05-26-2024, 05:10 AM
I honestly agree with darktiste's comment. I think the mermaid piece turned out pretty well, and you incorporated the feedback from earlier in the process. So it's good, but at this point it is hard to change it too much in a finished state. I think it's interesting how from the process gif I see that it was originially night time, or early morning for this piece, which I think worked well, and then evolved to be daylight, and then raining, and then with a rainbow. And none of those things are bad, but it means the end result doesn't actually look much like the thumbnail or planning stages (except in the drawing). Ideally your rough painting should pretty much be what the painting is going to look like and that's the time to figure out composition stuff and lighting. Catch any issues early before much time has been spent rendering.
I'm definitely guilty of that too sometimes where my paintings are VERY rough and vague and then suddenly it's finished. It can work, but it would be cool to see you refine your process more and spend more time on each aspect of the piece: drawing, composition, lighting etc. And that way you end up with a stronger finished image.
I'm definitely guilty of that too sometimes where my paintings are VERY rough and vague and then suddenly it's finished. It can work, but it would be cool to see you refine your process more and spend more time on each aspect of the piece: drawing, composition, lighting etc. And that way you end up with a stronger finished image.