Alexander Sparks Art

Website: AlexanderSparks.net

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! Throwback to my first couple months learning photoshop. This was a photo study with a short time limit and no color picking. I did 8 to 16 of these timed paintings every day for several months to push my decision making process faster. I didn’t know how to use opacity, brush pressure, or layers at first, so this painting is a hot scribbly mess. I am still fond of it though :) #study #art #digitalart #painting #digtalpainting #photoshop #practice #artistsoninstagram #waves #water #ocean #throwback https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WDMByjoVg/?igshid=wjdm04gyzfkt

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! These wildly costumed dancers were built by the program #ganbreeder under my guidance. You input terms and the program combines visual traits from each term to create a final image. For example, this has visual traits that are 67% macaw, 16% handkerchief, and -87% barn. (Along with a bunch of other traits). As you modify the traits, the computer builds a new image to match the new traits. It is a psychedelic way of working to say the least. #gan #generativeadversarialnetworks #neuralnetworks #procedural #design #conceptart #psychadelic #dancer #dress #costume #computeraideddesign #pink #artistsoninstagram #art https://www.instagram.com/p/B0nC82kD39x/?igshid=terbdc87szm9

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! More #heavypaint sketching! It’s trippy on an old iPhone because my fingertip covers a good 10th of the drawing area and the rest of my finger covers a lot more. For example, my fingertip is larger than the entire head in this painting. The app is fully capable of taking input from a stylus, but I find working a little blind forces me to slow down and think. #fingerpainting #figurepainting #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #artistsoninstagram #art https://www.instagram.com/p/B0KBGLdAp8U/?igshid=1a7epk67myg5r

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! Finger painting on my iPhone with my new favorite app #heavypaint. Possibly my favorite part about the apps is, oddly enough, that it is missing the fancy features that let me cheat. No layers. No filters. No opacity. No pressure sensitivity. Limited blending. No masks. No soft brushes. No adjustments. Just clean decision making—it’s like working with gauche! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! #figuredrawing #figurepainting #fingerpainting #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #process #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B0DJ9mBjdaN/?igshid=1qo2rwcaf3lco

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! I’m off to go see the opening of a gallery I got to be a part of! I’m super excited to see the work of all the fabulous artists and friends I get to be there with! It’s at Jones Coffee in Pasadena this evening, so if you’re in the area, swing on by for coffee, artwork, and good cheer! #flowerbomb #painting #gallery #art #artshow #jonescoffee #apocalypse https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3_EyJAVB1/?igshid=1wssecpvfaso6

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! I literally just downloaded #heavypaint. It’s an app made by the artist @heavypoly. It is available on Android and just got released as a beta on IOS. I love it! It’s really fun! This is the painting thing I did to figure out what buttons do what. I think I’m in love with this app!!! #artist #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalpainting #fingerpainting #process #processvideo #sketch #painting #art https://www.instagram.com/p/BzShGHeDIky/?igshid=1egizknq2yg19

[alexanderorionsparks]

*NOT A PHOTO, PAINTING, or RENDERING.*. Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! These images are made by an AI driven demo by @nvidia called #gaugan. The second image is what I drew. Each color represents a different material (i.e. “ocean,” “snow,” “sky,” or “trees”) The software uses deep learning to generate the most likely realistic combo of the materials and shapes you’ve chosen. I got these by changing the materials and times of day on a single, 3 color drawing. You can do much more complicated scenes, but the level of result with even something as simple as this is truly stunning. It’s literally just a triangle in the middle of a page! That’s it! Definitely check this free demo out! This is early stage technology, but it’s already apparent that this type of software will play a huge roll in the creation of realistic digital art in the not too distant future. The frequently joked about “make it good” button in art programs may cease to be a joke uncomfortably soon. Not now, not tomorrow, but definitely sooner than I’ll be comfortable with. ....in the meantime though, it’s a fun toy, a great tool, and you should try it out! #digitalart #thewayofthefuture #amazing #artistsoninstagram #nature #photography #deeplearning #ai #generativeart #proceduralart #tools #software #conceptart #mattepainting https://www.instagram.com/p/By9vC-NjB0j/?igshid=1pz0zr6tfzbb

