I won't let him go! Never again!

In the turn of the summer season I found myself looking at a great website for photoshop artists. www.psdtuts.com . I don't see myself as a photoshop aartist yet, although that is one thing I'd like to add to my resume in the near future. Anyway, looking through this website I tried to find myself as a photoshop artist, or rather see what kind of art was out there, which I liked the best and who I could emulate. One artist cought my attention, his name is... wait.. what was it? SHIT. *spends an hour looking through psdtuts.com website .. an hour on google and finally found it by typing up "photoshop tutorial woman ;aying down." Ah yes, Neil Duerden. Need proof of how beautiful his work is?



I've always been interested in human anatomy, more specifically drawing it. I like to draw recognizable objects, and whats more recognizable and beautiful than that? Dureden takes the human body and morhpes it through lines, streaks, swirls, monotone color, bright color, flowers, and most importantly creates a brilliant mood. Looking at his art, I found myself tracing the shapes and looking how his designs mimics those of the innards of the human body. He has several layers, the flesh layer that is skin toned with a large amount of contrast and then several undertoned colors which are usually blue and bright pink/purple in color. The combination of the several layers make the compostion complete and pleasent to look it. He adds depth to it and sucks you in, making you fill in the missing pieces that he doesn't show. He truely reveals the human body in a whole new way.




While I was on my wild goose ride to find Neil Dureden, I came across another artist that uses the same technique; Alberto Seveso. In fact, the two have such a simular artistic style I thought Seveso WAS Dureden! Well it just shows you how there are so many artists in the world.



As these two artists are very simular Dureden conforms his art to the body and realy extends or ereases. Seveso however largely plays with deconstruction of his figures. Limbs will be missing, faces, heads, small sections of the body. He also will deform the body shape by stretching or enlarging natural curves. As Dureden is more decrative, Seveso is more experimental.

Both of these artists are very infulencial. I hope to mimic some of thes styles into my own understanding of figure art.