taught himself to paint digitally on a 21-inch LCD display.

“This technology allows me to work naturally, intuitively drawing and painting directly on the LCD display,” says Seiler, who studied fine art illustration at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. “My technique when painting digitally is very similar to the way I paint with oils or acrylics. I tend to work from dark to light, focusing mainly on values and color harmony. I never use any form of photo manipulation.”

Seiler spent more than 70 hours creating the Person of the Year artwork, which continues the rich tradition of great portraiture on the cover of TIME. “A lot of times before I start a painting, I see it finished in my head,” he says. “With the Pope, I let it happen organically.

After an initial sketch, Seiler covered it with a thin layer of raw umber—the same way an under-painting is utilized in traditional painting. “My paintings tend to have a lot of detail, but don’t let that fool you—the details are only the final touches,” says Seiler. “The most important thing is the drawing, and once I have that to my satisfaction I focus on capturing light and establishing strong values. I create a limited palette and use only those colors for the duration of the painting.”

Next, Seiler focused on getting the character, look and feel of the Pope correct. “From there I just painted what I was feeling. I paint by stacking and layering my brushwork similar to sculpting with clay, but building form with values, structure and most importantly capturing light.”
“Many artists can draw a decent likeness of a well-known face, but the challenge is to capture not just the likeness but the character of the person. Capturing this truth, or essence, is, for me, the most important factor in considering a portrait successful or not.”

Seiler, who also worked as a character designer on Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, found painting digitally came naturally. “Mixing color digitally is done basically the same way it is done traditionally, only easier and quicker. I enjoy finding a thumbprint on a painting or seeing loose hairs from a paintbrush entombed forever in the art. I purposely leave brush marks visible, knowing that as long as the lighting and
values are correct, the painting will still have a very realistic look and quality alongside its traditional feel.”

And if you look closely at his latest work on this week’s TIME cover, you’ll notice some of those realistic touches.

http://poy.time.com/2013/12/11/behind-person-of-the-year-cover-jason-seiler/

Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by spywareczar(m): 2:07am On Dec 12, 2013
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Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by chuqudy(m): 2:39am On Dec 12, 2013
Which softwares can one use to make oil painting with computer and android.
Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by spywareczar(m): 8:46am On Dec 12, 2013
chuqudy: Which softwares can one use to make oil painting with computer and android.
Microsoft Excel grin
Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by chuqudy(m): 4:08pm On Dec 17, 2013
spywareczar: Microsoft Excel grin
I want reply from reasonable people and not from idiots.

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Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by spywareczar(m): 5:38pm On Dec 17, 2013
chuqudy: I want reply from reasonable people and not from idiots.
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Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by chuqudy(m): 1:32pm On Dec 19, 2013
spywareczar: mumu, u no even happy say I reply sef, u go dry grin
Fake artist who has nothing to offer but stupidity.
Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by Onegai(f): 9:59pm On Jan 10, 2014
This guy is a major animator, so the software he used was not the cheap or "affordable" one sold in Play store or on itunes. Plus, he was already a very fantastic traditional artist, in that he could do the exact same thing, on paper and canvas. Ask the VFX guys like Sporedust, they should know.

All those animators at Disney have easels with canvas, and paper available in their offices, so they can take a break from work and draw/paint. They won't hire you if you don't have good traditional painting skills as well as Digital Art skills.
Re: Artist Jason Seiler On How He Captured Pope Francis For This Year's TIME Issue by TAOKEN(m): 10:58am On Jun 30, 2014
Diz spyware nogo eva change. Hahhaahahahah...

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