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Devin Korwin
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Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher Art school: underpaintacademy.com gumroad.com/devinkorwin instagram.com/devinkorwin
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    Devin Korwin
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    Feb 7, 2020
    Hey, I'm Devin! I'm a concept artist and illustrator working on video games, I also do mentorships and frequently do tutorials here on twitter! 🐙Instagram: instagram.com/devinkorwin 🌿Mentorships: gumroad.com/l/YUuEd ☀️Tutorials: gumroad.com/devinkorwin
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    Devin Korwin
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    Jun 30, 2020
    Thread on color in painting! This will be a 3-part series with everything you ever wanted to know about color. What actually is color, and how do we use it? How come it is so hard to make a painting look natural if we start in black and white and then add color after?
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    Devin Korwin
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    Apr 1, 2020
    Thread on shadows in painting! Have you ever noticed that darkest part of the shadow right before the reflected light? That’s called the core shadow. Why do they happen, and are they a part of every shadow?
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    Devin Korwin
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    Feb 7, 2020
    Thread on composition advice! Specifically, triangles and how you can use them. Triangles are a great way to keep the eye moving inside the picture frame, and the uneven number of points keeps the composition dynamic and interesting.
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    Devin Korwin
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    Jul 21, 2020
    Thread on color part 3! We've gone over a lot of the science, but how do we use all of this creatively in our paintings? How do we make a black and white image look natural? The secret and key to the whole thing is in a property of color called Chroma.
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    Devin Korwin
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    Dec 31, 2020
    I made a free portrait lighting cheat sheet, feel free to download and use for reference!
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    Devin Korwin
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    Mar 4, 2020
    Thread on edges in painting! Hierarchies of value and color in our paintings are so important and a hierarchy of edges adds a whole other dimension. Edges are particularly fun because we can use a mental checklist to sort out which should be hard, soft, and everything in between:
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    Devin Korwin
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    Jul 6, 2020
    Thread on color in painting part 2! How do we know how to confidently decide on colors in the infinite lighting situations that we can imagine? We’re going to dive deeper this time into how light works, and what determines the color we actually see when light reaches our eyes.
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    Devin Korwin
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    Feb 12, 2020
    Thread on values in painting! What do values have to do with Oreo cookies and how are they the secret to good painting? John S. Sargent described it as the secret, and when I read that, halftones seemed like a minor consideration to me. I wasn't even exactly clear what they were!
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    Devin Korwin
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    Oct 11, 2020
    Tip about edges in painting! Edges are closely related to value. Notice here how the soft edge of the shadow on the sphere is simply a slow gradient of value. This slow change of value tells us that the sphere is round, but it also appears as an abstract shape with a soft edge.
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    Devin Korwin
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    Aug 20, 2020
    I made a form rendering cheat sheet! Feel free to download for your reference. Being able to identify and group these are so important to painting, and I find that these diagrams can be overly complicated so I made a simple one with definitions and only the most important points!
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    Devin Korwin
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    Feb 26, 2020
    Thread on highlights! Have you ever noticed when looking at something that the highlight moves around when you move your head? Why does this happen? Why does it only happen with the highlight and not the rest of the light?
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    Devin Korwin
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    Feb 19, 2020
    Thread on exposure in painting! How often do you think about exposure when starting? How do we go from a lot of information to something we can actually paint? Organizing values and colors is a big part of successful painting and exposure is a method to plan that out.
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    Devin Korwin
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    Mar 15, 2022
    Portrait painting practice