This digital artist takes inspiration from Old Masters and orientalist paintings
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Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Based in Hong Kong, Brian Yuen uses Photoshop as his tool of choice for his art, but his influences are mainly traditional. The freelance illustrator, who started digital painting in 2016, was inspired by the Old Masters, as well as modern artists such as Jaime Jones and Craig Mullins, and he loves using a painterly style.Continuing our regular series of artist showcases, he briefly introduces four examples of his work below. If you're inspired, see our guides to the best drawing tablets and the best laptops for drawing and digital art.Blue (Image credit: Brian Yuen)“This was done as a quick paint over practice on top of an old painting I did in 2019. I wanted to see how I can edit a painting to make it more interesting and in alignment with my current taste. I find I am now much more expressive with my mark-making.”Shopkeeping (Image credit: Brian Yuen)“This image is inspired by Orientalist paintings that are pretty complex with a lot of props and materials. For this image, I tried to balance all of the different details while trying to imply some kind of narrative as well.”Pigeons (Image credit: Brian Yuen)“This is inspired by Old Master paintings. I was particularly interested in the hands; I wanted them to have some kind of swirling motion and gesture to them. Hands are always fun to paint.”Spirit (Image credit: Brian Yuen)“This is probably my favourite painting that I have done. I wanted to capture something spiritual and mystical, a sense of movement, yet stillness, while also letting the viewer’s imagination interpret what’s going on.”You can see more of Brian's work on his websiteWant to explore the world of digital art?Our digital art newsletter is your go-to source for the latest news, trends, and inspiration from the worlds of art, illustration, 3D modelling, game design, animation, and beyond.Today's best drawing tablet dealsInspired to work on your own digital art? See below for deals on drawing tablets that we've reviewed.This article originally appeared in ImagineFX. Subscribe to ImagineFX to never miss an issue. Print and digital subscriptions are available.Creative Bloq is now easier to access than ever before with our on-the-go app, which brings you all the content you know and love from our website, but in a super-streamlined design.Download the Creative Bloq app for iOSDownload the Creative Bloq app for Android TOPICS ImagineFX staff All things ImagineFX ImagineFX is the No.1 selling digital art magazine for fantasy and sci-fi enthusiasts! Featuring digital and traditional drawing skills, game design, manga and film art each issue is crammed with training and inspiration from leading artists in their fields. Whether it's learning from comic art's Adam Hughes, fantasy art's John Howe, or digital painting's Loish, ImagineFX has you covered. ImagineFX has been inspiring artists for over 20 years! View More You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Logout LATEST ARTICLES 1 We were robbed of a 2D Ray Gunn movie and Hollywood’s to blame 2 Sony has an idea for turning PlayStation controllers into payment devices, and everyone's saying the same thing 3 No, that Apple Games advert isn't AI, and the brilliant BTS video proves it 4 Amazon's early Prime Day deals include massive discounts on coffee makers of every kind 5 How a studio created an "impossible" animated symphony using Autodesk's AI-driven mocap techSource: Creative Bloq AI Art — Published — Category: Image AI