Memorable Movie Scenes Painted By Alice X. Zhang

For every great movie, there are several memorable scenes that remain etched in our minds forever. Designer/illustrator Alice X. Zhang has a knack for choosing these magic moments and bringing them to life with her unique style of digital painting. A self-proclaimed “artistic fangirl” she recreates captivating scenes with an astonishing use of color for this series called Moments. *

She explains:

Brushes are ultimately tools for your art, they are useful but they won’t make up for actual artistic understanding. A great watercolor painting is great because the artist painted it well – you don’t look at it and go “oh, it must be because they used Winsor & Newton watercolors.” Many digital painters create incredible things with the defaults. In the end it’s up to you to push your resources to the limit! *

Though she makes it look easy, these pieces can take over 4 hours, so don’t be fooled into thinking that she has a “magic brush set” on Photoshop. As you can see in the time lapse video of Alice digitally painting a Sherlock Holmes piece at the bottom of this post, she navigates Photoshop like a boss. *

If you live in NYC, head to the Bottleneck Gallery between June 7th (opening night reception) and June 28th to see Alice X. Zhang’s movie moments up close and personal, where prints will be available for purchase. You can see more of her skillful work on deviantART and Tumblr and follow her on Facebook and Twitter. *

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