SKY CAPITAL
FRANK ATT
F
or 29-year-old Frank Att (frankatt.
deviantart.com) painting is a hobby – by day
the Nuremberg resident is a software
developer. “Everything I’ve learned about art
is self-taught, with some books, a lot of resources
and tutorials on the internet, and learning by doing,”
he explains.
“Most of my paintings are environments and
landscapes that are based in fantasy settings. I
usually paint landscape images like mountains,
rocks, woods, etc, with only few buildings like a
castle in the distance. The intention of this piece was
to push myself out of my comfort zone by showing a
city from a closer viewpoint.FIND OUT HOW FRANK ATT CHALLENGED HIMSELF
TOPAINTTHISFANTASYSCENEOFACITYINTHESKY
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INITIAL SKETCH
I started the painting with sketches to
get ideas and find the main composition. The line
drawing was on a single layer to deactivate it in
further steps.“I really love to paint fantasy settings like
castles, airships and flying rocks. So I decided to
put these elements together and create a capital
city in the sky. Inspiration is something I can get
anywhere. But if I push myself out of my comfort
zone I try to do a lot of sketches and search for
photos and paintings by other artists to get as
many ideas and references as possible.”© Frank Att