CRIMSON REVOLVER 4 - Deity WIP

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foxfire1345 - I can't speak for the others, but my own process "usually" is that I try to think of an idea before I even start drawing, then put it down with some simple lines or shapes and keep iterating and doing different versions of it until i get something that I am ok with. Once I have the basic idea down, then I go into a simple sketch, which I then turn into a detailed sketch. Then I block in simple values to see what it would look like, then a quick color scheme to see how that looks as well. After I've done a sketch is when I start doing studies; generally I like to do studies after I already have my idea down so they don't influence what I put on paper too much. Then from then on, you can guess the rest of it which is just putting all those pieces together and rendering. Keep working at it and be patient with yourself although we are our own harshest critics :) I also try to keep in mind the idea that (I think Jaime Jones or someone said this) some of the fastest painters are the ones who paint the most accurately and think the most about every brushstroke, though I also forget this all the time and fall into non-thinking mode. Keep it up!!!