09-09-2013, 07:39 AM
Hey Warburton. This is something I've recently discovered too. I used to jump right into the fun painting part thinking I could fix any problems later with some fancy rendering or detailing; this never worked out. If you get the fundamentals sorted out you can tell really early on whether an image is going to work or not before wasting time on rendering it. I'm only now really starting to understand the value of good thumbnails and that a well worked out thumb is basically a finished image that just hasn't been polished yet.
This last sketch is looking good.
This last sketch is looking good.