>>5897135>The fabric reminds me of russian orthodox icons desu I think one thing that is distinctive of his style that even I found myself copping was the power of "pushing and pulling negative space" by use of painting even the white of the canvas, with white brushstrokes if only to at least look more finished, but like take for example:
>>5897286I can't tell if the white of the window was painted first, then the model was painted over it, or if it's the reverse, and the white, which is obviously behind the man in the tan shirt BUT is actually a layer above.
With how much whitelining he does (think the fuzzy aura around forms, but also can be used to bring things closer, vilppu talks about it at length in atmospheric perspective)
I actually think Leyendecker improvised a lot, but his ability to make MANY different materials look cohesive is so goddamn pro tier unf i love the technique far more than his purty boys.
>>5896953Look up the first chapter of creative illustration by Loomis
>http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/Andrew%20Loomis%20-%20Creative.Illustration.pdf p.34
pic related is the only digital work of mine i could find with some semblance of these techniques mentioned, but whatever I loved Leyendecker before this thread,still do.
