04-19-2025, 11:37 PM
Thanks Darktiste and Lege you both gave some extremely helpful feedback back and it was very much appreciated. We are all artists here after all and I forget sometimes how much of a safe haven a forum like this can be for like minded people and that we all experience very similar trials and tribulations. Your words are motivating and encouraging. I will work on getting more me time and not get too focused on needing to polish every turd lol maybe just one or two :)
Lege in terms of how long my thumbs take, it can range from 10 minutes to 50 minutes depending on how fast I can generate the original idea. Normally takes me 4-5 minutes to get to a shape of values I find creates an interesting character or pose, depending on what I’m shooting for. Then at the 10 minute mark is normally where I could stop and move on but I rarely do. 10-20 more minutes in and I normally polish some details (usually faces are this entire time)…and again this is where I should stop, but I don’t, and I will take another 10-20 minutes polishing and working on details and backgrounds. The screenshots below are from the Timelapse on my iPad and show where I’m at roughly for each time portion. Sometimes I am certainly guilty of being captivated by a rough and over doing it a bit, but more often than not that’s the one I end up finishing anyways.
Lege in terms of how long my thumbs take, it can range from 10 minutes to 50 minutes depending on how fast I can generate the original idea. Normally takes me 4-5 minutes to get to a shape of values I find creates an interesting character or pose, depending on what I’m shooting for. Then at the 10 minute mark is normally where I could stop and move on but I rarely do. 10-20 more minutes in and I normally polish some details (usually faces are this entire time)…and again this is where I should stop, but I don’t, and I will take another 10-20 minutes polishing and working on details and backgrounds. The screenshots below are from the Timelapse on my iPad and show where I’m at roughly for each time portion. Sometimes I am certainly guilty of being captivated by a rough and over doing it a bit, but more often than not that’s the one I end up finishing anyways.