And on goes my fascination with concept artists and matte painters. This example is from Jesse van Dijk, a concept artist from Amsterdam. This painting is from Project Indigo, a personal project depicting a vertical city “…situated on a huge pillar in a ‘cavity’ in the sea; possibly an inactive volcano crater…” Jesse shares his conceptual process and illustrates how inhabitants located towards the top of the city would be able to rely on natural light more so than those located lower who would need to use artificial light such as oil lamps. I love these kinds of details.
Again I’m inspired, and with my new Wacom and reading materials I’ve obtained through a coworker I’m now closer to actually exploring this style of art. I’ve even jotted down a couple of notes for a possible beginner project, but I’m still far from anything near this level of quality or even understanding what it takes to get to this point. Still, it’s fun to revisit the fundamentals of fine art, which I’ve allowed to grow stale over the years since college.
