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Am I the only one who thinks glow effects get way overused in digital art showcases?
I spent 4 hours in Procreate last night on a portrait for the local art fair in Austin, and every single piece near mine had a glowing outline or soft bloom. It feels like everyone slaps a glow layer on and calls it done, but it just makes the art look flat and hides the actual brush work. I know this because I used to do the same thing until a friend at my figure drawing class pointed out that my shading disappeared under all the neon haze. Has anyone else noticed this trend at recent showcases, or am I just being picky?
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robinson.matthew14h ago
Honestly you're not being picky at all, that glow layer thing is everywhere now and it's gotten worse over the last year or two. What bugs me is that glow is basically a shortcut for people who haven't figured out lighting yet, so instead of learning how light wraps around a cheek or a shoulder, they just blur some bright color on top and call it mood. Takes your friend pointing it out for most people to even see it, same way it happened to you, because your eye gets pulled to the brightness and skips right over the actual shading underneath. And at a showcase it stands out even more, cause when half the wall is soft bloom, the pieces with real contrast and clean edges end up being the ones that stick.
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