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! This is a painting from back in college when I mostly painted on a single layer. This was done without any masks, fancy brushes, photobashing, or even overlay layers... just a round brush. I didn’t know about any of those things yet. I also didn’t know you could hold shift to make a straight line. ...So this was annoyingly difficult. The color one only has yellow, red, black and white. It was my own personal challenge to see if I could paint some blue and green things without any blue or green. #conceptart #environmentdesign #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #photoshop #art #tradigital #artschool https://www.instagram.com/p/By3Iw1pgaWo/?igshid=hhcpvmdppvic

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! The speed of the low quality render makes it look like there is glitter in the air! #octane #octanerender #castle #castleintheclouds #fantasy #mist #digitalart #conceptart #artist #artistsoninstagram #3d #glitter https://www.instagram.com/p/BywnJeyDMJG/?igshid=1n37diy9e3h3g

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! These are a couple test renders using #vdb smoke and photogrammetry. It is so fun to play with! #octanerender #render #3d #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #trashcan #artist #art https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvqTMPjG59/?igshid=9vzi9ddtk5nk

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! Here are some more displacement map explorations. #octanerender #artist #art #digitalart #render #displacement #vdb #voxel https://www.instagram.com/p/BytJA_ODNGK/?igshid=1j7xkuxdqszz1

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! I’ve been having fun doing 3D sketches. Im playing with displacement maps, vdb voxels, and shadow renders. This is all just a cube with a displacement map... nothing more. No real geometry. These were all done by rotating and scaling a displacement map. It’s kinda like taking an adventure to a distant land. The displacement map moves, and you find yourself in a new place. #voxel #sketch #3d #conceptart #artistsoninstagram #render #rendering #mountains #fog #blackandwhite #octanerender #octane #displacement #digitalart #artist #art https://www.instagram.com/p/Byl5xdkj7bN/?igshid=lz0nz3cocwpv

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! Ive always liked the elegance of lace masks. I’ve been playing around with #octanerender and displacement mapping. This is one of the things that just happened while I was playing with sliders and values. #3d #art #conceptart #mask #lace #fractals #digitalart #render #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Byldb-jgn6S/?igshid=1rnitzgixldwv

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Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! This is an @oculusmedium self portrait from over a year ago. This was mostly sculpted in #vr though the base pose was done in #daz3d. I wanted to see how much detail I could get in wrinkles and such with a vr modeling program. I was impressed by how easy it was! It’s being rendered in #keyshot which was my renderer of choice at the time. #oculusrift #oculus #oculusmedium #render #sculpt #sculpture #3d #artist #art #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #selfportrait https://www.instagram.com/p/BycC0lYDj9p/?igshid=qaxtr7160oel

[alexanderorionsparks]

*Sound On* Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! I’ve been playing with the TRNIO app for awhile now, and it’s just amazing. It builds a 3D object by cross referencing a bunch of different photos you’ve taken and comparing their similarities and differences. In practice it means you can take 3D photos. Instead of grabbing a single photo of something for reference, you can now pull an object out of the real world and place it in a digital world. It is a simple app to use, but the technology driving it is truly science fiction. It’s truly amazing stuff! #photogrammetry #photography #photo #artistsoninstagram #artist #digitalart #reference https://www.instagram.com/p/ByYdOOAAwMS/?igshid=1xsma4i0lfvxy

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! It’s been a long time since I did a sketch that felt like paint. I really have fun with these types of loose sketches! #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #photoshop #artist #artistsoninstagram #sketch #doodle https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxyxpn8lowV/?igshid=1ca134godm4s9

[alexanderorionsparks]

Heyo Fine Folk of the Interwebs! I’ve been working on this painting started in @oculusmedium. These are zDepth and Clown render passes. I always kinda love them. They feel interesting and dynamic, and they rarely see the light of day. #render #zdepth #vr #oculus #oculusrift #oculusmedium https://www.instagram.com/p/BxogBxOlz7l/?igshid=1amw2qqc6qkhj