Rotten's Pocket

[RottenPocket]

I like this a lot, maybe my fave by yours so far, even better than the alien. I find that your art looks better when it’s less pumped with filters and other gfx. That could be my personal tastes however. Keep it up!

I think it's a level up. And I see what you mean with the effect. What I've been doing more now if colour blocking before painting gradients. Gradients alone I always shied from blackest blacks and whitest white, so I tried pushing it further. I found it difficult to see the gradient on the whole to stop overworking areas and making it muddy, so I finally found a use for Gradient mapping. By casting a gradient map over my working layer, giving each gradient level it's own hue, it makes it easier to tell how far into the scale I'm painting. The results when removed are more harmonious and make a better foundation for colourizing later:

That looks awesome! I want to do the toreador challenge, too. hopefully there's time, since I haven't started lol. I don't know if I can top that though it looks really good!

Please do! I like when we're working in a group and seeing how each of us develop. Me, the first 5 days of a challenge:

Cool style! I like your last work, especially how you drew the face. GL)

Hi o/ Thanks for taking a look. I'm especially fond of his face too.