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Sometimes A Piece Misses The Mark
🕑 Added 2022-02-11 16:33:51 +0000 UTCHey, skittles! Just wanted to walk y'all through this Storm piece, based on Russell Dauterman's GORGE new design. I didn't have much of a game plan going in to it - I wanted to be confident and just attack the paper. Often, that leads to very exciting mark making and organic results. Sometimes, the painting goes off the rails and I end up with something that I find to be unsuccessful.
Once I started with Storm's skin, the blending of the pigments didn't go my way, and I suddenly became very tentative that I'd be able to render the rest of the lighting the way I wanted to. I decided to push on, stay confident, and wherever the piece ended up is where the piece ended up. I think it's good to share when a piece "fails" too! I learned that I do like having a game plan these days. I like planning out the colors and lighting and having that as a guide for when I go to paint (color studies are done in Procreate, usually). I will finish this piece, though. I'm going to scan it and finish it off in Procreate. Fix the areas that need fixing and give it a final layer of finesse. The digital icing is coming!
