11-25-2013, 02:05 AM
Hey IgorIv, no problem dude if it's any help I'm glad to do it ;) Well if you render the stuff in such details you obviously have the drive and the passion for painting which is always an amazing thing. That also means you won't have any problems sitting for hours and painting but also that you'll improve if you put your mind to it. It's good to experiment. Everyone needs to find his/her own method that suits him/her.
I don't know how many hours you spent on these painting but maybe you can devote just one hour of the time spent on doing studies of the poses right at the beginning. Perhaps even spend some time on doing several compositions and then when you have like 10 or 20 of them chose one and finish it.
I totally understand how you can get pulled into doing the details right away especially because you do them very well but maybe if you set yourself a rule not to do it until you're totally satisfied with the composition and the pose maybe it will help.
Also you need to learn how to sacrifice your little darlings (the details) in favor of the whole piece. Often you get in the situation when you start detailing and you start to like what you did. The more time you invest in a detail the harder will be to let it go and destroy it if it's not correct. Because if it's not helping the whole piece then you don't need it. I used to have the same problem, but I found a method that works for me.
First rule is don't zoom in. Try to finish your piece without zooming in. When you're done zoom in and do the details but also check once in a while how it looks without the zoom. I use the navigator for that.
If you're already in the situation that you spent too much time on a detail that's not helping the piece and you're afraid to erase it ... well you can just make a copy of it on another layer so you have in your mind that all of the time spent on it was not a waste hide this layer and draw again but this time without the zoom. After a while you'll get used to not attaching yourself too much to the details and you'll be able to progress because you'll be painting as a whole.
Carry on :)
I don't know how many hours you spent on these painting but maybe you can devote just one hour of the time spent on doing studies of the poses right at the beginning. Perhaps even spend some time on doing several compositions and then when you have like 10 or 20 of them chose one and finish it.
I totally understand how you can get pulled into doing the details right away especially because you do them very well but maybe if you set yourself a rule not to do it until you're totally satisfied with the composition and the pose maybe it will help.
Also you need to learn how to sacrifice your little darlings (the details) in favor of the whole piece. Often you get in the situation when you start detailing and you start to like what you did. The more time you invest in a detail the harder will be to let it go and destroy it if it's not correct. Because if it's not helping the whole piece then you don't need it. I used to have the same problem, but I found a method that works for me.
First rule is don't zoom in. Try to finish your piece without zooming in. When you're done zoom in and do the details but also check once in a while how it looks without the zoom. I use the navigator for that.
If you're already in the situation that you spent too much time on a detail that's not helping the piece and you're afraid to erase it ... well you can just make a copy of it on another layer so you have in your mind that all of the time spent on it was not a waste hide this layer and draw again but this time without the zoom. After a while you'll get used to not attaching yourself too much to the details and you'll be able to progress because you'll be painting as a whole.
Carry on :)