My Paintings of Angels in 2d Digital Art!

I would like to start off my gallery with paintings of angels in 2d digital art. These paintings were done some time back and are sorted out by title.

Each painting took at least a month to accomplish. The reason why it takes so long is that I’m painting them on a large digital canvas for reasons of creating extreme details. On top of that, they are done from scratch. That is, it all starts and end with the manual movements of my hand!

Clicking on the pictures will lead to my Deviant Art account. From there, you have options of purchasing prints of the paintings or look at it closely through high detailed close-ups when you click on the ‘view deviations’ link.

So, without further ado, here are the angels in 2d digital art paintings!

1. Purgatory

This painting is inspired by one of my University Humanity courses. It deals with the theory of human nature. One particular topic is the view of Heaven and Hell, in which the character of Dante struggles through Purgatory to reach Heaven.

As older classical paintings use a lot of symbolism, I tried to the do the same. Of course, you can find out information on Dante’s path through the Inferno simply by doing a search engine query on it.

Once you do, compare Dante’s Divine Comedy story to the symbolism in this painting and see if you get the same idea. Regardless, it’s always important to try and make everything fit in. That should be your goal when you begin your angels in 2d digital art!

2. Seraphim

Yet another influence from the Divine Comedy, this painting is a play on the Empyrean concept. Basically, the angels in this 2d digital art painting represent a spiral of angels circling towards the highest level in the heavens.

What is interesting that it looks like an eye that is looks down at the world based on the perspective I used.

The background itself is an exercise in practicing tonal depth. As you can see, different hues of the same color create the depth needed in this painting. My goal is create a dark, yet peaceful atmosphere.

Hence, I used brushes that reduce the saturation of the colors needed for this painting.

As you journey on your paintings, you will begin to experiment with tonal differences to create an ambient environment.

3. Take Me to Your Paradise

The opposite can be done as well. Unlike the other angels in 2d digital art, this painting utilizes rich color to distinguish depth. That is, instead of unifying the painting in one tone, I use several colors to separate content.

For example, yellow for sand, blue for water, red and orange for the skies, and black for the buildings and rocks.

The goal of this painting is to play around with light sources. I tried to create artificially light around the wings and clothing of the angel. That means you will see light that is reflected off these objects that are not related to the main light source.

Whether or not it’s successfully done is up to the viewer!

Anyway, the point of each painting is that it includes elements that are experimental. This is to prove that no picture is perfect. You will always find new ways to experiment with old tools.

Regardless, my paintings of angels in 2d digital art show that you can do a lot with simple brushes. I’ve always stuck to the main brush tool, the eraser tool, layers, and a few other coloring tools like the dodge and burn tools to create these paintings.

At the most, I will use a few filters done on the layer to get the right color correction. This is not a means to an end. Rather, it’s to speed up the process of color management as the digital canvases are very huge to work with!

Keep motivated in your learning and you can do the same!

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