Your art is so crunchy I love it so much! As a fellow artist, do you mind if I ask what you studied to develop it or what you use as studies?
(Also your metal gear rising stuff is how i found you and oh my goodness what taste in video games!)
Thank you! And oh it’s hard to pinpoint my main study sources… I had dramatic changes in artists that inspired me throughout the years, and I'm kinda at a crossroads at the moment. Looking at tons of various artists daily. From the top of my mind, I always liked Gustav Klimt, Jeff Simpson, Magí Puig, Andrew Wyeth. Lots of artworks from Jugend magazine covers fascinate me right now. When it comes to fundamental studies, like improving lighting, values etc I prefer Sargent, Carl Sundt-Hansen, Repin. I think the crunchiness (it’s my official tag now i swear) comes from music/fashion photography field. I like gritty stuff. Trying to emulate all the grain, rust, charcoal, sandpaper, sweat.