Manouvrier [WIP]

A study about textures :

The digital painting Manouvrier is a reproduction of the Lewis Wickes Hine's photography : Power House Mechanic Working on Steam Pump. But inspiration has finaly taken precedence over the faithful of the reproduction principle.
The desire to do this digital painting was initiated by the attractive analog photography acutance, but mostly by the Lewis Wickes Hine's sociology work and the ideology ilustrated through the picture.

On Manouvrier the study focuses on the creation and harmonization of varied textures and variations of a same material.
For example on metal pieces which are declined in brushed and machined metal, or raw and corroded one. These metals are moreover cold and unlively textures, which can be differentiated from the others warm and lively textures, like skin, hair or fabrics.

So, the purpose of the illustration was to paint my own texture pieces without using a real ready-made textures overlay or a photobashing process.